How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
The author’s grandfather was very fond of collecting animals and made a zoo at home. Toto was in the control of a Tonga owner. The grandfather felt pitying with the monkey and thinks that his private zoo would be a better place for the Toto . So, he purchased that Toto from the Tonga wallah for five rupees.
How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long”?
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how? Why does the ticket collector insist on calling Toto a dog?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
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?
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?
Why are his teeth and gums navy blue?
Why do you think Bill Bryson’s wife says to the children, “Take the lids off the food for Daddy”?
What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga, is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff?
Sergei says, “I am happy that my words have taken effect.” 5Why does he say so? Is he right in saying this?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
Why do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? What alternatives do they consider?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?