In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
Iswaran was a nice domestic helper for Mahendra. Apart from cooking and doing household work he was also a great entertainer for his masters. He was expert in the management of resources as he could find vegetables out nowhere and never complained with accompanying his masters.
How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
Can you think of some other ending for the story?
How does he narrate the story of the tusker? Does it appear to be plausible?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
Why does the author say that Iswaran seemed to more than make up for the absence of a TV in Mahendra’s living quarters?
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?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
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?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
What is the significance of the title?
What are the Guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them?
Why do you think Bill Bryson’s wife says to the children, “Take the lids off the food for Daddy”?
What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress? What does the swallow do in the seamstress’ house?
Do you think the feeling of depression Johnsy has is common among teenagers?