How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
Iswaran narrated the uprooted tree on the highway as eyebrows made appropriately and hands stretched out in the dramatic manner. He would being by saying that the road was distant and he was also all alone. Suddenly, he found something which looked like a huge bushy beast lying across that had fallen down its dry branches and were spread out. The effect that he wanted to create is suspense concluding in a very small incident which he narrates to the readers.
Can you think of some other ending for the story?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
How does he narrate the story of the tusker? Does it appear to be plausible?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
Why does the author say that Iswaran seemed to more than make up for the absence of a TV in Mahendra’s living quarters?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
What is the meaning of “My cat was back and so was I”? Had the author gone anywhere? Why does he say that he is also back?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
Name all the people who are tried in the king’s court, and give the reasons for their trial.
Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words show his fear and insecurity?
What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?
Why are his teeth and gums navy blue?
Do you think the feeling of depression Johnsy has is common among teenagers?
How have the people of the community helped one another? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?
When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?