Class 9 English Chapter 1 Question Answers - Moments

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Q1. What was the name of the beggar?
Ans: The name of the beggar was Lushkoff.

Q2. Who did Lushkoff beg from?
Ans: He begged from Sergei.

Q3. What was Sergei’s profession?
Ans: Sergei was an advocate.

Q4. What did Sergei remind about the beggar on seeing him?
Ans: Sergei reminded that he had seen him the previous day in Sadovya street.

Q5. What work did Sergei offer the beggar?
Ans: He offered the beggar the work of chopping wood.

Q6. Who was Olga?
Ans: Olga was a maid-servant at Sergei’s home.

Q7. What did Sergei give Lushkoff after the wood was chopped?
Ans: He gave him half a dollar.

Q8. When did Lushkoff used to visit Sergei’s home?
Ans: Lushkoff used to visit Sergei’s home on the first of every month.

Q9. Where did Sergei meet Lushkoff after an interval of two years?
Ans: He met him at the ticket window of a theatre.

Q10. What did Lushkoff tell Sergei about his profession when he met him after two years?
Ans: He told him that now he was a notary and was paid thirty-five roubles a month.

Q11. Who would chop woods for Lushkoff ?
Ans: Olga would chop woods for Lushkoff.

Q12. What changed Lushkoff’s life?
Ans: Olga’s kindness towards Lushkoff changed her life.

Q13. How did Sergei recognise the beggar?

Ans: Sergei looked at the beggar. His face appeared familiar to him. He tried to recollect where he had seen him. Suddenly, his eyes fell on the beggar’s shoes. 

Q14. What kind of work was given to Lushkoff initially? 
Ans: Sergei refused to give alms to Lushkolf, the beggar. lie offered to give him work. He took him home and gave him the work of chopping wood. 

Q15. How did Olga treat Lushkoff in the beginning? 
Ans: In the beginning, Olga treated Lushkoff callously. She called him a drunkard. She rebuked him. Then she would sit before him and grow sad. She looked into his face and wept.