(b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words,
(i) What was Professor Plumb's newly invented form of food?
(ii) What was lying under the thimble?
(iii) Why did the father raise his voice in benediction?
(iv) what did the little baby ,Gustavus Adolphus do with the pill ?
(v) whose idea was fatal and why ?
(vi) write a summary in 50 words
Answers
Answer:
1] Pellets was Professor Plumb's newly invented form of food.
2] The Christmas dinner was lying under the thimble.
3] The father with deep reverance, and a devout eye alternating between the pill and heaven, lifted his voice in benediction.
4] Gustavus Adolphus, the Golden-haired baby boy, had jammed the pill, Boiled it and put it into the mouth.
5] Mother's idea was fatal. Because the water striking in the pill caused it to expand as if the baby had eaten 12 christmas dinners. They rushed the child to the emergency ward and waiting patiently outside.
6] Sorry i don't have the answer for this but I hope that the above five answers will be helpful
Answer:
The Fatal Dinner
Explanation:
Questions and Answers:-
(I)What was Professor Plumb's newly invented form of food?
Ans:- Professor Plumb's newly invented form of food was pellets which were dissolved into water to make a healthy and nutritious diet.
(ii) What was lying under the thimble?
Ans:- The Christmas Dinner the artificial pellets were covered under the thimble.
(iii) Why did the father raise his voice in benediction?
Ans :-The father with deep reverance, and a devout eye alternating between the pill and heaven, lifted his voice in benediction.
(iv) what did the little baby ,Gustavus Adolphus do with the pill ?
Ans:-He dissolved it into water and ate it.
(v) whose idea was fatal and why ?
Ans:- The idea was fatal because it cause baby Gustavus Adolphus food poisoning and the child was immediately hospitalised.
(vi) write a summary in 50 words
Ans:-A scientist Professor Plumb had invented healthy and nutritious pellets for the children.The pellets were supposed to be put in hot water and then they were ready to be consumed.But when the pellets were launched they were eaten by the first child but the pellets expanded and the child had to be hospitalized.