CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The next morning, it was Monday and the author had to go to school. He had on the school uniform but it was too big now because he was thinner from not eating properly. He borrowed tennis shoes from his aunt and his school bag had been destroyed in the fire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans: The author was humiliated the next day at school since he was still wearing the clothes he had worn to church that morning when the fire broke out, but he had no shoes because he had lost them in the fire. As a result, he had to borrow his aunt’s tennis shoes.

Detailed explanation-3: -His shoes were gone in the fire and he had to wear tennis shoes to school. He had no homework or books and his backpack was also burnt in the fire. Some of the words that show his fear and insecurity are ‘outcast’, ‘geek’, ‘wanted to curl up and die’, ‘zombie’, and ‘surreal’.

Detailed explanation-4: -All of the author’s mother’s credit cards, cash, and even their identification documents were destroyed in the fire, so she had to borrow money from his grandparents.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ans: Zan’s mother had to borrow money from his grandparents because her credit cards, cash and even identification that was needed to draw money from the bank had gotten burnt up in the fire. She had to rent a new place, buy new clothes for Zan and resettle quickly.