How does Bill Bryson end up in a “crash position” in the aircraft?
Once while travelling in an aeroplane, he bent over to tie his shoe lace and at the same time someone who was seating in the front seat pushed back into full recline. Then he ended up in the crash position. He had to claw at the leg of the man sitting next to him in order to free himself from the tangle.
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 happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
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 lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
Behrman has a dream. What is it? Does it come true?
How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?
Why does the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools? Is it a good idea?