How does he treat the dog?
The doctor did not give food and medicines but plenty of water for two days to the dog. Slowly, Tricki started showing interest in his surroundings and started mixing with the other dogs at the hospital. One day the doctor saw tricki was licking the empty shining bowl of the dogs and on the very next day doctor was amazed to note that Tricki had a fast run to eat his food with enthusiasm. From that day onwards, his progress was very rapid which shows he did not require any kind of medicinal treatment and recovered quite well at the end.
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?
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?
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?
Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?
How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?
What guesses are made by Think–Tank about the books found on earth?
Who is the real culprit in the story?
Noodle avoids offending Think-Tank but at the same time he corrects his mistakes. How does he manage to do that?
Does the narrator serve the summons that day?
What are the qualities that go into the making of a scientist?
What does he get from Anil in return for his work?
What does Horace Danby like to collect?
“Horace Danby was good and respectable — but not completely honest”. Why do you think this description is apt for Horace? Why can’t he be categorised as a typical thief?