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6. “Mychildhood”dealswiththefamousbiography“WingsofFire”ofthe
celebratedIndianAPJAbdulKalam.MyChildhoodreferstoasectionin
thisbook.Thissectionorchaptertalksabouttheearlydays’ofKalam.
Furthermore,thechaptergivesusanideaofhowthechildhoodof
AbdulKalampreparedhimtobecomeasuccessfulscientistand
presidentinthefuture.MuchhastodowithhisupbringingwhichKalam
discussesinthissectionfrom“WingsofFire”.Moreover,Kalamtellsus
abouthisparentsandsiblingshere.Healsomentionstheimportant
roleofhisfriendsinhislife.Inshort,onecansay,thatinMyChildhood,
Kalammentionseverythingthathadanimpactonhislife.Thesethings
shapedhimintothesuccessfulmanhebecameinthefuture.

16. 1.Abdul Kalam took his father’s permission to study at the headquarters of
(a) Rameswaram
(b) Kanyakumari
(c) Ramanathapuram
(d) Kochi
2.When SivasubramaniaIyerinvited Abdul for the second time
(a) His wife took Abdul to the kitchen and served him food
(b) His wife asked him to go outside the house
(c) Abdul was deeply disappointed
(d) Abdul refused to accept the invitation
3.Who was Sivasubramanialyer?
(a) Abdul Kalam’snew teacher in 5th standard
(b) Abdul Kalam’sscience teacher
(c) Both (A) and (b)
(d) None of the above
MCQ

17. 4.Where was Kalam’shouse?
(a) near a cinema hall
(b) near a park
(c) on a mosque street
(d) none
5.Why did the teacher separate Kalam from his friend?
(a) they were talking in the class
(b) they were not doing their work
(c) they were disturbing the class
(d) because of his own notion of social ranking, religious discrimination
6.What did Samsuddindo?
(a) distributed newspapers in Rameswaram
(b) helped collecting seeds
(c) helped getting money
(d) helped in selling seeds

18. ANSWERS:
1. (c) Ramanathapuram
2.(a) His wife took Abdul to the kitchen and served him food
3.(b) Abdul Kalam’sscience teacher
4. (c) on a mosque street
5. (d) because of his own notion of social ranking, religious discrimination
6.(a) distributed newspapers in Rameswaram

19. PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT
FILL THE TABLE BELOW GIVING CORRECT DATA

20. Name
Profession
Date of Birth
Mother Tongue
Home Town
Titles
Schooling
College
Education
Father
Mother
Achievments
His Inspiration
Favourite author
Special talent
Auto Biography
Popular quote from his poem
His Vision for India
Awards
Hobbies
Other facts

21. 1.WhatincidenttookplaceattheRameshwaramElementarySchoolwhenanewteacher
cametotheclass?
2.Thestory‘Mychildhood’givesthemessagethatoneshouldfollowthereligionof
humanity.How?
3.GiveadetaildescriptionofKalam'sfriendattheschooltimeandwhatbusinessthey
adoptedlater?
4.SupposeyouarethenewteacherwhohadsentKalamtothelastrowintheclass.You
realiseyourmistakeaftertheHindupriestLakshmanaSastryreprimandedyou.Writea
diaryentryinabout120wordsexpressingyourregretatyourbehaviour.