Why is his finger bleeding? What is his wife’s reaction?
His finger was bleeding from the deep cut because of the zip of the bag when he was trying to open. His wife could not believe by looking at him with an expression of wonder that he did all this for a living.
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?
What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
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?
Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long”?
Why does he break down in tears after the fire?
What is the meaning of “My cat was back and so was I”? Had the author gone anywhere? Why does he say that he is also back?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress? What does the swallow do in the seamstress’ house?
Name all the people who are tried in the king’s court, and give the reasons for their trial.
For whom does the prince send the sapphires and why?
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 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?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?