describe the stranger in the lesson 'I want something in a cage'
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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English – Chapter 6: I Want Something in a Cage
NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English – Chapter 6: I Want Something in a Cage – An Alien Hand Supplementary Reader
Comprehension Check (Page 38)
Question 1:
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of following statements.
(i) Mr Purcell sold birds, cats, d^as and monkeys,________________
(ii) He was very concerned about the well-being of the birds and animals in his shop.
(iii) He was impressed by the customer who bought the two doves.__________________
(iv) He was a successful shop owner, though insensitive and cold as a person.______________
Answer:
(i) True (ii) False (iii) False (iv) True.
Question 2:
Why is Mr. Purcell compared to an owl?
Answer:
Purcell appeared like an owl when he looked through his glasses.
Explanation:
Question 3:
From the third paragraph pick out
(i) Words associated with cries of birds.
(ii) Words associated with noise.
(iii) Words suggestive of confusion and fear.
Answer:
(i) Whispered, twitter, squeal, cheeps.
(ii) Stir, rustling, scampered.
(iii) Bewildered, blindly seeking.
Question 4:
Mr. Purcell heard it no more than he would have heard the monotonous ticking of a familiar clock” (Read para beginning with. “It was a rough day……………………………………………………………… ”)
(i) What does it refer to?
(ii) Why does Mr Purcell not hear it clearly?
Answer:
(i) ‘It’ refers to the chirping, squealing and moving of birds all around him.
(ii) He has become so used to those noises that he does not mind them.
Comprehension Check (Page 42)
Answer:
The stranger was a normal person
Explanation:
who come from jail/prison and want something in cage so that he could give him the freedom cause he know the meaning of freedom because he had also spend ten year in prison.