Class 9 English - Moments - Chapter The Accidental Tourist NCERT Solutions | What happens when the zip on his carry-o

How does Bill Bryson end up in a “crash position” in the aircraft?

Bill Bryson “ached to be suave”. Is he successful in his mis- sion? List his ‘unsuave’ ways.

Why are his teeth and gums navy blue?

Why is his finger bleeding? What is his wife’s reaction?

What is the significance of the title?

Why do you think Bill Bryson’s wife says to the children, “Take the lids off the food for Daddy”?

Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?

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?

In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?

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?

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?

Why does the author say that Iswaran seemed to more than make up for the absence of a TV in Mahendra’s living quarters?

Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?

Name all the people who are tried in the king’s court, and give the reasons for their trial.

Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?

When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?

What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?

What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?

Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?

Can you think of some other ending for the story?

In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?