BALGOVIND'S EDUCATIONAL TOUR

The Beggar Think about it Question 1. Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice? Answer: Lushkoff has become a beggar by choice. This happens when he is sent away from the Russian choir for drunkenness. After that he doesn’t search for any other job and becomes a beggar. Question 2. What reasons does he give Sergei for telling lies? Answer: Lushkoff says that it isn’t easy for him to tell people that he has been removed from the choir because of his drinking nature. It is because if told the truth, he would not get any help or money. Question 3. Is Lushkoff a willing worker? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei? Answer: No, Lushkoff is not a willing worker. He agrees to chop wood for Sergei not because he is hungry or wants work but simply from pride and shame and because he is trapped by his own words. Question 4. Sergei says, “I am happy that my words have taken effect.” Why does he say so? Is he right in saying this? Answer: Sergei says so because he thi...

A House Is Not a Home Think about it Question 1. What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do? Answer: One Sunday afternoon, the author smells something strange, and then he notices smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling. Soon the room gets completely filled with smoke that they cannot see anything. They reach the front door using their hands, and then into the front yard of the house.         The author runs to the neighbours so that he can ask them to call the fire department, while his mother runs back into the house. She then runs out of the house carrying a small metal box full of important documents. After dropping the case on the lawn, she again runs back into the house so that she can bring the pictures and letters of her late husband as these are the only things she has to remember him by. Question 2. Why does he break down in tears after the fire? Answer: After the fire, he finds that his red t...