I Want Something in a Cage Question Answers: NCERT Class 7 English - An Alien Hand
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Exercise 1 ( Page No. : 38 )
Exercise 2 ( Page No. : 42 )
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Q1 Do you think the atmosphere of Mr Purcell’s shop was cheerful or depressing? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans: The atmosphere of Mr Purcell's shop was very depressing because of a consistant stir of movement that permeated his shop and the animals and birds were making a lot of noise as they were restless. It seemed as through they were not happy in their cages.
Q2 Describe the stranger who came to the pet shop. What did he want?
Ans: The stranger was a strange man who was wearing shiny shoes and cheap ill- fitted but with a new suit. He has a shuttling glance and close his cropped hair. He wanted something else small in a cage with the wings.
Q3 (i) The man insisted on buying the doves because he was fond of birds. Do you agree?
(ii) How had he earned the five dollars he had?
Ans: (i) The answer is no, the man didn't insisted on buying the doves because he was very fond of birds. He did not ask directly for the birds, instead of that, he said that he wanted a creature with wings in a cage. This tells us that he had sympathy for the birds and wanted to see them fly.
(ii) He had earned those five dollars by doing hard working labour in jail.
Q4 Was the customer interested in the care and feeding of the doves he had bought? If not, why not?
Ans: The customer was not so much interested in the care and feeding of the doves. He had brought the doves because he just wanted to released them.
Exercise 3 ( Page No. : 43 )
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Q1 Why, in your opinion, did the man set the doves free?
Ans: In my opinion, the man must have set the dove free because he himself had been remained close in jail for ten years. He had sympathy for birds and knew the pain of being imprisoned against their desires. He want to see them flying and enjoy their freedom that's why he bought something with the wings. He wanted to taste the happiness of freedom from cages by setting the dove free.
Q2 Why did it make Mr Purcell feel “vaguely insulted”?
Ans: Mr Purcell felt vaguely insulted as the customer bought from Purcells shop for about five dollars and then went outside to set them free. It was Mr Purcell who kept these birds in a cage and constricted their freedom and the man spent his income of ten years only to give the doves freedom. So, he felt all the more insulted.
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