Class 9 English - Moments - Chapter The Accidental Tourist NCERT Solutions | What happens when the zip on his carry-o

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?

Why do you think Bill Bryson’s wife says to the children, “Take the lids off the food for Daddy”?

Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?

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 the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?

Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?

Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?

What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies?

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 do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? What alternatives do they consider?

How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?

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?

How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?