CLASS 9
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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because of smoke
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because he was not able to find his cat
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because smoke choked his throat
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: After the fire, he broke down into tears because it suddenly struck him that he was suffering a big loss. He realized that his cat could not be seen anywhere. Then, everything hit him at once − the new school, the fire, and his cat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ans: The fire tragedy changed the author’s life. He was so depressed that he did not want to grow up and wanted to die. But his reunion with his cat, his new friends in the school and his new house made his house ‘a home’ where he could live.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was the author worried about after the fire tragedy? Ans. He was most worried about his cat because it was missing.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Zan loved her so much that he would allow the cat to sit over his papers and swat at his pen while he did his homework. He missed her terribly after losing her and would go over to watch the clearing of debris with the hope to find her somewhere.