Chapter 1. Cheat!
1.
Why
was Ram surprised to see Smita? because he was being tortured and he hadn't asked for lawyer because he couldn't afford it. 2.
In
your opinion, who sent Smita? How did she know about his arrest?I think Smita saw the program and imagine it could happen to Ram. Therefore i don't think that anyone's send her, she was by intuition.
Chapter 2. Father Timothy.
1.
Father
Timothy gave the orphan three names. How would these names help the boy?
The three names of Ram help him when the people wants to call him because depends of the religion of the person called Ram in a different way.
2.
Find
out about the wars between India and Pakistan and answer: In your opinion, why
did Father Timothy give him these three names?
Maybe Father Timothy accepted the three religions in India and didn't discriminate any one.
3.
How
did Ram spend his childhoo?
He spend his childhoo in the church, while living with Father Timothy And Also I play cricket and football with another children.
4.
How
diferent was Ram Mohamed Thomas’ childhood from yours?
I am not an orphan and luckily I had I can go to school and have a meal every day.
5.
In
your opinion, what is going to happen to Ram after Father Timothy’s death?
I think he will probably be left in the street with nothing and nobody will take care of him, then have to try to survive with what little they had.
Chapter 3. A Home for the disabled.
1.
How
did Ram and Salim meet?
In the orphan, when Ram was ill.
2.
Why
did they like each other?
they loved watching films and their favourite actor was Armaan Ali, and they are orphans.
3.
What
was the Delhi’s Children home like?
It was a large old building with a small garden and a wall around it and the bedroom of Ram had two beds and a mirror in a wall.
4.
Why
and how did they escape?
They escaped because he overheard a conversation between maman and Punnoose, who spoke of Ram and Salim ability for singing. Ram was frightened because he discovered that maman and Punnoose want to blind them.
5.
Where
are they Planning to go?
To going to Neelima Kumari house, an actress that would help them.
6.
How
are they going to survive there?
They probably thought the actress would give them work as servants and a place to sleep.
Chapter 4. Tragedy Queen.
1.
Ram
knew Neelima’s lover face although he couldn’t remember exactly where from. Who
do you think it was? Where might he have seen him before?
Probably the lover of Neelima's was a famous person in India and he saw his face in a newspaper or in a TV program.
2.
Neelima
says about her lover: “sometimes I think that he loves me. Sometimes I think
that he hates me”. Why does she say this?
Because her lover beat him.
3.
In
your opinion, why men mistreat women? Why is Neelima mistreated?
I think that men mistreat his wife or girlfriend to feel more important than the womens or something because they think that her wife it's doing something wrong.
4.
What
happened to Neelima in the end? Name three true celebrities who died the same
way
Nelima commits suicide like Marilyn Monroe, Vincent Van Gogh or Kurt Cobain.
Chapter 5.
A soldier’s story
1.
He
talks about a war. When was it and which countries were fighting each other?
Why?
India and Pakistan. It only lasted 13 days, making it one of the shortest in the history of warfare. Because of the war, 10 million people left the country and went to India.
2.
How
did the old soldier’s stories help Ram with the answer to the next quiz
question?
The soldier told Ram that the greatest reward for the soldiers was the PVC ( Param Vir Chakra)
Chapter 6. A Brother’s Promise
1.
Do
you think Ram should have helped Gudiya?
No, it maybe causes him problems and is something that only the police must help.
2.
Will
the Police find him and arrest him for the murder?
I don’t think so, anyone had seen him doing it, so they didn’t thing about Ram as the murder.
4.
Will
see ever see his brother and Gudiya again?
I think so, because will be very sad if they won't meet again.
5.
Would
you interfere if you knew your neighbour is beating his wife and daughter?
Of course , i think it is necessary and I thinks too that it never had to happen.
Chapter 7. How to speak Australian.
1.
Who
do you think phoned the inspector about Colonel Taylor and Jeevan Kumar?
Ram had already saved 43,500 rupees of his salary, and he got the rest by selling magazines.
2.
