1.What did Swami hope on Monday morning?

   Ans. On Monday morning, Swami hoped he didn’t have to go to school.

2.What did Swami realize with a shudder?

Ans. Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning.

3.What excuse did Swami give for not going to school?

Ans. Swami told his parents that he had a headache.

4.Where should have been Swami at 9.30?

Ans. Swami should have been in the school prayer hall at 9.30.

5.What was the reaction of Swami’s father?

Ans. Swami’s father thought that the headache was nonsense and wanted Swami to go to school.

6.What, according to Swami’s father, was the cause of Swami’s headache?

Ans. Swami loafed about in the Sun on Sundays, and that according to Swami’s father was the cause of headache.

7.Why did Swami’s father say that Swami would have to go to school?

Ans. Swami’s father said that Swami would have to go to school because he had the headache for his own fault.

8.Where did Swami stop to make up his mind about Samuel?

Ans. Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel.

9.Why did Swami change his tactics?

Ans. Swami changed his tactics because his father was strict.

10.With whom was Samuel especially angry?

Ans. Samuel was especially angry with the boys who are late to school.

11.Why didn’t anyone tell the headmaster about Samuel?

Ans. None said so because the headmaster himself was afraid of Samuel.

12.What unexpected turn did the behavior of Swami’s father take?

Ans. Swami’s father proposed to send a better of complaint against Samuel.

13.What did Swami ask his father apprehensively?

Ans. Swami asked his father apprehensively what his father had written in the letter.

14.What did Swami’s father write about in the letter?

Ans. Swami’s father complained against Samuel, a teacher in his son’s school.

15.With what feeling did Swami go to school?

Ans. As Swami was going to school, he felt that he was the worst boy in the world.

16.What did Swami’s father do with the letter?

Ans. Swami’s father put the letter in an envelope and sealed it.

17.What kind of relation did Swami have with Samuel?

Ans. Samuel was friendlier than the other teachers, and he seemed to have a special liking for Swami.

18.What could Swami recall?

Ans. Swami could recall Samuel’s dark face, thin moustache, cheeks that were not shaven and a coat which was yellow.

19.What idea occurred to Swami?

Ans. Swami thought that he would deliver the letter to the headmaster after the school break.

20.What was Samuel doing when Swami entered the class?

Ans. When Swami entered the class, Samuel was teaching arithmetic.

21.What did Swami fail to decide about Samuel?

Ans. Swami failed to decide whether Samuel deserved the allegation made against him.

22.What did Swami hope?

Ans. Swami hoped that his teacher would scold him bitterly.

23.What excuse did Swami give for coming late to school?

Ans. Swami told his teacher that he had a headache, and so he was late for school.

24.Why did Swami feel sad?

Ans. Swami felt sad because Samuel was good to him but he had to give the letter to the headmaster.

25.What did Swami do when the final bell rang?

Ans. When the final bell rang, Swami picked up the books and ran to the room of the headmaster.

24.What was the reaction of Swami’s father?

Ans. Swami’s father got his fingers on the letter, tore it up and was very angry with him.

25.Where did Father put the letter?

Ans. Father put the letter in an envelope.

26.Why could not Swami deliver the letter to the headmaster?

Ans. Swami could not deliver the letter to the headmaster because he was on week’s leave.