The Two Runaway Class 7 English Solutions

Chapter Name: The Two Runaway
Subject: Modern English
Lesson: 8
Class: 7
Board: Board Of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM/BSEM)
Contents: Summary, Questions and Answers.

Chapter Summary

The Two Runaway Class 7 English Solutions

The story, adapted from Enid Blyton’s “The Two Runaways” in The Yellow Story Book, revolves around a young boy named Robin who becomes disillusioned with his life at home and decides to run away to start afresh. Along the way, he encounters Tom, who offers him a ride. Tom quickly discerns that Robin is a runaway, having been one himself. Tom shares his own tale of regret, having left home over what he now sees as trivial challenges. He lost touch with his family and regrets discarding the opportunity to communicate with them. Despite his wealth and many friends, he feels the absence of family keenly.

Listening to Tom’s story prompts Robin to reconsider his decision and return home. He realizes that he plays a vital role in his family and that familial bonds are more important than fleeting frustrations or desires for independence.

Answer the following questions in a sentence each.

Q1. What is the age of Robin Linton in the story?

Ans: The age of Robin Linton is nearly fifteen.

Q2. What are the names of the twins?

Ans: The names of the twins are Mary and Jack.

Q3. Why did the Canadian stop his car on a side road?

Ans: The Canadian stopped his car on a side road because he was suspicious that the boy might be running away from home.

Q4. What was Robin startled?

Ans: Robin was startled because the Canadian man himself was running away too.

Q5. Why did the Canadian detest his young brother?

Ans: The Canadian detested his young brother because he had to look after him.

Q6. Why did the Canadian stare hard at Robin’s mother?

Ans: The Canadian stared hard at Robin’s mother because she was his little sister.

Q7. What was the name of Robin’s mother?

Ans: Bess

Q8. What is Robin to Tom?

Ans: Robin was Tom’s nephew.

Q9. What was Robin’s last question to himself?

Ans: Robin’s last question to himself was “Aren’t I the man of the family?”.

Q10. Who were the two runaways?

Ans: The two runaways were Tom and Robin.

Write T for true and F for false against the statements given below.

1. Robin was fed up with doing the kitchen fire                T
2. Robin did not shut the back gate behind him               F
3. Robin felt so depressed                         T
4. A middle-aged man was driving a smart big car        F
5. A kind gentleman took Robin to the docks                     F
6. The gentleman was an American                       F
7. The Canadians make a lot of money                  T
8. Robin did not think of his mother                      F
9. Tom brought Robin home                    T
10. Robin loved the twins’ T

Answer the following questions in about 20-25 words each:

Q1. Write about the work Robin had to do at home.

Ans: Robin had to help her mother as a man of the family. He had to take care of the twins. Reading books to Mary, trying to find out what mischief Jack’s got into and also getting in the woods and helping to wash up.

Q2. Why did Robin run away from his home?

Ans: Robin ran away from his home because he was fed up with being the man of the family and helping his mother in every possible way. He wanted to have a life of his own.

Q3. Relate how the gentleman took Robin in his car.

Ans: There was no bus so Robin thought of hitchhiking and thumbed every car but nobody stopped for him. Then, the gentleman stopped his car and asked Robin whether he needed a lift. That was how the gentleman took Robin in his car.

Q4. How did Robin know that the man himself was a runaway?

Ans: The man narrated that he was once a frightful little coward. He felt disgusted with things at home and he went off instead of facing it. By earing this, Robin knew that the man himself was a runaway.

Q5. How did the gentleman lose his family and relatives?

Ans: The gentleman ran away from his family because he felt disgusted with things at his home and threw away his family and settled in Canada. He couldn’t even write to his family as he ran away from them for stupid little difficulties of life. That was how the gentleman lost his family.

Q6. How did Tom meet Bess?

Ans: Tom was riding Robin back to his home. They stopped at the little front door. Robin’s mother was happy to see her son come back. That was how Tom met Bess.

Q7. What did Bess say to their family?

Ans: Bess told Tom that their mother was dead their brother is not far away and he has got nephews and niece.

Q8. What did Robin think of his mother?

Ans: Robin thought his mother was very kind to him and proud of him. She had a lovely smile when he came back from school.

Answer the following questions in 50-60 words.

Q1. What would you do if you were Robin?

Ans: If I were Robin, I would have also thought of Running away from home to escape the burden of the household chores. But I would rather not do it in real because no matter what the circumstance is, I would not abandon my mother and my siblings, I would share the responsibility of running the house with my mother and contribute my share of work.

Q2. Bring out the element of surprise in the story.

Ans: In the story, it was a surprising element when Tom disclosed to Robin that he was a runaway. Another twist comes in the plot of the story when Tom comes up to drop Robin home and overhears his mother telling Robin that she was scared that he might also run away like his uncle, Tom. This statement made Tom realise that Bes was his sister.

Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the correct phrases/idioms. You can make changes if necessary.

1. Tom ran away from his home.
2. Robin wants to get down near the docks.
3. I have to look after my old mother.
4. Robin was fed up with doing the kitchen fire.
5. I have to do a lot of work
6. It is difficult for me to make head or tail of the problem.
7. A little car came by there.
8. He went all over the world.

Fill up the gap in the following sentences with suitable prepositions

Once there lived a bird and her two newborn babies in a forest. They had a nest on a tall, shady tree and there the mother bird took care of her little ones day and night.

One day, there was a big storm. The wind blew off many trees. The tall tree on which the bird lived also came down. A big heavy ranch hit the nest and killed the bird.