Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?
Though it is not clearly started but there are several instances in the story which suggest that the narrator is not as rich as Mrs Pumphrey, tricki’s mistress. While the narrator provides tricki with a warm loose box as a bed instead of having multiple beds like tricki had a day bed, night bed, cushions, toys, rubber rings, a breakfast bowl in Mrs. Pumphrey’s house. When he arrives to take the dog with him, Mrs. Pumphrey called her entire staff at her disposal to transfer all of tricki’s belongings to the doctor’s car. By hearing from the doctor about tricki’s slow and gradual recovery, Mrs Pumphrey send two dozen eggs at a time along with wine bottles and brandy in order to help in his speedy recovery.
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?
Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?
Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
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?
Who is the real culprit in the story?
What guesses are made by Think–Tank about the books found on earth?
Why does Mrs Hall find the scientist eccentric?
Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?
What does he say about Lutkins?
If you were in Noodle’s place, how would you handle Think-Tank’s mistakes?
Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?
How would you assess Griffin as a scientist?
What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?
What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?