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?
We need a new system for the age of ecology - a system which is embedded in the care of all people and also in the care of the Earth and all life upon it. Discuss.
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?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
Did the Governor and his staff finally heave a sigh of relief?
What will the Maharaja do to find the required number of tigers to kill?
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?
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?
Reflecting on the story, what did you feel about Evans’ having the last laugh?
What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?
What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?