Question
(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.
Solution
(i) A baby bear riding on the back of his parent’s body fell from it. The shooters were surprised as it looked like a piece of black fur.
(ii) The baby bear kept running around his parent’s dead body, making sounds.
(iii) (a) release — capture.
(b) enemies — companions.
