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Comprehensive Check, 1. Velu stood on the platform but he felt, "as if he was still on a moving train"., Why?, Ans: Velu sat, on the Kanyakumari, Express and ran away from his home to, Chennai. His legs were wobbly and shaky, after he travelled to Chennai on a train, and still felt shaky as if he was still on, the train when he stood at the station., The effect of the train journey stayed on, him for some time., Scanned By Scanner Go

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2. What made him feel miserable?, Ans: Velu was fed up with his drunkard, father and hence chose to run away from, home. He ran away from home around, two days ago and had not eaten anything, except some peanuts and a piece of, jaggery. He didn't know anything about, the new city which made him anxious., Scanned By Scanner Go

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3. (i) Velu travelled without a ticket., Why?, Ans: Velu's drunk father used to snatch, away all his earnings. This irritated him, and he left for home and sat on a train to, Chennai. Since he had no money, he had, to travel without a ticket., (ii) How did he escape the ticket, collector's attention?, Ans: He was sitting on the floor in the, unreserved compartment. He was lucky, because the ticket collector didn't come, to the unreserved compartment., Scanned By Scanner Go

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4. Why had Velu run away from home?, Ans: Velu and his sisters had to work to, fill their stomachs since they were poor., But their father was a drunkard and, would beat the kids up in the evening and, snatch away all the money. Velu got, irritated by his life and decided to run, away from the home to Chennai., Scanned By Scanner Go