a. Who was Major HPS Ahluwalia?
b. What had happened to Jody's father?
c. How was the experience of the author when he climbed mountains?
d. How does Jody know that the fawn is a male?
e. Why did the author feel change in himself?
f. Why was Mill-Wheel afraid to leave Jody alone?
Answers
a. Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia is an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and retired Indian Army officer. During his career he has made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work. He is the sixth Indian man and twenty first man in world that climbed Mount Everest.
b. Jody's father had been bitten by a rattlesnake. Jody's father killed the doe or she dear. He used her heart and liver to draw out the snake's poison.
c. By climbing the summit of Everest, the author was overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy and thankfulness. It was a joy that lasts a lifetime. The experience changed him completely.
d. Jody's father told him that in a male fawn the spots are all in a line and in females they are randomly arranged. This knowledge helped him recognize it being a male fawn.
e. He experienced change within himself which is called mystical because of the beauty, aloofness, might, ruggedness, and the difficulties encountered on the way.
f. 2 Mill-wheel was afraid to leave Jody alone because he thought Jody might get lost or get bitter by the snake.