Available Answers

1. 1.

   It was a schoolboy's pledge, and made in deadly earnest. What did the boys not realise when they made that pledge? (paras 5 and 15)

2. 2.

   ... it was going to rain...but instead of turning homewards, I pushed my way through the forest. Why? Had the narrator felt or noticed something? If so, what? (para 6)

3. 3.

   What indicates that Rusty was greatly excited when he saw the pool? (para 7)

4. 4.

   Read the narrator's description of Somi and Anil. Does it show a clear difference between the two? If so, what is the difference? Was there also something similar between them? If so, what? (para 8)

5. 5.

   But the pool was my own discovery. Did the others recognise that it was his own discovery? If so, in what way? (paras 9-10)

6. 6.

   How did Rusty describe Somi as a boy? What was he like when Somi saw him recently? (paras 8 and 15)