Question

3. The poor child struggled to thrust a way
between their feet but, knocked to and fro by
their brutal moments, he might have been
trampled underfoot, had he not shrieked at
the highest pitch of his voice.....
a. Why has the child been called 'poor'?
b. Where was the child struggling?
c. Who are their' referred to?
d. What happened when he shrieked?​

Answer 1

The child was called poor because he was struggling to find a way out of people walking on and around him. He was in the temple to search for his family.

Explanation:

• The child struggled to get out of the knocking to and fro.

• They is referred to as people or the crowd around him.  

• When he shrieked people stopped treading on him. Otherwise, he might have been crushed under the feet of people.