Analysing Textual Passages 2

Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
As he approached the yellow building he realised that he was perjuring himself
and was ruining his teacher. Probably the headmaster would dismiss Samuel
and then the police would chain him and put him in jail. For all this disgrace,
humiliation and suffering, who would be responsible? Swami shuddered. The
more he thought of Samuel, the more he grieved for him...
1. 'Swami realised that he was perjuring himself and was ruining his teacher.'
What does this statement suggest about the nature of Swami?
2. Pick out an expression which means 'to shake because you are frightened'
from the extract.
3. What, Swami fears, will be the consequences of delivering the letter to the
headmaster?
4. Look at the expression:
The more he thought of Samuel, the more he grieved for him.
Complete the following suitably.
a. The more he thought of his father, __________________
b. The weaker Swami became, _________________