What curious episode occurs in the study?
Early in the morning a curious episode happened. The clergyman and his wife were woke up by noise in the study. Creeping downstairs, they heard the sound of chink of money being taken from the clergyman’s desk to their amazement the room appeared to be empty. He and his wife looked under the desk and behind the curtains and even up the chimney but nobody was there. Yet the desk had been opened and the housekeeping money was also missing.
Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
What does Horace Danby like to collect?
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?
What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?
How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it. What makes it a convincing story?
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?
Who tried to invade the earth in the twenty-first century?
Who befriends him? Where does he take him?
Who is speaking to Horace Danby?
Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
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.
If you were in Noodle’s place, how would you handle Think-Tank’s mistakes?
What do M. and Mme Loisel do next?