Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?
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Answer: Abdul Kalam’s house was on Mosque Street in Rameswaram.
Question 2. What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer: I think Dinamani is the name of a newspaper because Kalam says that when his brother-in-law would tell his stories of the War, he would later try to trace it in the ‘headlines’ of Dinamani. This implies that Dinamani would have been a newspaper.
Question 3. Who were Abdul Kalam’s school friends? What did they later become?
Answer: Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan were Abdul Kalam’s school friends.
Ramanadha Sastry took over the priesthood of the Rameswaram temple from his father. Aravindan went into the business of arranging transport for visiting pilgrims. Sivaprakasan became a catering contractor for Southern Railways.
Question 4. How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
Answer: Abdul Kalam earned his first wages by catching bundles of newspapers thrown out from the moving train on the Rameswaram Road between Rameswaram and Dhanuskodi and distributing them.
Question 5. Had he earned any money before that? In what way?
Answer: Yes, he had earned money before that too. He used to collect tamarind seeds and sell them to a provision shop on Mosque Street. A day’s collection would let him earn one anna.