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Answer the question briefly:

The boy in the story was out of the ordinary. How?

The boy in the story was special, as he spent complete afternoons sitting on the litchi tree dreaming, without it being the litchi season. He preferred to dream while his peers played with catapults.


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Answer the question briefly:

How, according to the beggar, can one realize one's dream?

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Answer the question briefly:

The beggar's wisdom and his present state of penury seem to be contradictory. Why?

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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

"Yes, because it's so easy to lose it all, to let someone take it away from you."


1. What does the speaker refer to as 'it'?


2. When does one lose 'it'?


3. How had the speaker gained such profound knowledge about it'?

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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

"It was a startling question coming from that ragged old man on the street"


1. Where was the narrator when he was drawn into the conversation?


2. Give a brief description of the old man


3. Why was the narrator perplexed by the question?