Page 2 - Adventures of Toto

Q1. How did grandmother feel when any animal was brought home?

Q2. Where was Toto kept hidden?
Q3. Why was Toto kept hidden?

Q4. Find a word from the given extract which means the same as “a

tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage.”

C. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

His presence in the house still a secret, Toto was now transferred to a

big cage in the servants’ quarters where a number of Grandfather’s

pets lived very sociably together — a tortoise, a pair of rabbits, a tame
squirrel and, for a while, my pet goat. But the monkey wouldn’t allow

any of his companions to sleep at night; so Grandfather, who had to

leave Dehra Dun next day to collect his pension in Saharanpur, decided

to take him along.

Q1. List all the pets that grandfather has?

Q2. Who did not let other animals sleep?

Q3. What made the grandfather take Toto along with him?
Q4. Find a word from the given extract that means the same as

“domesticated” .

D. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

So, Grandfather, who had to leave Dehradun next day to collect his

pension in Saharanpur, decided to take him along. Unfortunately, I could

not accompany Grandfather on that trip, but he told me about it
afterwards. A big black canvas kit-bag was provided for Toto. This, with

some straw at the bottom, became his new abode. When the bag was

closed, there was no escape. Toto could not get his hands through the
opening, and the canvas was too strong for him to bite his way through.

His efforts to get out only had the effect of making the bag roll about on

the floor or occasionally jump into the air — an exhibition that attracted

a curious crowd of onlookers on the Dehra Dun railway platform.

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