CLASS IX
WORKSHEET
The Adventures of Toto
SUMMARY
This story is about the admiration of the grandfather of the narrator and his liking for animals. He bought a baby monkey from a tonga - driver and named him Toto.
He wanted Toto because he didn‟t have a monkey. He already possessed a tortoise, a pair of rabbits, a tame squirrel and a goat. With the coming of Toto‟ his mini zoo was transformed into a real zoo. Toto‟s presence was kept top secret as grandmother abhorred animals. Toto was kept in a little closet which opened into the narrator‟s room. Toto tore off the narrator‟s school blazer. When kept in the zoo, he started troubling other animals.
One day, grandfather had to go to Saharanpur to collect his pension. He took Toto along with him because he was a great menace to be left there, troubling other animals. Toto was ultimately accepted by the family. He was left in the stable to stay with Nana, the family donkey but even Nana soon got fed up of Toto.
One day, Toto nearly boiled himself alive by jumping into the large kitchen kettle that had been left on the fire to boil for tea. It was grandmother who came to his rescue and saved him. As days passed by, Toto‟s pernicious activities did not lessen. Therefore, ultimately grandfather sold Toto back to the tonga- driver and heaved a sigh of relief.
Reference to Context:-
I. Read the extracts below and answers the questions that follow:
1) „Toto was a pretty monkey. His bright eyes sparkled with mischief beneath deep-set eyebrows and
his teeth, which were very often displayed in a smile that frightened the life out of elderly Anglo-
Indian ladies. But his hands looked dried –up as though they had been pickled in the sun for many years.‟
a) Who was Toto? Where had he been bought from?
b) How did people react to his display of pearly white teeth?
c) Give a synonym for the word „display‟.
2) “Sir, you have a dog with you. You‟ll have to pay for it accordingly.”
a) Whom does the speaker address in the above lines?
b) What had the listener done? How had he tried to convince the speaker?
c) Why was a fare charged from the listener?
3) „This was just fine for a while, until the water began to boil.‟
a) What does „this‟ refer to?
b) What happened when the water began to boil?
c) Why had Toto committed this act? Who saved him?
II. Answer the following questions in short:
1) Why had the narrator‟s grandfather bought Toto? Where and why had he been hidden?
2) What was considered a good treat by Toto on cold winter evenings? What would hurt his feelings?
3) Grandfather had to return his pet back. Justify this action.
III. Answer the following questions in 120-150 words:
1) Describe the scene that was witnessed by Toto‟s guardians, when they re turned to release him. How had grandfather supported this grave act of his new pet?
2) „If there is a part of the brain especially devoted to mischief, that part was largely developed in Toto‟ Explain the above statement with incidents from the lesson, to justify it.
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