Why
was Thomas diferent from the other
servents that Colonel Taylor had had?
Because Thomas is an honest man.
3.
Now
Thomas has 52,000 rupees. What will he do? How will he spend them?
He bought a train ticket that used to go to meet again his friend Salim, and also bought some clothes for his friend.
4.
Where
did he get all this Money from?
He had already saved 43,500 rupees of his salary, and he got the rest by selling some magazines.
Chapter 8. Murder on a Train
1.
Fifty
thousand dreams had suddenly been taken from me. “What did Ram mean?”
He refered to the money. The 52.000 rupees from Coronel Taylor's house, and when he was on the train to meet again Salim, a robber take that money from him.
2.
Thomas
is thinking about the Police and asks himself: “Would the Police tell me that I
was a hero for killing a robber? Or would they call me a killer who had shot a
man dead without even knowing his name?”. Why does he think this? What do you
think the Police would tell him?
I think I was a little worried because where I was, the police are not as friendly as in other cities, and thought he ivan stop because they're very strict.
Chapter 9. A Love Story
1.
Ram
and Nita fell in Love. But why could they not get married?
Because Nita’s dad engaged her with a man that will pay the money that his dad asked for, and Ram don’t have this money.
2.
Nita
is engaged to a rich and successful man who will pay her family 40,000 rupees.
Do you think arranged marriages are a good idea?
No, but in these culture, is a way to give money for the family.
3.
Why
do you think Swapna Devi said this about his son: “perhaps death will be the
best thing for him”
Because for ill people, death is sometimes the only way to stop suffering.
4.
In
this chapter we see Thomas is really generous. Why?
Because with the money that didn’t give to Nita, he gave it to a man who needed it to help his son.
5.
Why
is this chapter particularly important?
Because it explained why and how Ram decided to go to the TV show.
6.
How
was the man of the hospital able to pay Thomas back?
Helping him to answer a question in the TV show by phoning him.
Chapter 10. At home with a killer.
1.
Explain
how Salim became a junior actor.
He starts to work as a servant for a manager who meke junior actors stars. He told Salim if he does some photos he help Salim to be an actor.
2.
Would
you betray someone who has saved your
life if you know he’s a criminal?
I think tha it depends in how is the person like the personality and the way of being, and what kind of criminal is.
3.
Why
do you think Thomas didn’t tell Salim about the quiz show?
Because he didn’t wanted that Salim Knew his intentions.
Chapter 11. Look after your Buttons
1.
Do
you think Prakash Rao was right in giving his wife all what she wished?
No, He shouldn’t have stolen only to satisfy the wishes of his wife.
2.
Is
that a reason to steal and betray your ownn family?
I think that if its necessary for the survival of my family I will do it.
3.
What
is voodoo and in which country do people usually practise it?
Black magic rituals, in which needles are stuck somewhere in the doll's body and thus the related person will suffer some evil or a curse.
4.
How
did she make vodoo to Prakash Rao’s brother?
He took a button from a shirt, some hair from the hairbrush and he put the head of the doll on a chicken's blood.
5.
In
your opinion, who was more cruel to each other, Prakash or Arvind Rao? Why?
Prakash, because he practised vodoo againts his own brother.
Chapter 12. The Last Question.
1.
In
this chapter we learn the true reason why Ram Mohammed Thomas went to the show Who Will Win a Billion. What is it?
He wants to kill the presenter of the show because is the man who beat Neelima and the man who asked for money to Nita’s family.
2.
Why
did Ram choose the answer A?
Because he didn’t trust the presenter andhe knows he was lying althought he didn’t kill him.
3.
What
was Smita’s secret?
that she is Gudiya, the little girl who he saved years ago.
Chapter 13. A Sister’s Promise
1.
Ram
said the luck came from inside the person. Explain what he meant.
Everyone makes his own luck, the fate is something that is in our hands and we are the owners of our fate.
2.
Does
the story have a happy end? Explain your answer.
Of course he finally get marriage with the girl he loves, and he get the money who wins in the programme
