Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
Bill Bryson declared that he was easily confused. when he went looking for the lavatory in a cinema he ended up standing in an alley on the wrong side of the self-locking door. He had a habit of returning to hotel desks two or three times a day and by asking what his room number was. That's why he said that he was easily confused.
How does Bill Bryson end up in a “crash position” in the aircraft?
Bill Bryson “ached to be suave”. Is he successful in his mis- sion? List his ‘unsuave’ ways.
Why are his teeth and gums navy blue?
Why is his finger bleeding? What is his wife’s reaction?
What is the significance of the title?
What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
Why do you think Bill Bryson’s wife says to the children, “Take the lids off the food for Daddy”?
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?
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?
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 Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are they precious?
How have the people of the community helped one another? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?
Why does the author say that Iswaran seemed to more than make up for the absence of a TV in Mahendra’s living quarters?
Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?
Why does he break down in tears after the fire?
During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga, is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff?
How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?
How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?