Class 12 English - Vistas - Chapter Should Wizard hit Mommy NCERT Solutions | Why does Jack insist that it was the wiz

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?

What possible plot line could the story continue with?

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 kind of a person was Evans?

What does the third level refers to?

What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?

Reflecting on the story, what did you feel about Evans’ having the last laugh?

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?

Do you agree that between crime and punishment it is mainly a battle of wits?

What could the Governor have done to securely bring back Evans to prison when he caught him at the Golden Lion? Does that final act of foolishness really prove that “he was just another good-for-a-giggle, gullible governor, that was all”?

Will the clues left behind on the question paper put Evans back in prison again?

What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?

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?