Page 5 - LN3-MIJBIL THE OTTER-MODULE

This frightened the passengers. But the airhostess helped him to find out Mij again.
In London people did not recognize otters. They used to make blind guesses to
recognize the animal. The most surprising event was when the labourer was digging his hole
in the street. On seeing the animal, he placed down his tools and when the narrator neared
him, he shouted, what is that supposed to be.

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING:

Q1. How was Mibil transported to England?
Q2. What happened when the box was opened?
Q3. Why did Maxwell get his mail after five days and what he did to get it?
Q4. What did the otter look like?
Q5. What did Mijbil do during the second night?
Q6. What according to the writer is the ‘real play’ of the otter?

ASSIGNMENT: QUESTIONS

Q1. What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
Q2. Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
Q3. How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
Q4. Why was the otter named as ‘Maxwell’s Otter’?
Q5. What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?
Q6. How was Mij to be transported to England?
Q7. What did Mij do to the box?
Q8. Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?
Q9. Why does Maxwell say-‘the air hostess was the very queen of her kind’?
Q10. What happened when the box was opened?
Q11. What game had Mij invented?
Q12. What are ‘Compulsive habits’? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of :
i.School children
ii.Mij
Q13. What group of animals do otters belongs to?
Q14. What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?
Q15. What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun loving animal
who needs love?