Question

1.
(0 What material are the 'strange' huts made out of?
(ii) Why does Velu find them strange?
2. What sort of things did Jaya and children like her collect and what did
they do with those things?
3. Is Velu happy or unhappy to find work? Give a reason for your answer.​

Answer 1

ANSWER:

1. The ‘strange’ huts were made out of metal sheets, tyres, bricks, wood, and plastic.

2.Jaya and children like her collected paper, plastic, glass, and other such things. They sold these items to Jam Bazaar Jaggu, who further sold it to a factory

3. Velu was unhappy to find work because he had not run away from home to dig through garbage bins. The only work he had ever done was weeding and taking cows out to graze. However, since he did not know Chennai too well, he decided to work as a ragpicker till the time he found a better job.