What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
Johnsy was ill because she was suffering from pneumonia. Only her willingness to live can cure her. Prior to getting cured she started assuming that she was not going to get well. The doctor said that if she doesn’t want to live, then medicines would not help her that much.
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 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?
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?
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?
Can you think of some other ending for the story?
Is Lushkoff a willing worker? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei?
What are the Guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them?
When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?