Class 7 Buzzword Question Answers - The Vanishing Lunchboxes

Short Answer Questions

Q1: What happened when the narrator's mother had to go to Rampur?
Ans: The father was left in charge of the house, and a new cook took over the kitchen.

Q2: How does the narrator describe his father's cooking?
Ans: The narrator describes his father's cooking as terrible, with burnt chapattis and other culinary disasters.

Q3: Why did the cook leave the house?
Ans: The cook left because of arguments with the father over various cooking-related issues.

Q4: What did the narrator do with his lunchbox contents every day on the way to school?
Ans: He emptied the contents into the nearest garbage bin to avoid eating the unpleasant food.

Q5: What was Class 5 B in a furore about?
Ans: Class 5 B was in a commotion because lunchboxes were disappearing from students' bags.

Long Answer Questions

Q1: Explain why the lunchbox became the narrator's greatest cause of misery.
Ans: The lunchbox caused misery because the narrator's father couldn't cook well, leading to unpleasant meals. The narrator had to endure burnt chapattis and other poorly prepared dishes.

Q2: Describe the plan Class 5 B came up with to catch the lunchbox thief.
Ans: The plan involved taking turns to keep watch in the class during empty periods, conducting a bag-to-bag search, and trying to catch the thief without involving any adults.

Q3: Why did the narrator keep watch in the class, and how did it lead to a revelation?
Ans: Jatin asked the narrator to keep watch to catch the lunchbox thief. The revelation occurred when the narrator's actions as the thief were exposed during his turn to keep watch.

Q4: What happened when the narrator's mother returned home, and how did it affect the family?
Ans: The mother was upset with the cook's betrayal and convinced the father to focus on his office work. The mother's return brought back good cooking, affection, and better meals for the narrator.

Q5: How does the story end, and what is the narrator doing at present?
Ans: The lunch thefts stopped when the mother returned. The narrator is now a freelance artist, and he ensures his son's lunchbox is filled with delicious food, unlike his own experiences with his father's cooking.