What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?
The ending of the story is open for us to decide the results. At the end, the parents, who continuously believed that he was with them right from the starting of their journey may have suddenly realized that he was missing and come looking for the lost child. The helpful man who tried to console the little boy by providing him various things at the fair may have also asked him for the description of his parents and helped him to be reunited with them at the reception of fair.
When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
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?
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?
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long”?
How have the people of the community helped one another? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are they precious?
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?
Why does he break down in tears after the fire?
During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga, is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff?