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Bhola Grandpa by Monoj Das 

[Taken from his  Bhola Grandpa & the Tiger]

Read the following Answer within 15 words:

1.     Why did Bhola Grandpa let out a loud wail?
> Having realised something missing which he could not remember, BG let out a loud wail. Or,
> Having found his grandson missing with him, BG let out a loud wail.

2.     What request did BG make to the first sow on the mound?
>B G requested the first man he saw on the mound for some water to drink / quench his thirst.

3.     Why was no real treasure found under the sand dunes?
>No real treasure found under the sand dunes because the incident reported by Bhola Grandpa was all a dream during his afternoon nap.

4.     What did the tiger do after BG had climbed up the banyan tree?
>After BG climbed up the banyan tree, the tiger roared, circled round the tree about a hundred times and finally settled down under a bush.

5.     What was the reason for B G’s death according to his wife?
> According to B G’s wife, the reason for his death is that he must have forgotten to breathe.

6.     Why did the narrator’s father choose two sharp-eyed men to go with BG?
> ...to make a thorough search for the grandson.

7.     Why was the man much bewildered seeing B G?
>The man was much bewildered to see BG passing simply the hungry tiger that did nothing.

Now, Answer the following question with your own conception within 15 words:

1.  Was there any trouble for BG and his wife to live with monkeys by his hut?
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2. How was the road in the return journey from the festival?
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3. How was the narrator returning from the festival?
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4. “He did not realise”—What he did not realise?
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5. Who told the author about the funny incident of Bhola Grandpa?
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6. How did Bhola Grandpa tell about the gang of pirates?
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7. What did BG confess?
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8. Where & when did BG had a great adventure once?
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9. How did People move about in the Sundarban and why?
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10. What did BG find after turning back through Sundarban?
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11. What did BG hear sitting on the banyan tree?
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12. How did the dawn break?
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13. Why did BG climb the mound getting down from the banyan tree?
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14. When did BG almost lose his senses in fear?
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15. What happened after he gained his senses?
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Answer each of the following questions within 25 words:
1. How did BG live with his wife? What was the matter that they did not mind?
> Bhola Grandpa and his wife lived at the western part of the village with a small troop of monkeys living in a large Bokal tree without feeling ant bothering.
2. Why did Bhola Grandpa let out a loud wail?
>When BG realised that it was for his own forgetfulness for which the fingers of his grandson slipped out of his tight grip, BG let out a loud wail for losing his grandson.
3. Why did the author and his friends start searching the large box?
> As soon as the author’s father heard about the large box from BG, they started searching that and they thought that there might be some hidden treasure in the box.

Now, Answer the following question with your own conception within 25 words:
4. How was the night when the author and his friends carried on a searching operation?

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5. Why did people of Sundarban take care to move about only in groups?

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6. What did the tiger do after BG climbed up a nearby banyan tree?

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7. Why did BG climb the mound?

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8. What did BG do when dawn broke in the forest?

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9. “He was much bewildered”—Why was the man on the mound much bewildered?

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10. When did BG remember the tiger?

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11. What did the old wife say lamenting over the death of his beloved husband?

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