Why is he tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest?
Mrs Pumphrey had started bringing eggs to build tricki’s strength along with wine bottles and brandy. The narrator and his partners started enjoying the eggs, wine and brandy which was bring up by Mrs Pumphrey for tricki. According to the narrator, they were days of deep content for them that was started with the extra egg in the morning, then the midday wine and then finally finishing the day with brandy. that is why the narrator was tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest.
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?
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”?
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?
Bholi had many apprehensions about going to school. What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home?
What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?
Did you begin to suspect, before the end of the story, that the lady was not the person Horace Danby took her to be? If so, at what point did you realise this, and how?
Bholi’s story must have moved you. Do you think girl children are not treated at par with boys? You are aware that the government has introduced a scheme to save the girl child as the sex ratio is declining. The scheme is called Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Save the Girl Child. Read about the scheme and design a poster in groups of four and display on the school notice board.
What curious episode occurs in the study?
How do they replace the necklace?
Who is the real culprit in the story?
How has Max got in?
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?
Why was he wandering the streets?