All questions and answers of chapter The Five Orange Pips, please give it fast, tomorrow I have my eng lit test.
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Comprehension Check
Question 1. What is the secret that Meena shares with Mridu in the backyard?
Answer: Meena shares the secret of the kitten that they found in front of the house in the morning. They had kept it in the backyard behind a thick bush.
Question 2. How does Ravi get milk for the kitten?
Answer: Ravi gets milk for the kitten cleverly from the kitchen by pretending that he is hungry. In order to prove that he indeed was hungry, he had to drink most of the milk. He would leave some milk in the tumbler and empty it in the coconut shell kept in the backyard.
Question 3. Who does he say the kitten’s ancestors are? Do you believe him?
Answer: Ravi says that the kitten’s ancestor was the Pallava Lion, emblem of the Pallava dynasty.
No, I don’t believe him.
Question 4. Ravi has a lot to say about M.P.Poonai. This shows that
(i) he is merely trying to impress Mridu.
(ii) his knowledge of history is sound.
(iii) he has a rich imagination.
(iv) he is an intelligent child.
Which of these statements do you agree/disagree to?
Answer: I think that his knowledge of history is sound. Also, he has a rich imagination and he is an intelligent child.
Question 5. What was the noise that startled Mridu and frightened Mahendran?
Answer: The noise that startled Mridu and frightened Mahendran was the ‘kreeching’ sound of Lalli’s violin.
Answer:
Q. Why does John Openshaw want to see Sherlock Holmes?
A. He wants to see him because he receives a letter with five orange pips just like his uncle and father. After they received the same latter, they died
Q. Why does Elias come back to England?
A. Elias didn't like the black Americans so he fought against the North. when the South lost the war, there was equality for black people so he left America.
QWhat scares Elias after returning to England?
A. He receives a letter with 5 orange pips and the letters "KKK" on the envelope.
Q. How does Elias Openshaw die? What do the police think about his death?
A. He drank a lot and ran out of the house wildly. they found him dead in a river. The police thought it was a suicide/ he killed himself.
Q. How does john's father die? What do the police think about his death?
A. After receiving the letter, he went to visit a friend. the police thought while he was walking home in the dark, he fell down a hill. he was badly hurt and died soon. the police thought it was an accident.
Q. How does John die? What do the police think about his death?
A. John was taking a train home after he met Sherlock. the police found him dead in the river near Waterloo station and thought it was an accident.
Q. How do Sherlock find the murderer? What does he do
A. Sherlock checked where they sent the letters and learnt that they were all sea ports. he found a ship and that ship was in the three ports. So he sent them the pips. However, they never got the letter. The ship sank because of the winter storms.
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