Unit-8 Lesson-4
Question No. 1 (B)
Read the passage and answer question B.
My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from my father, doesn’t want me. She told me to go away. Now she is married to another man. My father lives very far away. I want to go to him, but he won’t take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasn’t answered. The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box was quite heavy when it was full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream. In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours and get so little in return that we can’t even buy food.
B. Answer the following questions.
(a) Why does Amerigo consider himself lucky?
Ans: Amerigo considers himself lucky because he is alive. His friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in a pile of trash. Many of them work for 10 to 12 hours and get very little in return that they cannot even buy food.
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(b) What did he request his father to do?
Ans: As Amerigo wanted to go to his father, he requested his father to send him some money so that he could buy a bus ticket, but his father did not respond at all.
(c) Why does Amerigo think that streets are his home?
Ans: Amerigo thinks that streets are his home because he has no home to live in, no family to live with. As he is deprived of food and shelter, he considers streets his home.
(d) What do you know about Amerigo’s work experience?
Ans: Amerigo’s work experience was very painful; sometimes he would find work. He used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor, but he stopped doing that after he had a serious infection and a doctor told him to stay away from the trash dump. Once he worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach but for only meagre wages.
(e) What do you know about Amerigo’s familial condition?
Ans: Amerigo is a street child who is deprived of the company of his parents. His parents have been separated from each other and live far away from Amerigo.
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