Q1: What was Daiches’ attitude towards the week-end as a school boy? Why did he long for it?
ANS:Daiches’ attitude towards the week-end was that of happiness. He longed for it because it freed him from the difficult routine of school and home work.
Q2: What was Daiches’ general view of school life?
ANS:Daiches’ general view of school life was not so good. He was not a weak student but he was fed up of difficult routine of school and home work. .
Q3: Daitches like holidays for thier freedom – freedom from what?
ANS:Daitches liked holidays because they freed him from the difficult routine of school and home work. They provided him happiness.
Q4: How did Daiches spend his summer holidays?
ANS:He felt very happy at the arrival of summer holidays because they freed him from the difficult routine of school and home work. This time looked to be a period of joy. He spent the summer holidays in his village.
Q5: Wishes don’t come true in this life, writes Daiches. What are the things he longed for but could not have?
ANS:He said so because he wished to have a tricycle and then a bicycle but could not get them. Once he wanted to get ice-cream but could not get that.
Q6: Which night was the best night of the week for the writer and why? OR What/How did the writer feel on Friday night?
ANS:He felt very happy on Friday night. It was the best night of the week as it was followed by two holidays.
Q7: How did the writer feel on Saturday night?
ANS:It was quite a pleasent night because it was still followed by a holiday.
Q8: How did the writer feel on Sunday night?
ANS:It was full of the threat of Monday morning. He felt very sad on that night because he had to go to the school next morning.
Q9: What wish of the writer could his parents not afford?
ANS:The writer longed for a tricycle in his early life. Later the wish was changed to a bicycle but his parents could afford neither.
Q10: How did the writer buy his first bicycle?
ANS:At the age of twenty one, the writer bought it with the prize money that he had won at the university.
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Q11: What did Daiches do with his pocket money?
ANS: He got a little sum as pocket money which he had to save in a money-box. So, he rarely got a chance to spend it on himself.
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