Competing With Self
1. Why Zoya was upset?
= Zoya was upset because she got low grades in her class.
2. What was the saddest part?
= The saddest part was that this was not happening to everyone.
3. What was more upsetting for her?
= Zoya's parents did not create any hue and cry that is why it is more upsetting for her.
4. What was Zoya's fear which she was telling her mother about?
= She thinks that she is no longer good. There are so many children who are more intelligent than her and they are all getting full marks.
5. Whom was the class teacher impressed with and why?
= The class-teacher was impressed with two new-comers because they can calculate in no time.
6. How is the fly of an eagle?
= An eagle flaps its wings many a times and then glides high up in the sky.
7. How is the fly of an eagle associated with Zoya's study?
= According to Zoya's mother, she should be like an eagle. She should work hard and compete with her own self. Like the eagle flaps its wings, she too work hard and she will rise.
8. Who is the biggest competitor of Zoya according to her mother and what should she do to compete with it?
= According to her mother, the biggest competitor of Zoya is her own self.
She should try to do her best. If she is not happy with her grades then she look into her mistakes and work her best.