What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
The side of the bag was open and everything that was within the bag gave way. These things includes newspaper cuttings and other loose papers, a 14- ounce tin of pipe tobacco, magazines, passport English money and films.
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?
Is Lushkoff a willing worker? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei?
What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are they precious?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
What are the Guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
What is Behrman’s masterpiece? What makes Sue say so?
Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?
Can you think of some other ending for the story?