How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
The author’s grandfather was very fond of collecting animals and made a zoo at home. Toto was in the control of a Tonga owner. The grandfather felt pitying with the monkey and thinks that his private zoo would be a better place for the Toto . So, he purchased that Toto from the Tonga wallah for five rupees.
How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long”?
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how? Why does the ticket collector insist on calling Toto a dog?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
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?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
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 do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? What alternatives do they consider?
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?
What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
Do you think the feeling of depression Johnsy has is common among teenagers?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
How have the people of the community helped one another? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?
How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?
During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga, is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff?
What is the significance of the title?