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 is the significance of the title?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Do you think Prashant is a good leader? Do you think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities?
For whom does the prince send the sapphires and why?
Name all the people who are tried in the king’s court, and give the reasons for their trial.
Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words show his fear and insecurity?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?