Why do you think Bill Bryson’s wife says to the children, “Take the lids off the food for Daddy”?
Bill had himself taken off the lid, it would have flown away to some part of the plane and the food might have spilled all over the place. Therefore bryson’s wife asked her children to taken the lids off of the food.
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 happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
What is the significance of the title?
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?
When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
Is Lushkoff a willing worker? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei?
Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words show his fear and insecurity?
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
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?
Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how? Why does the ticket collector insist on calling Toto a dog?
What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?
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?