What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
Johnsy was ill because she was suffering from pneumonia. Only her willingness to live can cure her. Prior to getting cured she started assuming that she was not going to get well. The doctor said that if she doesn’t want to live, then medicines would not help her that much.
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 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?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
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?
What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are they precious?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Why is his finger bleeding? What is his wife’s reaction?
How does Bill Bryson end up in a “crash position” in the aircraft?
What is the significance of the title?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?