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Q1: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
A real message from the real Sebastian Shultz. We both knew that by reliving the accident, something wonderful had happened.

• Who is the narrator?
• What accident’s he referring to?
• Write the antonym for the word, ‘wonderful’.

Ans:

• The narrator is the boy ‘Michael’.
• The accident in which ‘Sebastian Shultz’ lost his memory and entered into comma.
• The antonyms for the word ‘wonderful’ are ‘dreadful’, ‘awful’.

Q2: Why was Michael shocked when he read the name Sebastian Shultz in a newspaper?
Ans: Michael was shocked when he read the name Sebastian Shultz in the newspaper because Sebastian Shultz was a character in the virtual reality game and he had rescued him. It meant it was not a game character but a real human.

Q3: How was Shultz finally rescued by Michael ?
Ans: Michael played four games. He first played the game the ‘Wildwest’ and lost the first game. He then played the, second game the ‘Dragon Quest’. But in that game also Sebastian was killed. He then played the ‘Jail Break’ but there also Michael was unable to rescue Sebastian. In the last game ‘Warzone’ Michael hit jackpot and was able to rescue Sebastian.

Q4: How was Shultz rescued from ‘Warzone’ ?
Ans: ‘Warzone’ was the last game which Michael was playing to rescue Sebastian. The Warzone was a city with tall windowless buildings riddled with holes. Machine gun fire raked the sky. Michael and Sebastian had to make it to sniper fire when a helicopter was waiting for them. They started to run but the tank fires sent them scuttling back to the wall. All of a sudden Sebastian jumped into a jeep, started the ignition key and they both went. Suddenly, the jeep skidded and Sebastian was thrown into the air but Michael somehow pulled him up and rescued Sebastian. Michael cracked the game by hitting a jackpot.

Q5:How did Shultz get trapped in the video games?
Ans: Shultz was playing one of the virtual video games in the car. Suddenly, his car met with an accident and his head banged against the computer and his memory was transferred into the computer’s memory and he .went deep into the coma. His memory was stored in the memory of the computer.

Q6: Imagine you are Sebastian’s parents. Write a diary entry describing your feelings when you come to know what has happened to him.
Ans: I am feeling very sad today. I was very fond of video games and even my son was also fond of them. I didn’t realize that these virtual games could do so much harm to anyone. My son Subastain was going to school in his car. He was playing psycho¬drive games on his way to school. Suddenly the car screeched to a halt and he banged his head against the computer. His memory was transferred into the computer’s and he went into a deep coma. The doctors didn’t have any hope of his revival but he was some how rescued from the game by a boy named Michael. I now realise how much damage these computer games can cause to us. These games can lead to cyber addiction and the an lead to desensitisation. They make us violent and also cut us off from the real world. I will now take care that Sebastian doesn’t play these games.

Q7: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
When we got therh, I remember some of them were not new. Anyway, back at home, I launched myself off into the first of the games.

• Who is the speaker?
• What did the speaker get?
• What does the word ‘launched’ mean?

Ans:

• Michael is the speaker.
• The speaker got many gizmos and psycho-drive games.
• The word ‘launched’ means here ‘formally introduced (a new product) with publicity’.

Q8: What did Sebastian write in the final e-mail he sent to Michael?
Ans: The final e-mail sent to Michael by Sebastian had the feeling of immense gratitude. He wrote that he could not know how the process of his rescue happened. He expressed his desire to meet Michael very soon. He also requested Michael to keep the games with him as he had earned them.

Q9: Why did Michael and his father go to the computer fair?
Ans: Michael’s father was crazy about computers. He had extreme passion for gizmos.
He had a Pentium 150 Mhz4 processor, with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 Gb hard disk drive and 16 speed CD ROM, complete with speakers, printer, modem and scanner. It could do anything. But technology was advancing everyday and Michael’s father could not resist any of the new gadgets. So they went to the computer fair.

Q10: Why did the news about Sebastian Shultz shock Michael?
Ans: Michael gasped when he saw the photograph that went with the story in the newspaper. The boy in the picture was the same boy who was with him in the psycho-driven games and his name was Sebastian Shultz. He was shocked to know that shultz had been in coma for all the time. The situation didn’t make any sense at all and Michael was shocked.

Q11: How had Sebastian entered the games Michael later on bought?
Ans: When Sebastian met with an accident, he was playing one of the psycho-driven games using his laptop. He entered the games when he banged his head in the accident and the laptop saved his memory in its own. When Shultz was in hospital, his laptop ’ was stolen and sold in the computer fair. It was bought by Michael’s dad.

Q12: What was the aim of the game ‘Dragonquest’?
Ans: The aim of the game Dragon quest was simple. In the game, Michael had to rescue the fair princess Aurora from the wicked dragon, and collect the wicked creature’s treasure along the way. The princess had been imprisoned at the top of a tall tower. She was a young woman with long golden plaits.

Q13: How did Sebastian Shultz communicate with Michael? What did he say in his last message?
Ans: Sebastian Shultz communicated with Michael by e-mail. In his last message, he expressed his gratitude. He conveyed the fact to Michael that he could not know how the process of his rescue happened. He also expressed his desire to meet Michael soon. Further he requested Michael to keep the games with him. Thus Shultz expressed his felling of obligation.

Q14: How did Michael and his father indulge in their taste for new gadgets ?
Ans: Michael’s father was nutty about computers. He visited the computer fair along with Michael and bought computer of Pentium 150 MHz, 4 processer with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 GB hard disk drive and 16 speed CDROM, complete speakers, printers, modems and scanner. He was very fond of gadgets and gizmos. He bought some interactive psycho-drive games for his son.

Q15: I magine you are Michael. Write a diary entry describing your spirit of fellow feeling with which you finally rescued Sebastian.
Ans:

Dear diary

I am ecstatic that I saved the life of Sebastian. I never knew that he was actually a human being. I got a message from Sebastian ‘Rescue Me’. I didn’t know that he was a real human. I tried rescuing him from the ‘Dragon Quest’ game but I failed. I played another game ‘Jail Break’ where I failed again and then finally I played the game of ‘Warzone’ and I am finally able to save Sebastian and hit a jackpot. I think Sebastian had been playing the psycho-drive game when he met with an accident and his memory got transferred into the memory of the laptop. I have a feeling of real joy that I was able to help a boy in need. He seems to be an intelligent boy and we will be great companions.