Test: A House is not a Home - Class 9 MCQ

Zan was at home sitting at his dining-room table doing homework when he noticed smoke filling the room.

Zan's red tabby cat was lying lazily on his papers when he noticed smoke filling the room.

Zan's mother ran back into the house to save the pictures and letters of his father who had died when Zan was young. These were the only memories she had of him, so she had to save them.

Zan's mother dropped a small metal box that was full of important documents on the lawn.

Zan was worried about losing his mother while she was inside the burning house.

The firefighter wrapped a blanket around Zan and made him sit in their car. A fireman came out of the house with Zan’s mother behind him. He took her to the fire truck and put an oxygen mask on her mouth. Zan ran to her and hugged her. The thought of losing his mother aroused affection in Zan’s heart and all thoughts of dislike vanished from his mind.

Zan saw that his burnt-down house had been damaged and things had either got burnt or had been destroyed by the water and chemicals used to put out the fire.

Zan hoped to find his cat somewhere while he watched the clearing of debris.

Zan's schoolmates brought school supplies, notebooks, jeans, tops, sweatsuits, etc. for him.

Zan was sitting at his dining-room table doing homework when he noticed smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling.