1) Did all the farmers in Dhanu’s village have their own land?
Ans: No, only big farmers had their own land in Dhanu’s village.
2) During what time of the year did Dhanu’s family get work in the village? During what time did they not have work?
Ans: Dhanu’s family managed to get work from May to October, i.e., for six months, which is the rainy season. For the next six months, after Dussehra, i.e. November to April, they did not have any work in the village.
3) If people in Dhanu’s village did not leave the village in the search of work, what difficulties would they face in their own village?
Ans: If people in Dhanu’s village did not leave in search of work then
a) they would have no money to buy food and other needs.
b) they would have no money to pay the debt to mukadam.
4) In Dhanu’s village, there can be no farming when there is no rain. Do you think farming can be done even without rainwater? How?
Ans: Yes, farming can be done without rainwater through irrigation. Irrigation is a process of watering the plants manually through wells, tube-wells, canals, harvested rainwater, etc
5) Dhanu’s family and many others from the village go far away for work but some people stay back in the village. Why does this happen?
Ans: While Dhanu’s family and many others went far from the village in search of work but the old people, ill people, and the kids could not work in the field. So they stayed behind.
6) When Dhanu and other children leave the village for six months, what happens in the village school?
Ans: Fewer numbers of students were there to attend school.
7) Why does Mami wish that Dhanu should go to school for the whole year and study?
Ans: Mami wanted Dhanu to become an educated and successful person in his life. That is why she wished that Dhanu should go to school for the whole year and study.
8) What happens when you are not able to go to school for a long time?
Ans: When we are not able to go to school for a long time, then most of the time we forget what we learned earlier.