Explanation:

Q1 : What did Hafeez contractor have nightmares about?

Answer :

Hafeez Contractor got nightmares about appearing for a mathematics examination in which he did not know anything.

Q2 : What did the Principal say to him, which influenced him deeply?

Answer :

When Hafeez was in the eleventh standard, his Principal said to him that he had been seeing him since day one. He was a good student. However, he had never studied. The principal told him that so far he had taken care of him, but from then on he was by himself. He mentioned how Hafeez’s mother had worked extremely hard to bring him up and had paid all his fees for all those years. However, he had only played games. He thus told Hafeez to rise to the occasion and study. These words influenced Hafeez in a deep manner.

Q3 : “… that year I did not step out onto the field.” What was he busy doing that year?

Answer :

He was busy studying that year. He went for prayers, and just ate and studied.

Q4 : (i) What “distraction” did Hafeez Contractor create one day?

(ii) Would you have liked to participate in the “distraction” had you

been with him?

Answer :

(i)Hafeez mentions how one day he did not want to study. Thus, he decided to create a “distraction”, and for one whole hour, he played ‘chor-police’ with his classmates