Should Wizard hit Mummy Short Question Answer
Should Wizard hit Mummy Short Question Answer
Class 12 English Supplementary Reader – Should Wizard hit Mummy Short Question Answer
Short Answer Type Questions
Q.1. When did Jack start telling stories to his daughter Jo and what was his problem ?
Ans. Jo’s father Jack used to tell her a story in the evenings and for Saturday naps. This custom began when Jo was about two but now she was four years old . Thus , he had been telling her the stories for the last two years.
Q.2. What was the basic tale told by Jack ?
Ans. Each story would have a same basic tale and it would come out from Jack’s own – head. In tale there would be a small creature, usually named Roger (Roger fish, Roger squirrel, Roger chipmunk etc.). It would have some problem and a wizard would solve that problem.
Q.3. Of which character’s story Jack told that day and what was the problem of that character ?
Ans. That day lack told the story of Roger Skunk. Roger Skunk smelled very bad. No one liked to play with him due to foul smell emitted from his body.
Q.4. Why it was hard for Jack to make Jo sleep even after telling the story ?
Ans. The little girl would sleep while listening to the story. But now she is about four. She has become quite inquisitive. She never sleeps while listening to the story. On the other hand she would ask her father many questions.
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Q.5. What were Jo’s feelings about Roger Skunk ? How was she reacting on father Jack’s story ?
Ans. Jo wants that Roger Skunk must smell like roses. He must not be brought back to the bad smelling situation. She wants that the stupid mommy should be punished for making little Skunk smell bad again. She feels elated when good smelling Roger become a stinky Skunk again. She was not satisfied with the end of the story.
Q.6. Who was the wizard ? What was his role in the story ?
Ans. The Wizard is the character in Jack’s stories who usually presents the solution to whatever problem Roger is facing. He does this by performing a magic spell that reverses predicament, making Roger happy.
Q.7. What were the questions made by Jo ? Give any two ?
Ans. Jo was a very curious girl so in the middle of the story she asked many questions such as –
( 1 ) Are the magic spells real ?
( 2 ) Do the spider eat bugs ?
Q.8. In what smell Roger Skunk’s bad smell way converted ? Why ?
Ans. Roger Skunk’s bad smell was converted into fragrance of Roses by Wizard. Roger Skunk smelled very bad. No one liked to play with him due to foul smell emitted from his body.
Q.9. What hatred did Roger Skunk face by other animals ? Why ?
Ans. Roger Skunk’s faces racial segregation. He smells very bad. It is not his fault. But the other animals of the forest do not come near him and they refused to play with him.
Q.10. How did the wizard change the bad smell into the smell of roses ? What did he charge for that ?
Ans. The Wizard asked the Roger Skunk what he wanted to smell like. The Skunk told him that he wanted to smell like roses. The Wizard took his magic wand and chanted a spell. Soon, the whole inside of Wizard’s house was filled with the fragrance of roses. The Wizard charged seven pennies for it.
Q.11. Who was Clare ? Why was Jack worried about her ?
Ans. Clare was wife of Jack and mother of Jo. Jack was worried about Clare as she was moving heavy furniture in the room below where Jack was sitting. As she was six months pregnant with their third child it won’t be good for her health to do hard labour.
Q.12. How did Roger Skunk get seven pennies ?
Ans. The Wizard told Roger Skunk to go to the end of the lane and turn around three times and look down the magic well and there he will find three pennies. Roger Skunk had already find four pennies, and by the advise of Wizard he got three pennies. In this way he arranged seven pennies.
Q.13. Why did the mother of Roger Skunk go to the wizard ?
Ans. Roger Skunk’s mommy was very enraged at the changes made in the smell of Skunk. She resented it sternly. She took an umbrella in her hand and went to see the Wizard. She hit the Wizard right over his head. He changed Roger Skunk into its foul smell. Now Roger Skunk had no smell of roses and he began to smell very bad again.
Q.14. What did Roger Skunk and his family eat when Skunk’s father returned from Boston ?
Ans. When Roger Skunk’s father returned from Boston they had lima, beans, celery, liver, mashed polatoes, and Pic Oh My for dessert.
Q.15. How did Jack finally end up the story ?
Ans. Jack’s story ends with Roger Skunk returning home with his mommy and his daddy coming home from Boston. And when Roger Skunk was in bed his mother hugged him and he smelled like before again. Also his friends accepted him the way he was.
