Hi Everyone!! This article will share Fire Stones Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Candy Man, The Vanishing Lunchboxes and The Unusual Spectator so, you can check these posts as well.
Fire Stones Questions & Answers
Question 1: What was the island boy admiring on the day of the tsunami?
Answer: On the day of the tsunami, the island boy was admiring the beautiful sight, the fabulous waves of the sea.
Question 2: Why was the Shompen boy forced to pick the island boy’s pocket?
Answer: The Shompen boy was forced to pick the island boy’s pocket because when he told the island boy that the mountain waves are coming and they should go from there but he didn’t listen to him. He knew that the island boy would run behind him to take his money pouch back. By doing this, the Shompen boy took the boy to the highest point of the hill and saved their lives.
Question 3: Pick out lines in the text that show that the island boy was an obedient son.
Answer: The lines in the text that show that the island boy was an obedient son are: ‘My mother had always told me never to follow a Shompen anywhere, especially into the forest. I did not intend to disobey her.’
Question 4: The Shompen boy believed that he had done his best in the situation. How does he prove it?
Answer: The Shompen boy knew that the mountain waves are coming. He told the island boy about this and insisted that they should go from there but he didn’t listen to him. So, he picked up the pocket of the island boy and the island boy ran behind him to take his money pouch back. By doing this, the Shompen boy took the island boy to the highest point of the hill and saved their lives.
Question 5: Read these lines and answer the questions:
1. The wave was high with white foam at its head.
a. Where was the speaker?
Answer: The speaker was near the sea.
b. What is being talked about?
Answer: The mountain sea waves are being talked about.
c. What happened after this?
Answer: The mountain sea wave rumbled closer to the island boy. It made a noise like all the creatures of the world rolled up in a ball – the lion’s roars, the bull’s bellow, even the snake’s hiss.
2. He had risked his own life and save mine. And all I had done in return was to mistrust him.
a. Who does ‘he’ refer to?
Answer: ‘He’ refers to the Shompen boy.
b. How had ‘he’ risked his own life to save the speaker?
Answer: The Shompen boy picked up the pocket of the island boy and the island boy ran behind him to take his money pouch back. By doing this, the Shompen boy took the island boy to the highest point of the hill and saved their lives. That is how risked he risked his own life to save the speaker.
c. When and how did the speaker realise that he had misunderstood ‘him’?
Answer: When the boys survived through the mountain waves and the narrator noticed that his money pouch is back in his pocket and also, there was something else in it – two black stones, which were Shompen boy’s precious fire stones. When he saw these as a gift, that’s when the speaker realised that he had misunderstood ‘him’.
So, these were Fire Stones Questions & Answers.