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प्रश्न
What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
उत्तर
Maxwell thought that he would keep an otter instead of a dog. Camusfearna, ringed by water a very short distance from its door, would be an eminently suitable spot for the experiment.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
Tick the right answer. In the beginning, the otter was
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aloof and indifferent
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friendly
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hostile
What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?
How was Mij to be transported to England?
What did Mij do to the box?
Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind”?
Attempt the following question in 100 – 150 words.
What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun-loving animal who needs love?
What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?
Why is Mij’s species now known to the world as Maxwell’s otter?
What game had Mij invented?
What are ‘compulsive habits’? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of
(i) school children
(ii) Mij?
What group of animals do otters belong to?
What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?
Maxwell in the story speaks for the otter, Mij. He tells us what the otter feels and thinks on different occasions. Given below are some things the otter does. Complete the column on the right to say what Maxwell says about what Mij feels and thinks.
| What Mij does | How Mij feels or thinks |
| Plunges, rolls in the water and makes the water splosh and splash | - |
| Screws the tap in the wrong way | - |
| Nuzzles Maxwell’s face and neck in the aeroplane | - |
