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“I became one of the tiger’s favourites”. Who is ‘I’ in the statement? Why did he think so?
 

What made Grandfather decide to transfer Timothy to the zoo?
 

When was the bear tied up with a chain? Why?
 

1. The story of an ant’s life sounds almost untrue. The italicised phrase means
 (i) highly exaggerated.
(ii) too remarkable to be true.
(iii) not based on facts.

Why did Tilloo’s father advise him not to try to reach the surface of the planet?
 

Why did Chandni hate the rope round her neck?
 

 Name two things the elephant can do with his trunk, and two he cannot.

What was Grandmother’s prophecy about the cook? Did it come true?
 

Why did he buy a young goat?

Why did Grandfather want Timothy to be put in another enclosure?
 

Abbu Khan said, “No more goats in my house ever again.” Then he changed his mind. Why?
 

Why is Mr Purcell compared to an owl?
 

Why did Chandni hate the rope round her neck?
 

“But the cop’s mind would not consider Soapy”. What did the cop not consider, and why?
 

“I became one of the tiger’s favourites”. Who is ‘I’ in the statement? Why did he think so?
 

Why did it make Mr Purcell feel “vaguely insulted”?

Why did Kari push his friend into the stream?


 

What did the bear eat? There were two things he was not allowed to do. What were they?
 

Where had the spacecraft come from?
 

Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following statements.
(i) Timothy and Grandfather went to Lucknow in a special compartment.
(ii) The compartment in which Grandfather and Timothy travelled had no other passenger.
(iii) Timothy and Grandfather travelled in a first class compartment.
(vi) All passengers in the compartment thought that Timothy was a well-fed and civilised tiger.