Tippitty the flying squrrel chapter question answer
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Answer the following questions.
a. Describe Tippitty’s little house.
Ans. She lived in a little box with two partitions; the inner one-her bedroom-was fitted with a little nest of feathers and cotton wool, and a tiny door led from it into the bigger sitting room, where she also dined.
b. What was her toilet routine?
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The English Channel (Class 7) – Tippitty, the Flying Squirrel (Adapted from Companions Feathered, Furred, and Scaled by Charles H. Donald)
The English Channel (Class 7) – Tippitty, the Flying Squirrel (Adapted from Companions Feathered, Furred, and Scaled by Charles H. Donald)
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Tippitty, the Flying Squirrel
About the passage
A. Read to understand
1. Find out from the passage about the following.
a. the colour of Tippitty’s fur
Ans. chestnut red
b. the length of Tippitty’s tail
Ans. Two feet
c. Any five things that made up Tippitty’s diet.
Ans. Puddings, stewed fruit, walnut, milk and custard
d. The breeds of Tippitty’s best friends
Ans. Don, a field spaniel, and Brook, a large shaggy Tibetan sheep dog
2. Answer the following questions.
a. Describe Tippitty’s little house.
Ans. She lived in a little box with two partitions; the inner one-her bedroom-was fitted with a little nest of feathers and cotton wool, and a tiny door led from it into the bigger sitting room, where she also dined.
b. What was her toilet routine?
Ans. Tippitty was very particular about her toilet routine. She would sit erect and carefully get to work both her little hands. Beginning with the tip of her nose, she would gradually work over the whole of her face and head. The tail would be her last, but by no means her least, care.
c. Which theory did the writer disprove with the help of Tippitty?
Ans. The Himalayan nutcracker (Nucifraga hemispila) had been credited with the holes one frequently found in walnuts in the Himalayas. The writer has disproved this theory with the help of Tippitty.
d. Why did the writer find Tippitty’s nocturnal nature to be a drawback?
Ans. The writer found Tippitty’s nocturnal nature to be a drawback because it was most lively when it was time for ordinary people to be in bed.
e. Why would Tippitty sometimes ‘sneeze and splutter’ while drinking milk?
Ans. Tippitty was much too ladylike to make any such fuss over her milk. She was usually in rather a hurry for it, and consequently more of her face went into the saucer than was intended by nature, with the result that a certain amount of liquid went up her nose and made Tippitty sneeze and splutter.
f. What would Tippitty do when she felt there was trouble nearby?
Ans. Trippitty would make use of Brock’s tail as hiding place when she felt there was trouble nearby.
g. What would she do when she became tired during the afternoon walks?
Ans. When she became tired during the afternoon walks she would make for the writer’s leg and be up on his shoulder or if Brock or Don happened to be at hand, she would spring on to one of their backs and get a free ride.
h. What would she generally do after sunset? What effect did a good dinner have on her?
Ans. Tippitty was nocturnal and woke up a little after sunset if left to herself. Provided she did not get a good dinner, she would be prepared to play and look about for odds and ends to nibble on all night through. A good dinner had the effect of making her sleepy, too.
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Tippitty, the Flying Squirrel
About the passage
A. Read to understand
1. Find out from the passage about the following.
a. the colour of Tippitty’s fur
Ans. chestnut red
b. the length of Tippitty’s tail
Ans. Two feet
c. Any five things that made up Tippitty’s diet.
Ans. Puddings, stewed fruit, walnut, milk and custard
d. The breeds of Tippitty’s best friends
Ans. Don, a field spaniel, and Brook, a large shaggy Tibetan sheep dog
e. the scientific name of the birds who ate the walnuts bored by
Tippitty.
Ans. Nucifraga Hemispila
2. Answer the following questions.
a. Describe Tippitty’s little house.
Ans. She lived in a little box with two partitions; the inner one-her bedroom-was fitted with a little nest of feathers and cotton wool, and a tiny door led from it into the bigger sitting room, where she also dined.
b. What was her toilet routine?
Ans. Tippitty was very particular about her toilet routine. She would sit erect and carefully get to work both her little hands. Beginning with the tip of her nose, she would gradually work over the whole of her face and head. The tail would be her last, but by no means her least, care.
c. Which theory did the writer disprove with the help of Tippitty?
Ans. The Himalayan nutcracker (Nucifraga hemispila) had been credited with the holes one frequently found in walnuts in the Himalayas. The writer has disproved this theory with the help of Tippitty.
d. Why did the writer find Tippitty’s nocturnal nature to be a drawback?
Ans. The writer found Tippitty’s nocturnal nature to be a drawback because it was most lively when it was time for ordinary people to be in bed.
e. Why would Tippitty sometimes ‘sneeze and splutter’ while drinking milk?
Ans. Tippitty was much too ladylike to make any such fuss over her milk. She was usually in rather a hurry for it, and consequently more of her face went into the saucer than was intended by nature, with the result that a certain amount of liquid went up her nose and made Tippitty sneeze and splutter.
f. What would Tippitty do when she felt there was trouble nearby?
Ans. Trippitty would make use of Brock’s tail as hiding place when she felt there was trouble nearby.
g. What would she do when she became tired during the afternoon walks?
Ans. When she became tired during the afternoon walks she would make for the writer’s leg and be up on his shoulder or if Brock or Don happened to be at hand, she would spring on to one of their backs and get a free ride.
h. What would she generally do after sunset? What effect did a good dinner have on her?
Ans. Tippitty was nocturnal and woke up a little after sunset if left to herself. Provided she did not get a good dinner, she would be prepared to play and look about for odds and ends to nibble on all night through. A good dinner had the effect of making her sleepy, too.
B. Read to infer
1. Explain the phrase, ‘would have done credit to an animal ten times her size’.
Ans. Her growl was so alarming that it was equivalent to the growl of an animal ten times bigger than her in size.
2. Why was it in the writer’s interest to provide Tippitty with a good dinner?
Ans. It was in the writer’s interest to provide Tippitty with a good dinner because Tippitty would invariably overeat and that meant sleeping solidly till the early hours of the morning. This way writer would also get good night sleep.
3. Give two examples from the passage to show that Tippitty was not very choosy when it came to eating.
Ans. 1. She would make her way to the extreme end of a branch and nibble off the young leaves.
2. She was quite happy on any tree or shrub and found something to eat on all.
4. How do we know that Tippitty wasn’t too keen to accompany the writer on his afternoon strolls?
Ans. Tippitty accompanied the writer and the dogs on an afternoon stroll, after being ruthlessly pulled out of her box. This shows that Tippitty wasn’t too keen to accompany the writer on his afternoon strolls.
5. Why would Tippitty get tied up before meals? How did this practice ultimately lead to her death?
Ans. Tippitty got tied up before meals because sometimes while jumping here and there, her tail may pass through the soup and spoil the taste. She had been tied up just before dinner, but somehow the end of the chain had got unfastened from the leg of the chair. She hopped about on the boards of the verandah and dragged her chain behind her. There was a fox nearby who had poor Tippitty in its relentless jaws.
C. Discuss is not important.