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Introduction. The Great Train Journey by Ruskin Bond is a collection of fourteen short stories. The theme of the book is to find back 'Time to Stand and Stare'. The author says that once there used to be plenty of time when children would spend their time around trains and railway tracks and railway stations.
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Question 1: What time of year is it?
Answer: The year is in its mid-phase because Suraj’s school has closed down for summer holidays which in India usually begins from mid of May and extends till the first week of July.
Question 2: How do we know that Suraj likes trains?
Answer: Suraj keeps waving to the passing trains until only the spiraling smoke remains and feels lonely when the train leaves behind only the hot, empty track. This proves that he likes trains a lot.
Question 3: How do we know that Suraj is bored?
Answer: Sitting inside the carriage, Suraj does not like the smelly, dark and musty compartment and thinks he could have had some fun if his friend Ranji was also there. This proves that Suraj is getting bored.
Question 4: Why does Suraj think that the trees are walking?
Answer: In examining the crates, Suraj was completely engrossed. So, he could not notice that the train had started moving. That is why a little later when he looks up out of the doorway, he thinks that the trees are moving.
Question 5: What sort of things make Suraj curious and how does he react to what makes him curious?
Answer: The things that are bolted, nailed down or concealed from Suraj like parcels, locked rooms, crates and carriage doors make him curious. Whenever he finds any of these things, he tries his level best to discover what it holds inside.
Question 6: Who else is in the carriage?
Answer: A dirty, bearded and scrubby man with paan stained teeth is also there in the carriage who suddenly steps out from behind the crates.
Question 7: Where does Suraj say that he would like to go?
Answer: Suraj tells the hippy that he wants to go all around the world and see new and strange places like England, China, Africa, Greenland and many more.
Question 8: When Suraj thinks about his parents for the first time, what does he imagine that they will think?
Answer: Suraj imagines that when he would not return home in the night, his parents would think that he has either run away or been kidnapped or been involved in an accident.
Question 9: What warning does the man give Suraj?
Answer: The man warns Suraj to keep out of sight if he does not want to be caught by people in the train.
Question 10: What presents does Suraj imagine that he will bring back for his friend?
Answer: Suraj imagines that if possible, he would bring an African lion or a transistor-radio for his friend.
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