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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in your own words :
Why did Mrs. Packletide wish to kill a tiger ?
उत्तर
Mrs. Packletide wished to kill a tiger because her friend had procured a tiger-skin so she was jealous and wanted popularity for herself.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in your own words :
How was the tiger shooting arranged? What kind of a tiger was chosen for the
purpose?
Answer the following question in your own words :
In what way did the villagers help Mrs. Packletide shoot the tiger?
Answer the following question in your own words :
Who was Miss Mebbin? Was she really devoted to Mrs. Packletide? How did she
behave during the tiger shooting?
Answer the following question in your own words :
Mrs. Packletide was a good shot. Discuss.
Answer the following question in your own words :
How did the villagers react to the tiger's death?
Answer the following question in your own words :
How did Miss Mebbin manage to get her week-end cottage? Why did she plant so
many tiger lilies in her garden?
Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook:
Do you think the writer is trying to make fun of the main characters in the story i.e. Mrs. Packletide, Miss Mebbin and Loona Bimberton? Pick out instances from the story that point to this fact.
Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
It was Mrs. Packletide's pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger.
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In groups of four, construct the dialogues and enact the following situations
from the story:
1. Mrs. Packletide and the headman of the village/other villagers discussing the
details of the tiger shooting
2. Miss Mebbin blackmailing Mrs Packletide into gifting her a cottage
3. Loona Bimberton and a lady-friend discussing Mrs Packletide's hunting success
Answer the question given below:
The Maasai tribe in Africa hunt lions because
