CLASS 7 CHAPTER A HERO

EXERCISE A1.
Ans2. Father regarded Swami as having been spoiled by his mother and grandmother. He was in second form and still slept next to his grandmother. Father didn't think Swami was as courageous as the boy in the report.
Ans3. Father wanted Swami to inculcate the quality of courage. He did not like the way Swami was being brought up. He was in second form and he still slept clinging to his grandmother.
Ans4. Swami was terribly scared of sleeping alone in the office room. He was used to sleeping beside Granny and any change in this arrangement kept him trembling and awake all night . He tried to change the subject hoping that his father would change his mind and not compel him to prove his courage.
ANS5.To prove his courage, Swami had to sleep alone in his father's office room that night.
A2
A. Father sneered at Swami because the latter disputed the report in the newspaper about the courageous boy who had fought the tiger. Father criticized Swami by asking him if he thought he was wiser than the newspaper.
B. The article reported q young boy's fight with a tiger. It praised his courage. When the boy encountered the tiger he did not panic but stayed calm and quickly climbed up a tree. For half a day he stayed there till people came along and killed the tiger.
C. Strength is physical power whereas 'courage' is the mental strength necessary to tackle a situation fearlessly and with  presence of mind.
D. Father says so to teach Swami that being courageous is more important than possessing strength. A man may have the strength of an elephant but still be a coward. Courage has got nothing to do with age or strength.
E. Swami disputed his father's theory. He could not understand how being courageous would help him if a tiger attacked him. He strongly felt that it must have been a strong and grown up person who had faced the tiger. It was impossible for a boy to fight a tiger.
A3
Ans3. Swami was too terrified to sleep in his father's office room. He trembled at the prospect of sleeping alone. So he wanted to go to sleep quickly beside his grandmother hoping that his father would not insist that he sleep in the office room.
Ans4. Swami dreamt that a tiger was chasing him. He could not run. His feet seemed to get stuck to the ground however hard he tried to move. The tiger was close behind him and he could hear its claws scratching the ground.