The cat used to climb on hinm

to sleep when it was a kitten. and crawl into

him. All this shows that She would his
the author and also prcker
very fond of each other. the catfol vwerye
The cat was terrified when the
fire so she had ran away. author's house
Alady brought the cat
back by holding it in her are
caught
5 What actions of the
schoolmates
author's understanding of life andchange the
comfort him emotionaly? How doespeople and
his
participatinlognliness
vanish and howdoes he start
Ans. The author's schoolmates gave him in life?
schoolbeensupplies,
notebooks and clothes as his house had
completely destroyed by the fire. They also
i
themselves to him and invited him to their house.ntroduced
these things comforted the author emotionally and All
changed his understanding of life and people. This
incident made the author think for the first time chat
things are going to be normal in the furure. It made his
loneliness vanish and led him to make new friends.
6 What is the meaning of "My cat was back and so
was "? Had the author gone anywhere? Why
does he say that he is also back?
Ans. The sentence My cat was back and so was 'I means
that the author is back to normal life after finding his
cat. The author had not gone anywhere. He says this
sentence because finding his cat gives him new hope
that have replaced the feelings of lossand tragedy. His
cameback
beloved cat rescues his interest in life and he
to a positive state of mind.
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1What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon?

What is his mother's reaction? What does she do?
Ans. The author noticed smoke coming from the ceiling of his
house on a Sunday afternoon. The author and his
mother came out of the housc. The rcaction of author
mother was that she ran back into the house to save
important documents and photographs and letters of his
father.

2Why did he break down in tears after the fire?

Ans. The author broke down in tears after the fire as he was
unable to find his pet cat. He was already sad as he missed
his old school and now his house got burned and his pet
cat was missing.
3Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day
in school? Which words show his fear and
insecurity
Ans. The author was deeplyembarrassed on the next day in
schoolas his clothes looked weird, he had no books or
homework and his backpack was destroyed in the fire.
The words 'outcast', 'geek' and zombie show his fear
and insecurity.
4 The cat and the author are very fond of each other.
How has this been shown in the story? Where was
the cat after the fire? Who brings it back and how?
5. The author missed the cat badly when she got lost.
times he would go to his damaged house to search forMany
the
cat. He would also remember the time the author spent
with the cat.
 They may undergo depression due to vae
reasons like stress. peer pressure,
parents. academic pressure, ctc. conflict with
3 Behrman has a dream. What is it?
come true? Does it
AnS. Behrman has a dream of painting aa
It does come true when he nasterpiece.
paints leaf that
similar to the leaf on the Creeper. lonks
because of this masterpiece. Johnsy survives
What is Behrman's masterpiece? What makes
Sue say so?
Ans. The leaf painted on the creeper by Behtman is his
masterpiece.
Sue said so as it was successtul in saving the life of
her friend, Johnsy.
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1What is Johnsy's illness? What can Cure her, the parent

medicine or the willingness to live? 3 Behre
Ans. Johnsy is suffering from pneumonia but her illness Come
does not end here. She is also suffering Ans. Behr
psychologically (mentally). Johnsy in her illness had It do
lost all her
started hope and
to believe
willingness to live. She had
that she would die when the last leaf simi
beca
on the ivy creeper outside her window would fall.
Johnsy can be cured by her willingness to live. Her 4 Wh
medicines would start to cure her if she gains back Su
her hope to live. Ans. Th
2Do you think the feeling of depression that ma

Johnsy has, is common among teenagers? Su

Ans. Yes, the feeling of depression that Johnsy has, is he
quitecommon among teenagers.
 6 What were the two precious things brought to
God by the angels?
Or What are the precious things mentioned in the
story and why are they precious?
Ans. The two precious things mentioned in the story are
the heart of the Prince which was made of lead and
the dead swallow.
They are precious because both the Prince and che
swallow were very kind, generous and selfless. The
Prince could not bear to see the ugliness, misery and
suffering in his city and gave away all his precious
stones and gold to make his people happy.
Similarly, he swallow sacrificed going to Egypt and
acted as the Prince's messenger, carrying che
precious stones and gold to the needy and spreading
bappiness all around.
The Happy Prince(Section C)

playwright sothat he could sell it to

u firewood and
finish his play. Onthesecing
jeweller and 6V
sapphire, the young man felt appreciated andthe
helieved that he could finally finish his play. Or V
The Happy Prince then saw a
marches, who was standing in the p0or litle girl selling
him. square just below Ans.
Her matches fell in the gutter
were all spoiled. The prince knew because of which they
would beat her if she did not bringthat her father
home some
money. So, the other sapphire was sent to little girl
so she could sell it to go
home with somne money.
What does the swallow see when it
flies over
the city?
Ans. When the swallow flew over the
city he saw a great
difference between rich and poor. He saw rich men
enjoying life, unaware of the condition of the poor
nearby. The swallow saw the worst conditions of life Talk
of the poor when they were denied even a
sleep by police walking around the street. proper 1
5 Why did the swallow not leave the Prince and
go to Egypt?
Or Why did the swallow decide not to leave the Ans. \
Prince?
Or Why didthe swallow decide to stay with Happy
Prince? S

Ans. As the Prince had given both of the two sapphires of

his eyes to help the poor and needy, he had become (
blind. Therefore, the swallow decided to stay forever
witin che Prince and not to go to Egypt.
 Happy Prince sent a ruby for the seamctee.
Ans. The
she was cxtremely poor and could not feed her
child who was suffering from fever. Theswallow,
on being persuaded by the prince, went to the
seamstress house.
He kept the ruby beside the searnstress on the
table. The sorrow then flew around the bed and
fanned the boy's forehead with his wings.
3 For whom does the Prince send the sappB
and why?
Ans. The prince sent the sapphires for two people,
young playwright across the city and the poor
selling matches, who had lost all the matches sh
had.
The young playwright was trying to finish a pl
for the Director of the Theatre. However, the
young man became too cold as, there was no
firewood in his fireplace and hunger made hin
faint. The sapphire was sent to the young