Question 11
EasyOriginal questionThe ball went higher than any of them had ever hit it, over the neem tree, over Sharma-ji's wall, and through his kitchen window with a crash that stopped the game at once.
For a second nobody moved. Then eight boys discovered that they all had somewhere to be. Within a minute the lane was empty except for Kabir, who had hit the ball, and his little sister Tara, who had been watching from the steps.
"Run," she . "Nobody saw."
"You saw," said Kabir.
He walked to Sharma-ji's gate and rang the bell. His heart was beating so hard he was sure the old man could hear it. Sharma-ji came out holding the ball in one hand and a piece of glass in the other, and looked at him for a long time.
"I hit it," Kabir said. "I'll pay for the glass. It might take a few months."
Sharma-ji turned the ball over in his fingers. "Thirty years I have lived in this lane," he said , "and every summer at least one window. You are the first to ring the bell." He handed back the ball. "Pay for half. The other half is for ringing."
What did the other boys do after the window broke?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The story says they "discovered that they all had somewhere urgent to be", and within a minute the lane was empty.
In plain words, they ran away.
Worth noting
The phrase "somewhere urgent to be" is a joke. They had nowhere to go; they wanted to escape.
- Concept
- Reading an event described with humour
- Typical timeTypical
- 35 s
- Your timeYours
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