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Time to answer
A. Choose the correct answer.

1. Who are the main characters in the story?

Akash, Games teacher and Tarun Akash, Nakul and Tarun

Akash and Nakul Akash, Nakul and Mr Verghese

2. What is the setting of the story?

Akash’s house a school

a boarding school a playground

3. ‘Huh! It’s easy to say that as you don’t have to worry.’

What is the tone of the speaker?

delight sadness annoyance glee

4. ‘I’ll help you to practise till you’re word-perfect.’

What does this tell you about the speaker?

confident nasty

supportive non-cooperative

5. Which of the following statements best describes Akash’s attitude towards life?
finds life to be frustrating and meaningless

believes that the emotional rollercoaster of life is not worth the effort
recognises the challenges of his disability and lives life to the fullest

feels that his incapability is too obscure and abstract for the average person
to understand

B. Answer these questions.

1. Why did Nakul look depressed after coming out of the exam hall?

2. What consolation did Akash give Nakul?

3. Why didn’t Akash have to worry about the examinations?

4. Why did Akash accompany Nakul to Mr Verghese’s study? What does this tell us
about Akash?

5. What was the reason of the tiff between Akash and Nakul?
6. Why did Mr Verghese and the Games master praise Akash?

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