Read the given passage and answer the Questions.
Yes! There was the battered bag on the floor, the books, half on the floor and others stuffed in the bag. But what was this? The English book was lying near his pillow and seemed to smile at him! Mahesh’s mother was astonished to see him rushing through the chores and then sitting down to glue and cover his English book that very morning! Next year Mahesh Kumar got the prize for the ‘BestLooked-After Books’.
a. Why was Mahesh’s mother astonished?
b. What do you mean by the word’chores’?
c. Where was the English book?