Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter A Triumph of Surgery NCERT Solutions | Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki

Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?

What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of commonsense?

How does he treat the dog?

Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?

Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?

What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?

Why is he tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

How did the invisible man first become visible?

How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?

What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?

Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?

Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school?

What kind of a person is her husband?

Bholi had many apprehensions about going to school. What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home?

Bholi’s real name is Sulekha. We are told this right at the beginning. But only in the last but one paragraph of the story is Bholi called Sulekha again. Why do you think she is called Sulekha at that point in the story?

“Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)

If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?

What experiments and projects does he then undertake?

Why does the marriage not take place?

How did his mother help him?

What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?