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CBSE Solutions Class 7 English An Alien Hand
Page No. 38
Comprehension Check
Q1. Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of following statements.
(i) Mr Purcell sold birds, cats, dogs and monkeys.
(ii) He was very concerned about the well-being of the birds and animals in his shop.
(iii) He was impressed by the customer who bought the two doves.
(iv) He was a successful shopowner, though insensitive and cold as a person.
Answer: (i) True
(ii) False
(iii) False
(iv) False
Q2. Why is Mr Purcell compared to an owl?
Answer: Mr Purcell is compared to an owl because of the large glasses which magnified his eyes like an owl’s eyes.
Q3. From the third paragraph pick out
(i) words associated with cries of birds,
(ii) words associated with noise,
(iii) words suggestive of confusion and fear.
Answer: (i) Words associated with cries of birds : twitters, cheeps and squeaks.
(ii) Words associated with noise : stir, rustling, scampered. ‘
(iii) Words suggestive of confusion and fear : squeals, bewildered, frightened.
Q4. “…Mr Purcell heard it no more than he would have heard the monotonous ticking of a familiar clock.” (Read para beginning with “It was a rough day…”)
(i) What does ‘it’ refer to?
Answer: It’ refers to the chirping, squealing and mewing all around Mr. Purcell in his birds selling shop.
(ii) Why does Mr Purcell not hear ‘it’ clearly?
Answer: Mr Purcell doesn’t hear ‘it’ clearly because he was so used to hearing those sounds that it was normal to him like a clock’s ticking.
Comprehension Check
Q1. Do you think the atmosphere of Mr Purcell’s shop was cheerful or depressing? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: The constant stir of movement in the pet shop made the whole atmosphere depressing. The birds and animals moved in circles restlessly. They seemed to be unhappy in their cages and wanted to be free.
Q2. Describe the stranger who came to the pet shop. What did he want?
Answer: The stranger who came to the pet shop was wearing shiny shoes, a cheap, ill-fitting, but new suit. He had a shuttling glance and close-cropped hair, He was gazing around the shop. He wanted something in a cage.
Q3. (i) The man insisted on buying the doves because he was fond of birds. Do you agree?
Answer: No, the man was not fond of the birds. It did not matter to the man whether he was buying doves or any other bird. All he knew was that he wanted to buy birds that were in a cage. It was only when he looked at the doves in the cage that he got the idea to buy them.
(ii) How had he earned the five dollars he had?
Answer: He had earned the five dollars he had by spending ten years in the prison. He had to put in really hard labour to earn these five dollars – that is, fifty cents a year.
Q4. Was the customer interested in the care and feeding of the doves he had bought? If not, why not?
Answer: No, the man had no love or liking for the doves. He did not mean to keep them as pets. So he paid no attention to what Mr. Purcell said about the feed and care of birds. Soon after stepping out of the shop, he freed the birds and dropped the cage.
Exercises
Discuss the following topics in groups.
Q1. Why, in your opinion, did the man set the doves free?
Answer: In my opinion, I think that the man must had set the doves free because he himself had been in jail for ten years. He had sympathy for the birds and knew the pain of being imprisoned against the wishes, He wanted to see them flying and enjoy their freedom that is why he bought something with the wings. He wanted to smell the happiness of freedom from cages by setting the doves free.
Q2. Why did it make Mr Purcell feel “vaguely insulted”?
Answer: It made Mr Purcell feel “vaguely insulted” because he reduced the price of the doves only because he could still earn profit whereas the stranger, who only had that money, spent it all just to set the two birds free from the cage.
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