A Long Walk Home is a parents-children relationship essay that tells us that we should never lie to our parents. It hurts them a lot. The parents sacrifice their time, resources, and desires to bring us up and we must be loyal and sincere to them.
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A long walk home important questions answers
Here are the important short questions with answers to the lesson A Long Walk Home by Jason Bocarro. A solution to all class 11 English question answers notes for KPK board and FBISE are given in pdf too.
Exercise Questions
Q.1. Why did Jason readily agree to drive his father to Mijas?
Ans: Jason had recently learned how to drive. He hardly ever had an opportunity to drive the car. So, when his father asked him to drive him to Mijas on the condition that he takes the car to a nearby garage for service, he readily accepted it. (46 words)
Q.2. What excuse did Jason invent as an explanation for his being late?
Ans: As the car required a few hours to be serviced, Jason spent this time watching movies in a nearby theatre. He got late to pick up the car. But he told his father that the car needed some major repairs, it took a long time to be repaired and hence he got late. (50 words)
Q. 3. Why did his father say that he was angry with himself, not with Jason.
Ans: Jason’s father tried to make his son realized his severe mistake that he kept his old father waiting for hours. He said that he was angry with himself for bring up a son who could not tell the truth to his father.
Q. 4. Why did Jason’s father decide to walk the 18 miles back home?
Ans: Jason’s father could not stand the fact that his own children lie to him. He thought that it was his own fault that he could not teach his children to speak the truth. That is why he decided to walk 18 miles to punish himself. (45 words)
Q.5. What was the most distressing and painful experience for Jason?
Ans: Jason’s father was angry with him and decided to walk home. Jason had a painful experience of seeing his old father walking home 18 miles. It was distressing to see his father his father so much emotional and physical pain. (40 words)
Interpreting Questions
Q.1. Was Jason’s father angry with him because he came late?
Ans: No, Jason’s father was not angry with him for being late. He was actually angry that Hason lied to him. (20 words)
Q.2. What is in your opinion the way Jason’s father responded to his son’s lying to him?
Ans: In my opinion, Jason’s father responded in a rightful way. With an ordinary response, Jason could not have learned the most important lesson of his life. It is his father’s response which made Jason never lie to his father in the future. (42 words)
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