A Tiger in the Zoo

          A Tiger in the Zoo

A.Words Meaning:-

     Stalks--Walks slowly                    Plump--Fleshy,fat

      snarling--angrily roar                  edge--border                                                                        baring--making visible

     fangs--teeth                                stares--looks fixedly 

      vivid--bright                               Rage--Anger

  lurking--hiding  

water hole--a natural source of water in the jungle where the animals go to drink water.

B.Answer the following question :-

 1.  Who wrote the poem, “A Tiger in the Zoo”?

Ans:    Leslie Norris wrote the poem “A Tiger in the Zoo”.

2.Where does the tiger stalk after being captured?

Ans:    The tiger stalks the few steps of his cage after being captured.

3.What is the emotion shown by the tiger?

Ans:    The tiger shows the emotions of apathy and quiet rage.

4.Where should the tiger be lurking?

Ans:    The tiger should be lurking in the shadow of long grass in the jungle.

5.What is the tiger  going to prey?

Ans:    The tiger is going to prey deer.

6.Where can the tiger see for food?

Ans:    The tiger can see for food near the water holes where plump deer pass.

7.Where should tiger be snarling?

Ans:    The tiger should be snarling around houses at the jungle’s edge.

8.Who is terrorized by the tiger?

Ans:    The villagers living at the jungle’s edge are terrorised by the tiger.

9.Where does tiger’ strength lie after being locked in a concrete cell?

Ans:    The strength of the tiger lies behind bars after being locked in a concrete cell.

10.When does tiger hear the last voice?

Ans:    The tiger hears the last voice at night.

11.What is the ‘last voice’ heard by the tiger?

Ans:    The ‘last voice’ heard by the tiger is the noise of patrolling cars.

12.Where does tiger’ stare with his eyes?

Ans:    The tiger stares at the brilliant stars in the night sky with his eyes.

13.Give the rhyming words of the following words – cage, grass, edge, cars

Ans:    cage-village, grass-pass, edge-village, cars-stars.

B.Short Type Questions 

1. Where does the tiger stalk? How is his behaviour?

Ans:    The tiger stalks the few steps of his cage.

The tiger ignores visitors while hiding his rage quietly.

2. Why does the tiger express his rage quietly?

Ans:    The tiger expresses his rage quietly because there is nothing he can not do anything from his cage. His strength was  lies inside his cage. He is no longer free as he was in the jungle.

3.     What does the poet think where the tiger should be?

Ans:    The poet thinks that the tiger should be in the jungle, lurking in the shadow of long grass to prey deer near the water holes. He should also be on the edge of the jungle snarling around houses and terrifying villagers.

4.     Cite the reason of the tiger’s sliding through long grass.

Ans:    The reason behind the tiger’s sliding through long grass is to prey plump deer that  pass near the water holes.

5.     How does the tiger make his presence being felt in the village?

Ans:    The tiger makes his presence being felt by snarling around houses at the jungle’s edge and by baring his white fangs and claws.

6.     Why is the tiger ignoring the visitors?

Ans:    The tiger is ignoring visitors because he is locked in a concrete cell. His strength lies behind the bars of his cage.He can do nothing to the visitors.

7.     Who hears the last voice and of what?

Ans:    The tiger hears the last voice. Voice of  the patrolling cars.

8.     What is common between the eyes of the tiger and the stars?

Ans:    The common thing between the eyes of the tiger and the stars is that both are brilliant.

9.How does tiger  terrify the villagers?

Ans:    The tiger terrifies the villagers by snarling around their houses and baring his white fangs and claws.

10. ‘He stalks in his vivid stripes.’How does the tiger look in his cage?

Ans:-The tiger has clear stripes on his body .He looks very bright as he moves slowly and quietly in his cage .He has soft velvety pads .He moves slowly and silently .

13: ‘He should be lurking in the shadows /sliding through long grass ‘what should the tiger be doing if he were in the jungle?

Ans:-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.