What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
The two strange things that the guru and his disciple notice in the kingdom of fools are as follows:
- Everyone sleeps during the day and carry out their work at night even the cattles too.
- The cost to purchase anything from the market, whether it was a measure of rice or a bunch of banana, it would cost the same one duddu (one rupee).
Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?
How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?
What are the Guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them?
Why does the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools? Is it a good idea?
Name all the people who are tried in the king’s court, and give the reasons for their trial.
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
How does Bill Bryson end up in a “crash position” in the aircraft?
What is Behrman’s masterpiece? What makes Sue say so?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life?
Why is his finger bleeding? What is his wife’s reaction?
The cat and the author are very fond of each other. How has this been shown in the story? Where was the cat after the fire? Who brings it back and how?
Why does he break down in tears after the fire?
Behrman has a dream. What is it? Does it come true?