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The Bond of Love
Bruno was a friendly animal. Prove the statement by giving at least two instances from the story.
Bruno was adopted by the narrator and his family. He lived among them like their child or a pet animal. He never harmed anyone. He used to play with the children and the pet dogs. He used to sleep in the narrator’s bed. He would wrestle at their command but just playfully. He disliked living away from them and was delighted to be back with them. All this shows him to be friendly.
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(i) Who was Bruno? What befall him once?
(ii) How did the poison affect Bruno?
(iii) Find words from the passage which mean the same as:
(a) moved forcibly, (b) the doctor of animals.
(a) Who does T refer to in the last line?
(b) What had happened?
(c) Find out the word from the passage which means the opposite of the following:‘nectar.’
(a) Who does ‘She’ refer to?
(b) What does the word ‘Baba’ signify?
(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:
(i) lovingly.
(ii) hidden.
(i) Why did all of them feel relieved?
(ii) Who was inconsolable? What did she do?
(iii) Find from the passage the antonyms of the given words:
(a) tensed, (b) accepts.
(a) What were the friends visiting Mysore requested to do?
(b) What did they report?
(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:
(i) stop.
(ii) worried.
(a) What had friends guessed?
(b) How did she show her affection for Baba?
(c) Find out the word from the passage which means the same as the following : formed an opinion by guessing.
Justify the title of the narrative ‘The Bond of Love’.
How did the narrator’s wife treat the bear cub ? What does it show about her?
(i) Where did the writer find the baby bear?
(ii) How were the wild pigs being driven away? Why?
(iii) Find the words from the passage which mean similar to the words given below:
(a) for no good reason, (b) at once.
(i) What fell down the dead bear’s body? Why were the shooters surprised?
(ii) How did the baby bear behave after his mother’s death?
(iii) Find two words (from the passage) opposite in meaning of the following words.
(a) release, (b) enemies.
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