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SHORT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Q1: ‘He stalks in his vivid stripes.’How does the tiger look in his cage?
A: The tiger has sharp ,clear stripes on his body .He looks majestic as he moves
slowly and quietly in his cage .He has soft velvety pads .He makes no noise as he
moves. He has brilliant shining eyes.

Q2: ‘On pads of velvet quiet /in his quiet rage, what does the tiger do in his
cage?
A: It is a very small cage.The tiger can hardly take a few steps along the length
of the cage .He doesn’t take any notice of the visitors who come there. With his
shining eyes, he keeps looking at the bright stars.

Q3: ‘He should be lurking in the shadows /sliding through long grass ‘what
should the tiger be doing if he were in the jungle?
A: The tiger would be lurking in the shadows of trees. He would be sliding slowly
through the long grass .He would be sitting by some water hole and waiting for
some plump deer to pass that way.

Q4: ‘He should be snarling around houses /at the jungle’s edge’ what should
the tiger be doing if he were at the edge of the jungle?
A: The tiger would be moving around the houses in a nearby village .he would be
growling while moving around .the sight of his white fangs and his terrible claws
would fill the villagers with terror.

Q5: ‘Stalking the length of his cage /ignoring visitors’ that is the tiger doing?
Why is he ignoring the visitors?
A: The tiger is moving along the length of the cage slowly and quietly. He sees
that he visitors keep coming and going .None of them thinks of releasing him from
his prison .The tiger sees that all of them are fellows of without feeling .So he
stops taking any notice of them .

Q6: ‘And stares with his brilliant eyes / at the brilliant stars ‘ Why do you
think the tiger looks at the stars?
A: The tiger has lost all hope from men .now he has hope from heaven only .it is
this hope that has kept the brilliance in his eyes .that is why the tiger looks at the
brilliant stars with his brilliant eyes .