The Black Cat by Ruskin bond class 7
A1. Answer these questions.
1. What attracted the author's attention in the old
junk shop?
2. Why did the author need that particular article?
3. Describe the article in your own words.
4. What did the author see sitting on the garden wall? What
was it like?
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5. The author talks about a combination that was suggestive
What was the combination? What was it suggestive of?
6. Who was Miss Bellows? Why did she call on the author?
7. Why did Miss Bellows feel obliged to the author?
8. When the author returned to his room after seeing
Miss Bellows and her pet off, what were his thoughts? What
did he find missing?
Answers
Answer:
The answers to the questions related to the story are given below.
Explanation:
1. An old broomstick in the junk shop attracted the author's attention.
2. The author couldn't use the short-handled commonly available broomsticks, so the longer one seemed like something that would be of help to him.
3. The broom was old but sturdy and it did its job extremely well.
4. The author sees a black cat sitting on the garden wall and staring at him.
5. The combination that the author calls suggestive is that of the cat and the broomstick. It is suggestive as it reminds one of a horror story.
6. Miss Bellows was the oldest resident at the hill station. She came to the author looking for her cat.
7. She felt obliged to the author as he had taken care of her cat and then returned it to her.
8. The author was terrified at his encounter with Ms Bellows. He thought that his mind was playing tricks on him after living alone for so long. He found that his broom was missing.
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