What happened to their house and why did his mother go back inside?
Answer: She ran back into the house because author’s father had died when he was young. His mother don’t wanted to lose his memories in fire…
Why did Zan feel a sense of gratitude in the end how did the overwhelming feeling of loss and tragedy seem to diminish?
As Zan sat with his friends and his cat curled up in his lap, his feelings of loss and tragedy seemed to fade away. He felt gratitude for his life, for his new friends, the kindness of a stranger and his beloved cat.
How did the narrator Realise that he was not alone in the world?
How did the narrator realise that he was not alone in the world? Ans. Unfortunately, a fierce fire had burnt down the narrator’s house. He had lost everything in the fire and become deserted.
Why did the author feel gratitude?
Explanation: The author sat with his friends. He felt gratitude for his life and his new friends. He also felt it for the kindness of a stranger and the purr of his cat.
Why did the narrator feel a sense of gratitude in the end?
the narrator felt grateful towards luz for helping him during the toughest times and finding out his negative side in life.
What was the change in author’s life one month after the fire?
Answer: The authors life changed drastically. A woman bought his cat whom he loved a lot. He felt very good after seeing his cat after such a long period of time as he thought that his may have died in the fire incident.
How did Zan change his perspective towards life?
Ans: After the loss of all his belongings in the fire that ravaged his house, Zan, the narrator, started feeling depressed and embarrassed. At this time, the friendly and helpful actions of his schoolmates changed his understanding of life and people and comforted him emotionally.
What two things were rescued by the author’s mother and why?
Answer : The author’s mother rescued a small metal box and his father’s pictures and letters. The metal box was rescued as it contained important documents and the pictures and letters as they were a token of remembrance of his father who had died when he was small.
What did the author feel about joining high school who did he seek out?
Answer -The author felt isolated because he was uncomfortable with his new school due to his old school memories. And then the fire which broke in their house made him feel more isolated than ever .
How did the author’s friends help him in rebuilding his life?
Explanation: The author’s friends played a very important part of rebuilding The author’s life. After the house of the author was burnt in the fire, the author had become very sad. The students in the new school greeted the author with a warm heart and helped him overcome this feeling of sadness.
How does the narrator save the cat?
The cat escaped from the fire and was returned to the narrator by a woman after finding its home, with the help of phone number in the cat’s collar.
Why did the little girl and her mother go to London?
The narrator of this story is a 12-year-old girl who has gone to London with her mother to visit the dentist.
What is the connection between suspicious men and boiled eggs according to Roald Dahl in the short story The Umbrella Man?
When she cuts off the top of a boiled egg, she pokes around inside it with her spoon as though expecting to find a mouse or something. With strange men, she has a golden rule which says, ‘The nicer the man seems to be, the more suspicious you must become. ‘ This little old man was particularly nice. He was polite.