Class 9 English Chapter 1 Question Answers - Moments

Q1: What was the narrator doing on one Sunday afternoon after he had started high school?
Ans: The narrator was sitting at the dining table and doing his homework on one Sunday afternoon after he had started high school.

Q2: What was the narrator’s red tabby cat doing?
Ans: The narrator’s red tabby cat was lying on top of all his papers, making loud sounds, and hitting at his pen for entertainment.

Q3: When did the narrator rescue his pet cat?
Ans: The narrator rescued his pet cat when she was a kitten.

Q4: When did the narrator’s father die?
Ans: The narrator’s father died when he was young.

Q5: What were the things the narrator’s mother trying to save from the fire?
Ans: The narrator’s mother was trying to save important documents, pictures, and letters of his father to keep his memories.

Q6: Who stopped the narrator from entering the house after his mother?
Ans: A fireman stopped the narrator from entering the house after his mother.

Q7: What was done with the narrator?
Ans: The narrator was wrapped in a blanket and made to sit inside the car by a fireman.

Q8: What had the fireman put on the narrator’s mother?
Ans: The fireman put an oxygen mask on the narrator’s mother.

Q9: What happened to the narrator’s mother?
Ans: She was caught in the fire and had inhaled a little smoke.

Q10: Why did the narrator go to school with tennis shoes?
Ans: While doing homework, he had kicked his shoe off at the time of the incident. Now he had no shoes left because all were damaged in the fire. That is why he went to school wearing tennis shoes borrowed from his aunt.

Q11: Why did the narrator feel embarrassed?
Ans: After the incident, the narrator had no clothes left. He had lost all his books, bags, and belongings for school. Going to school without having anything was a big embarrassment for him.

Q12: Why did they have to borrow money from the narrator’s grandparents?
Ans: They had to borrow money from the narrator’s grandparents as all the documents needed to withdraw money from the bank were destroyed due to the fire.

Q13: What kind of attention was the narrator not looking for?
Ans: After the burning incident, everyone in the narrator's school was sympathetic towards him. They all were giving special attention that the narrator was not actually looking for.

Q14: "Does this belong to you?" – Who was the speaker, and what was the thing the speaker was talking about?
Ans: Here, a woman was offering the narrator's lost pet cat to him.