Sorry best friend full question answers | English Class 7 | Chapter 2 Solutions| Snowflakes

A.  Q 1. Why had Sonu and his mother come to live in Mumbai?

Ans:  As Sonu’s mothers office was in Mumbai ,he along with his mother  shifted to Mumbai.

Q 2. Why was Sonu lonely?

Ans: After his mother went to office ,he was all alone in his home ,as a result of which he felt lonely.

Q 3. Who was Rahiman? Briefly describe Sonu and Rahiman’s  first meeting?

Ans:   Rahiman was the daughter of Sonu’s maid .

                           Sonu and Rahiman’s first meeting was not very interesting, as the little girl looked frightening and didn’t even went to Sonu’s room or played with him with his toys.

Q 4. How did Sonu and Rahiman become friends?

Ans:  After Rahiman began coming  to Sonu’s house at a regular basis ,they both began playing and talking to each other ,and even shared secrets.In this way ,with passing of days ,they both became friends.

Q 5. When did Sonu’s feeling for Rahiman changed? Why was he angry and hurt?

 Ans: When Sonu’s mother told him to pay Rahiman along with her mother ,his feelings for her changed.

                                 Sonu was  angry as well as hurt because he thought that Rahiman wasn’t really his best friend but only came and stayed with him for money. 

Q 6. Briefly describe the incident that occurred  at  the beach   .

Ans: At the beach like other children Sonu and Rahiman too began building sand castles .When Rahiman’s  castle was ready  with beautiful big and samll domes and arches,it was appreciated  by Sonu’s mother .By seeing this Sonu was angry , as his half made castle was unnoticed and unappreciated .As a result Sonu began to jump up and down on her castle and eventually they both scratched and hit each other.

Q 7. When did Sonu’s mother decide to take him to visit Rahiman?

Ans:  When Sonu urged with his mother about Rahiman that she wasn’t his best friend  and only came for money she decided to take him to visit Rahiman.

Q 8. What made Sonu realise that he was wrong in judging the situation?                                               Ans: After Sonu with his mother entered Rahiman’s tiny house it was very dark inside and Rahiman was in torn and filthy clothes ,stood with her  red eyes when she saw Sonu .This situation made Sonu  realize that he was wrong in judging the situation.

B. 1. a) Who is  ‘She’ reffered to in this extract?

Ans: She is reffered to Rahiman .

b) Why did she refuse to go to Sonu’s room?

Ans: Rahiman refused to go to Sonu’s room due to fear of her mother’s instruction ,of sitting in a corner without any word from her mouth.

c) What made Sonu want to spend time with her?

Ans: As Sonu used to spent time all alone in his house  without any companion  , he gets bored and on seeing Rahiman he wanted to spent time with her .

d) Why did Sonu want her to come again the next day?

Ans: Sonu wanted her to come again the next day so that he could spent time with her and doesn’t gets lonely.

2 . a) Why   was Sonu’s mother upset with him?

Ans: Sonu’s fight with Rahiman at the beach , made his mother upset.

b) How did this make Sonu feel?

Ans: By seeing his mother’s behaviour towards him he felt upset.

c) Explain what Sonu meant by the words he muttered.

Ans: Sonu’s muttering words meant that he was angry with Rahiman as he felt that she acted as his best friend only for money and for a girl like her his mother neither gave him dinner nor talked with him .

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