How does Jo want the story to end and why?
Jo didn’t like the way her father ended the story so she wanted to change the ending according to her and told her father to come again tomorrow with the story in the way she want. She wants that wizard should also hit the mommy back because she didn’t like the injustice that had happened with the hero of the story Roger Skunk.
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?
What do you think was Jo’s problem?
Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?
What possible plot line could the story continue with?
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?
While we condemn the crime, we are sympathetic to the criminal. Is this the reason why prison staff often develop a soft corner for those in custody?
Will the exam now go as scheduled?
‘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?
There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.
Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other ways in which this is done. What do you think of the human tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future?
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?
Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?