What possible plot line could the story continue with?
Jo wanted the story to be continued and ended happily. Roger Skunk’s friends didn’t want to play with him due to his foul smell so wizard did a magic and provided him a rose smell so that he can play with his friends happily but Jack didn’t want to end story like a fairly tale so he said Skunk’s mother didn’t like the change that Skunk got. So Jo wanted that wizard should hit the mommy.
What makes Jack feel caught in an uglymiddle position?
Why is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child’s?
What is the moral issue that the story raises?
What is your stance regarding the two endings to the Roger Skunk story?
How does Jo want the story to end and why?
What do you think was Jo’s problem?
Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?
Why does Jack insist that it was the wizard that was hit and not the mother?
Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
What does the third level refers to?
‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?
What kind of a person was Evans?
It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?
What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?
Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?
What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?
‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?
Did the Governor and his staff finally heave a sigh of relief?
How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
What do you infer from Sam’s letter to Charley?
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
‘Take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves.’ What is the relevance of this statement in the context of the Antarcticenvironment?
Why is Antarctica the place to go to, to understand the earth’s present, past and future?
Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?
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