A.
1.He was not in mood to go or he was feeling lazy.
2. A letter, give it to the headmaster
3. The dismissal of his teacher, how the teacher caned the students violently
4.at the end of the day.
5. That the headmaster had taken the afternoon off and would be on leave for a week.
B.
1. Mother was lenient and generously suggested that he should stay at home if he had a headache. Father was a strict man and could not be fooled so easily.he did not believe Swami's excuses and insisted that he must go to school.
2. Because as pwr Swami's account , the teacher used to beat the students violently. So, father wrote a letter to the headmaster suggesting some stern action against Samuel.
3. Because like himself, Swami's father also held the opinion that students should not miss school
4.Swami had given an exaggerated account of the teacher to his father. So the father had written a letter to the headmaster suggesting some strong action against the teacher. Swami now felt sorey for his action and felt responsible for the disgrace and humiliation that the teacher would suffer.
5. Swami disturbed Samuel in the class by asking stupid questions, in a very loud voice, related to the topic he was teaching. He also interrupted qhile the other children were responding to Samuel's questions. He thus provoked Samuel to beat him.
6. In the end, Father tore up the letter and threw it the wastepaper bin. He suspected that Swami qas lying to him about the headmaster being on leave and seemed to be angry with him.
HOTS
Ans1. Swami felt bad because in his heart, he knew that the teacher was not so bad. He felt responsible for the misery Samuel would have to suffer. He had lied to his father only to escape schoool.
Ans3. Swami wanted Samuel to beat him so that he could justify the teacher's dismissal in his conscience and would not feel guilty.
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