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SAI International School
                                                Grade IX – English
                                       Chapter -A House is not a home
                                                    Assessment

                   1.  My first year of high school felt awkward. After leaving junior
                       high at the head of my class with all the seniority the upper
                       grade levels could afford me, it felt strange starting over as a
                       freshman.
                       The school was twice as big as my old school, and to make
                       matters worse, my closest friends were sent to a different
                       high school. I felt very isolated. I missed my old teachers so
                       much that I would go back and visit them.
                          a.  Why was the narrator feeling awkward?
                          b. Why did the narrator feel strange?
                          c.  Why was the author sent to a new school?
                          d. How would his old teachers encourage him?


                   2.  My mother then ran out of the house carrying a small metal
                       box full of important documents. She dropped the case on the
                       lawn and, in a crazed state, ran back into the house. I knew
                       what she was after. My father had died when I was young, and
                       I was certain that she was not going to let his pictures and
                       letters go up in flames. They were the only things that she had
                       to remember him by. Still I screamed at her, “Mom! No!”
                          a.  What happened to the author’s house?
                          b. Why did the author love his cat so much?
                          c.  Why did his mother run out of the house?
                          d. What things did she want to save from the fire?


               Short Answer type Question (30 – 40 words)


                   3.  What did the author and his mother do on seeing the fire?
                   4.  Why did his mother rush back to the house?
                   5.  The author felt isolated and sad in his new school. Why?
                   6.  What did the author notice when he was sitting in the dining
                       room?
                   7.  How did his old teachers encourage and advice the narrator?
                   8.  What did the author get from his new schoolmates?
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