Question

Answer the following questions in your own words :

1) Why did Mrs. Packletide wish to kill a tiger?

2) What made her decide to give a party in Loona Bimberton's honour? What did she intend to give Loona on her birthday?

3) How was the tiger shooting arranged? What kind of a tiger was chosen for the purpose?

4) In what way did the villagers help Mrs. Packletide shoot the tiger?

5) Who was Miss Mebbin? Was she really devoted to Mrs. Packletide? How did she behave during the tiger shooting?

6) Mrs. Packletide was a good shot. Discuss.

7) What comment did Miss Mebbin make after Mrs Packletide had fired the shot? Why did Miss Mebbin make this comment? How did Mrs Packletide react to this comment?

8) How did the villagers react to the tiger's death?

9) Do you think Mrs. Packletide was able to achieve her heart's desire? Give reasons for your answer.

10) How did Miss Mebbin manage to get her week-end cottage? Why did she plant so many tiger lilies in her garden?

11) "The incidental expenses are so heavy," she confides to inquiring friends. Who is the speaker? What is she referring to here?

[Class 10 NCERT Eng Ch : 2]

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(g) What comment did Miss Mebbin make after Mrs Packletide had fired
the shot?
Why did Miss Mebbin make this comment? How did Mrs Packletide
react to this comment?
Answer
Miss Mebbin commented that the bullet had shot the goat not the tiger.
The tiger had succumbed to heart failure caused by the sound of firing
accelerated by senile decay.
She made this comment to take advantageof the fact that the tiger was
not killed by Mrs. packletide. In fact, she wanted to exploit the situation.
Mrs. packletide was annoyed at the discovery.

(h) How did the villagers react to the tiger's death?
Answer
The villagers were anxious for their thousand rupees. They did not pay
any heed to Miss Mebbin’s revelation that Mrs. Packletide had not killed
a tiger but a goat. They readily believed that Mrs. Packletide had shot
the beast lest they lose their money.
(i) Do you think Mrs. Packletide was able to achieve her heart's desire?
Give reasons for your answer.
Answer
Yes, I think Mrs. Packletide was able to achieve her heart's desire of
killing a tiger and to show off that she was the possessor of a dead tiger.
She wanted her photographs to be published in the newspapers. Her
desire was accomplished positively. She was able to outdo Loona
Bimberton and she sent her a gift of a tiger-claw brooch.

(j) How did Miss Mebbin manage to get her week-end cottage? Why did
she plant so many tiger lilies in her garden?
Answer
Louisa Mebbin blackmailed Mrs. Packletide into buying her the
weekend cottage or else she would have told Loona Bimberton that it
was not the tiger but a mere goat that Mrs. Packletide had shot. The tiger
lilies would always remind of how she had procured the cottage.

(k) "The incidental expenses are so heavy," she confides to inquiring
friends. Who is the speaker? What is she referring to here?

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