A Tiger in the House Question Answer- Solution
1. Where was the tiger cub hiding when Grandfather found him?
Ans: The tiger cub was hiding beneath the complex roots of the banyan tree.
2. (i) What did Toto do to entertain Timothy?
Answer: Toto pulled the tail of the cub Timothy.
(ii) What did he do when Timothy lost his temper?
Answer: If Timothy lost his temper, Toto would climb on the curtain.
3. “I became one of the tiger’s favorites.” Who is ‘I’ in the statement? Why did he think so?
Answer: Here, "I"is refering to the author of the story: Ruskin Bond. Timothy used to stalk the author. Whenever the author came, he would creep closer, rolled on the back author and pretended to bite the ankles. This indicates that the tiger loved the author a lot.
4. Where was Timothy most comfortable during the day? Where was he during the night?
Answer: Timothy’s favorite place was the bedroom sofa. Every morning he would sit there and snarl if someone tries to get him out.
He spent his nights at the cook’s quarter.
5. What was Grandmother’s prophecy about the cook? Did it come true?
Answer: Grandmother was of the opinion that one day Timothy would be lying on the cook’s bed with cook missing and only the cloth of the cook.
No, the dictate of Grandmother did not come true as the grandfather decided to leave Timothy to the zoo.
6. What made Grandfather decide to transfer Timothy to the zoo?
Timothy was becoming less friendly with the advancement in age, .During the walk, his eyes were on street cats and the dogs. In the night, Timothy was killing hens. Often he was found staring at the cook with villainous intent.So,grandfather decided to transfer Timothy to the zoo.
7. Why did Grandfather want Timothy to be put in another enclosure?
Answer: There was a leopard in the adjacent cage. This leopard was frightening the tiger. The grandfather saw it, so he wanted to put Timothy in another cage.
8. What shocked Grandfather in the end?
The grandfather was of the opinion that the tiger is his pet, Timothy. But the old zookeeper explained that Timothy dies of pneumonia 2months ago. So, till now, the grandfather was stoking a tiger who was very dangerous. This shocked the grandfather.
