Ened-Class-8,
Comprehension Check
1. Velu stood on the platform but he felt “as if he was still on a moving
train". Why?
2. What made him feel miserable?
3. (i) Velu travelled without a ticket. Why?
(ii) How did he escape the ticket collector's attention?
4. Why had Velu run away from home?
5. Why did he decide to follow the ‘strange' girl?
Answers
Answer:
1.Velu was traveling for a long time on the train. He didn't got a better sleep that night too. That's why Velu felt that he was still on a moving train.
2. When he get out from the train, he saw such a big crowd. People walked by, bumping into him with their suitcases .A voice announced something on a loudspeaker. Near him a group of people sat on their luggage,looking at a TV hanging from the roof .The noise was terrible. These made him feel miserable.
3.(a) Velu came from a remote village and he had no money to buy a ticket. That's why Velu travelled without a ticket.
(b) Velu was traveling in a unreserved compartment and the ticket collector didn't come to the unreserved compartment. This way Velu escaped from the ticket collector.
4. He had run away from his home because he couldn't stand his father beeting him for one more day. His father would snatch away all the money Velu and his sister earned and spend it on drink.
5. Velu decided to follow the strange girl because it was his first time to the town and he don't know what to do in this crowded town. Not only that he was so hungry too.