Tom Comes Home - Class 7 English

Quick Answers

1. Answer the following questions in not more than one sentence.


1. From where does Tom return?
Ans. Tom returns from school to home for the holidays.

2. What does he get for Maggie?
Ans. Tom got a fish-line.

3. What had Maggie forgotten while Tom was away?
Ans. Maggie forgot to feed the rabbits.

4. Where does Maggie go after she tells Tom the truth about her mistake?
Ans. Maggie runs to her attic.

5. What does Tom take for Maggie whe he goes upstairs to call her?
Ans. Tom took a cake.

6. What does Tom wish for?
Ans. Tom wished that it would be wonderful if they got bigger and still went to school.


Reference to context

2. But Tom, all your rabbits are dead!
1. Who says this?
Ans. Maggies said that.
2. Why did the rabbits die?
Ans. The rabbits died because Maggie forgot to feed them.
3. How does Tom react to this piece of news?
Ans. Tom was shocked and angry on hearing the news.


3. Perhaps she is up in the attic and has forgotten all about meal times.
1. Who speaks the above line and about whom?
Ans. Mrs. Tulliver spoke the above line regarding Maggie.
2. Why is she in the attic?
Ans. Maggie was in the attic as Tom was angry and scolded her, he even told that she won't be going with him tomorrow for fishing.
3. When does she come down?
Ans. Maggie came down when Tom asked her to come downstairs and have some tea.


4. Oh, you are making me impatient!
1. Who says this and to whom?
Ans. Maggies said that to Tom.
2. What is making the speaker impatient?
Ans. The speaker "Maggie" wanted to know what was in Tom's pocket.
3. What do they decide to do after the suspense is revealed?
Ans. Tom told that he has two new-fish lines and they decided to go fishing tomorrow down by the Round Pool.

Read, reflect and write

5. Tom is unnecessarily harsh towards Maggie on learning that his rabbits have died. Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer.

Ans. Yes, Tom was unnecessarily harsh towards Maggie after learning that his rabbits have died, he blamed her by saying that she forgot to feed them, out of anger he even said that she is a bad girl, and will not even take her to the Round Pool for fishing the day after. Maggie mentioned that she did not want them dead, she couldn't help to save them, she wanted to tell the reason but without listening Tom scolded.


6. Why does Maggie go to the attic? What happens when she sees Tom in the attic?

Ans. Once Tom knew about the death of his rabbits he became angry and scolded Maggie, Maggie would have wanted to tell but Tom paid no heed, she stood motionless, sobbing, as she was hurt and sad she ran towards her attic. When she saw Tom in the attic, she asked him to forgive her, told him that she will always be good and remember things.


7. Extended writing: Maggie and Tom share a strong bond. Give instances from the text to support this statement.

Ans. Intially when Tom came, he told Maggie that he got two fish-lines one for himself and the other for her and they would both go for fishing tomorrow.
After Tom went to his sister's attic, she asked for forgiveness, Tom asked her not to cry and gave her a cake to eat. He then asked her to come downstairs and have a cup of tea.
Once Maggie enquired if they could go fishing tomorrow and if he could put worms in her hook, Tom readily agreed.
Also after fishing they wished that how wonderful it would be if they got bigger and still went to school and holidays would be fun.

Word Wall

Analogies

1. An analogy is a way of stating a comparative relationship between two sets of words. Compare the analogies below.

a.	catch	:	fish	::	harvest	:	grain
b.	author	:	story	::	poet	:	poem
c.	plane	:	hangar	::	car	:	garage
d.	slither	:	snakd	::	waddle	:	duck
e.	canvas	:	painter	::	marble	:	sculptor
f.	bouquet	:	flowers	::	team	:	players
g.	animals	:	zoology	::	plants	:	botany