From class 7
English
l. Who were the following:
Soapy, Golu, Maya and Nishad, Kari, Mr. Willy Wonka, Gessler Brothers
II. Name the poet of "The Talking Fan"
II. What is the poem Chivvy about?
IV. What happened to 'Muko'?
V. Who was Gopal ?
VI. Do you think Gopal was clever.
VII. The poet of 'The Rebel is D. J. Enright, Mildred Bowers Armstrong, Frank Flynn
VIII. Was Mr. Nath a crook.
IX. Why was Chandini unhappy?
X. Mr.Purcell is compared to a deer, an owl, a dog.
XI. Give one quality of Soapy.
XII. Who is the TINY TEACHER?
XIII. Mr. Purcell had a shop that soldsold.......
Answers
Answer: The above questions are from various chapters of the books 'Honeycomb and An Alien Hand'.
Given questions: l. Who were the following:
Soapy, Golu, Maya and Nishad, Kari, Mr. Willy Wonka, Gessler Brothers?
II. Name the poet of "Mystery of the Talking Fan".
III. What is the poem Chivvy about?
IV. What happened to 'Muko'?
V. Who was Gopal ?
VI. Do you think Gopal was clever?
VII. The poet of 'The Rebel' is
a) D. J. Enright
b) Mildred Bowers Armstrong
c) Frank Flynn
VIII. Was Mr. Nath a crook?
IX. Why was Chandini unhappy?
X. Mr.Purcell is compared to
a) a deer
b) an owl
c) a dog
XI. Give one quality of Soapy.
XII. Who is the TINY TEACHER?
XIII. Mr. Purcell had a shop that sold ______ .
Answer: I. Soapy: Soapy is a lazy, main character of the chapter 'The Cop and the Anthem'.
Golu: Golu was a naughty baby baboon.
Maya and Nishad: Nishad, a child is the narrator of the chapter 'Expert Detectives'. Maya is 10 year old sister of Nishad.
Kari: Kari is the narrator's elephant who was 5 months old when he came under his care.
Mr. Willy Wonka: Mr. Willy Wonka is the owner of the chocolate factory and the inventor of Vita Wonk.
Gessler Brothers: Gessler brothers are two shoemakers settled in London.
II. 'Maude Rubin' is the poet of the poem "Mystery of the Talking Fan".
III. The poem 'Chivvy' is about how the adults and grown-ups keep instructing and nagging kids continuously on what to do, how to do, etc.
IV. One day, Moku was kicked and beaten to death by the old wicked couple.
V. Gopal was a wise courtier in the king's court who possessed presence of mind.
VI. Yes, Gopal was a clever man as he was able to do the tough work by distracting people from talking about the Hilsa fish with his funny appearance.
VII. The poet of 'The Rebel' is D. J. Enright.
VIII. According to Maya, Mr. Nath was a crook due to his queer appearance.
IX. Chandni was unhappy because she was tied in the smaller hut of Abbu Khan.
X. Mr.Purcell is compared to an owl.
XI. Soapy is a man of realization as he decides to give up wrong deeds, search for a job and lead a better life.
XII. The ant is the Tiny Teacher.
XIII. Mr. Purcell had a shop that sold animals like: cats, dogs and monkeys and birds.