MR Toad's Adventure
MR Toad's Adventure
MR Toad's Adventure
A. The party entered the coffee-room, hungry, talkative and in all praise of the car that
had brought them along so well. Mr Toad was all ears.
Q1. What do you understand by the word ‘party’?
Q2. Why were they praising the car?
Q3. Why was Mr Toad all years?
ANSWERS
B. He increased his pace, even more, when he heard the police siren. He
thought he might escape, but he was caught at the next turn of the road. A
chubby cop with a handlebar moustaches approached him with a stern look
on his face and demanded, “May I see your license, Mr.?
Q1.Who was caught at the next turn of the road?
Q2. What do you understand by the term ‘handlebar moustache’?
Q3. What does the cop ask for and why?
ANSWERS
CONSOLIDATE
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True
Practice Questions
Ans 1. Mr. Toad was having his meal in an Inn, when he heard the sound
of the car.
Ans 2. Mr. Toad very much enjoyed the familiar sound of the car, and his
old passion seized him, thereafter he took full charge over the vehicle.
He zoomed past the archway and his sense of right and wrong went
away temporarily. He considered himself the lawful master and was
enamored by the vehicle fully. He was chanting and the car too made a
loud noise. He was thoroughly enjoying the uncontrolled speed and at
that very moment, he was spotted by the police.
Ans 3. Mr. Toad behaved in a very casual manner and replied, that he
was just testing how fast the marvelous car could go. He showed a
cheeky behavior towards the police.
A.4. Mr. Clerk was a member of the Court of Law. He thought that Mr.
Toad had committed three very serious crimes which included stealing a
car, speeding and driving dangerously and cheeking the police. He felt
that Mr. Toad should get twenty years imprisonment for the three
crimes that he had committed.
A.5. Mr. Toad was put in chains and dragged out from the Court
House. He shrieked and protested as he was being dragged across
the market place where people attacked him with carrots. As he
passed the guardrooms some soldiers made fun of him while others
gave him threatening looks. He passed the thumbscrew rooms and
finally reached the remotest dungeon. Here Mr. Toad was handed
over to the jailer who locked and imprisoned him in the dungeon.
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