What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies?

Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?

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

Do you think the feeling of depression Johnsy has is common among teenagers?

Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?

How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?

Can you think of some other ending for the story?

Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long”?

How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?

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

How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?

What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?

How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?

What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life?

What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?

How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?

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

Why does the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools? Is it a good idea?

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

Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress? What does the swallow do in the seamstress’ house?

Behrman has a dream. What is it? Does it come true?