Q.16. How did Jo want to end up the story and why ?
Ans. In the Roger Skunk story, the Skunk’s mother hit the Wizard on his head and Wizard agreed to her. But Jo didn’t like this end of the story. She wanted that the Wizard should have hit the mommy back. According to her the Wizard had done nothing wrong.
Q.17. What did Jack find when he went downstairs ?
Ans. Jack saw his wife had spread the newspaper and opened the paint can and, wearing an old shirt of his on the top of her maternity smock, was stroking the chair rail with a dipped brush. The woodwork, a cage of moldings and rails and baseboards all round them, was half old tan and half new ivory and he felt caught in an ugly middle position, and though he as well felt his wife’s presence in the cage with him.
Q.18. How was Clare busy ? What did Jack want to do at last ?
Ans. His wife Clare was busy in painting the household items and Jack felt himself caught in an ugly middle position, and though he as well felt his wife’s presence in the cage with him, he did not want to speak with her, work with her, touch her, anything.
Q.19. What was each new story a slight variation of a basic tale ?
Ans. Jack had been telling stories to his daughter for about two years. Now, his head felt empty. He had no new story to tell. But she still insisted to listen to new stories. So, Jack told her a story that would be a slight variation of basic tale.
Q.20. What were the common features of all the stories told by Jack ?
Ans. All his stories were about some small creature. It could be a fish, a squirrel, a chipmunk or a skunk. It was named Roger. Each story had an owl and a wizard who solved Roger creature’s problem. Every story had the description of supper by the family of Roger creature.
Q.21. Why was Roger Skunk sad ?
Ans. Roger Skunk was a little creature, He smelled too bad. For this reason, all other little animals of the forest ran away from him. None of them played with him. He would be left alone. This would make him sad and he started weeping.
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Q.22. What does Jack call a new phase – a reality phase ?
Ans. Jack’s little daughter had started questioning whether the things told in the stories were real. Once she asked if God was really present everywhere. On another occasion she asked if magic spells were real. Jack calls this a new phase- a reality phase.
Q.23. How did the wizard behave with Roger Skunk ?
Ans. Hearing the knock at his door, the wizard came out and asked Skunk what he wanted. He complained about the Skunk’s bad smell. Then he asked Skunk what he wanted to smell like. He solved his problem by making him smell like roses as per his wish.
Q.24. How did the wizard look ?
Ans. The wizard was a tiny old man. He had a long white beard. He wore a pointed blue hat. He spoke in an irritable voice. He looked untidy and kept his things too in the same way. He had amagic wand among all things of magic.
Q.25. How did the wizard solve Roger Skunk’s problem ?
Ans. The wizard took his magic wand and asked Roger Skunk what he wanted to smell like. Roger said that he wanted to smell like roses. The wizard chanted a magic spell and made Roger smell like roses. Thus he solved his problem.
Q.26. Give an example to prove that Jo listened to the stories with rapt attention ?
Ans. Once Jack was telling her the story of Roger Skunk. At one place he called him Roger Fish. Jo at once caught the point, She asked Jack to correct himself. This proves that she listened to the stories with rapt attention.
Q.27. How many pennics did the wizard ask for ? Where did Roger Skunk find three more pennies ?
Ans. The wizard asked for seven pennies. But Roger Skunk had only four. The magician asked him to go to the end of the lane and look down the magic well. Skunk did so and there he found three more pennies in the well.
Q.28. How did other little animals behave with Roger Skunk when he smelled like roses ?
Ans. When Roger Skunk came back into the forest with the smell of roses, all the other little animals gathered around him. Now they loved his smell and so they enjoyed his company. They played many games with him and they laughed all afternoon.
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Q.29. How did Roger Skunk’s mother respond to his smelling like roses ?
Ans. When Roger Skunk’s mother found him smelling like roses, she was shocked. She asked him who made him smell like that. She took him back to the wizard. She hit the wizard with an umbrella over his head. She made the wizard smell her son bad again.
Q.30. Why did mommy skunk make her son smell bad again ?
Ans. Skunks are naturally stinky animals. So mommy skunk wanted her son to keep his originality. On finding him smelling like roses, she was shocked. She did not want him to lose his identity by smelling like roses. Hence, she made him smell bad again.
