1. Who advised the author's wife to send Bruno
to a zoo and why? What was her reaction?
2. "They can not hang me twice "Who says this
and why?
3. How has Prashant, a teenager been able
help the people of his village?
4. How did Johnsy associate herself with the
falling of leaves?
5. What were the changes that took place in the
life of the writer from the time her house burnt,
till it was rebuilt?
Answers
1. Back came the replies,"well but fretting he refuses food too." After that friends visiting Mysore were begged to make a point of going too the zoo and seeing how baba was getting alone. They reported that he was well but looked thin and sad. All the keepers at the zoo said he was fretting.
2. (i) The intruder said the given line. (ii) The intruder had been telling Gerrard that he had murdered one man, and that he would not shy away from murdering him too. This is because the police could not hang him twice for two murders.
3. On reaching his village, Prashant found deplorable conditions all around him. He had leadership qualities so he took the initiative to rehabilitate people. He made a team of young volunteers and cleaned urine, filth, vomit and floating carcasses. His team was fully dedicated to serve others.
4. It was autumn and the ivy creeper leaves were falling gradually. This depressed an already ill Johnsy and strangely enough she associated her falling health with the leaves. She believed that she would die when the last leaf fell.
5. She no longer felt lonely. She had made new friends in the school, had become more open and accepting of the changes that had taken place.