Q.31. What happened when Roger Skunk started smelling bad again ?
Ans. When Roger Skunk started smelling bad again, his mother hugged him. She said that he smelled like her little baby skunk again. She said that she loved him very much. Other animals too got used to the way he was. Eventually they stopped running away from him.
Q.32. Not being satisfied with the story’s ending, what did Jo insist ?
Ans. Jo was not satisfied with the story’s ending that mommy skunk hit the wizard and he made Roger smell bad again. She insisted her father to end the story in a different way. She wanted to be told that the wizard hit back that mommy.
Q.33. Why did Roger Skunk go to the owl ? What advice did he get ?
Ans. Roger Skunk went to the owl because he wanted his smell removed so that he could have friends with whom he could play. The owl advised him to go to the wizard, who would solve his problem.
Q.34. How did the wizard help Roger Skunk ?
Ans. Roger Skunk went to the wizard to get rid of his awful smell. The wizard asked him what he wanted to smell like, and Roger replied that he wanted to smell like roses. The wizard then chanted a spell and changed his smell to that of roses. Roger Skunk was very happy, as now everybody liked to play with him.
Q.35. What part of the story did Jack himself enjoy the most and why ?
Ans. Jack enjoyed the part of the story most when he had to speak in the wizard’s voice, as it was one of Jack’s own favourite effects. He did it by squeezing up his face and somehow whining through his eyes. He felt being an old man suited him. Besides, he also enjoyed telling the story when Jo listened carefully, without interrupting him with questions.
Q.36. How was the Skunk’s story different from the other stories narrated by Jack ?
Ans. The protagonist of ench of Jack’s stories used to be an animal named Roger who suffered from a problem, solved ultimately by the wizard. Though Skunk’s story has almost the same characters, its plot is a little different. Though the wizard solves his problem, Skunk’s mother is annoyed and she makes him get back his original smell, yet still solving his problem in another manner. Moreover, Jack’s other stories were too predictable for Jo while this was not. However, Jo was dissatisfied with its ending.
Q.37. What did Jo want the wizard to do when Mommy Skunk approached him ?
Ans. After the wizard gave Roger the smell of roses, he was very happy. His entire life changed, as he got many friends to play with. But Mother Skunk thought otherwise. She hit the wizard on the head and made Roger get back his foul smell. This made Jo very angry. She wanted that the wizard should hit Mommy Skunk back.
Q.38. Which do you think is a better ending of Roger Skunk’s story, Jo’s or her father’s ? Why ?
Ans. Jo’s father’s ending of the story, in which Roger gets hack his smell, is more renlistic and practical. We should sancrifice our wishes for the love of our near and denr ones (Roger’s mother here).
Q.39. Why was Roger Skunk’s mommy angry with him ? What did she finally tell him ?
Ans. Roger Skunk’s mommy was angry with him because he got his original smell changed to the smell of roses. After Roger Skunk got his original smell back, Mother Skunk told him that he smelled like her little baby skunk again. and that she loved him very much.
Q.40. Why did Jo feel that the Skunk’s mommy was stupid ?
Ans. Jo felt that Roger Skunk’s mommy was stupid because Jo thought that his mother was gravely wrong in getting Roger’s original smell back. After Roger began to smell of roses, he was happily accepted by his playmates, and, according to Jo, there was no need for him to smell awful again.
Q.41. Why does Jo insist that her father should tell her the story with a different ending ?
Ans. Jo, being a child, failed to accept the barsh realities of life. According to her, Roger Skunk was happy with the smell of roses. She didn’t want him to smell bad. She was used to stories that ended happily. That was why she insisted that her father should tell the story in which the wizard hit Mommy Skunk back and did not change Roger’s smell back.
Q.42. What is Mother Skunk’s role in the story ?
Ans. Mother Skunk’s role in the story is to convince the reader about the narrator’s belief that we should never disobey our parents as they know what is best for us. Mother skunk told Roger never to forget his distinct identity.
Q.43. On seeing Roger Skunk again with a very bad smell , how did the little animals react first and then later on when he had lost it ?
Ans. Roger Skunk smelled very bad due to which little animals ran away from him. Later on, Skunk got rid of this problem with the help of wizard who made him smell like a roses. The little animals found skunk’s new smell quite pleasant. They played many games with him and gathered around him.
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