9th Book Back English – Unit 4: The Cat and the Painkiller
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Supplementary
Unit – 4 The Cat and the Painkiller
A. Choose the most suitable option.
1. Tom was disturbed because __________________.
(a) he didn’t sleep well
(b) his scores were low at school
(c) his friend Becky Thatcher stopped coming to school
(d) he had picked up a fight with Becky Thatcher
Answer:
(c) his friend Becky Thatcher stopped coming to school
2. Aunt was an experimenter in __________________.
(a) trying new recipes
(b) designing fashionable frocks
(c) modem gardening techniques
(d) trying out new medicines
Answer:
(d) trying out new medicines
3. Tom used the pain-killer to __________________.
(a)take care of his health
(b) mend the crack on the sitting room floor
(c) cure Becky Thatcher
(d) help his aunt
Answer:
(b) mend the crack on the sitting room floor
4. Peter sprang a couple of yards in the air as __________________.
(a) he had a teaspoon of the pain-killer
(b) his tail was caught in the mousetrap
(c) Tom threw him out of the window
(d) Aunt gave him a push
Answer:
(a) he had a teaspoon of the pain-killer
(a) need not take any more medicine
(b) has to go to school regularly
(c) should not meet any of his friends
(d) must take medicines every day
Answer:
(a) need not take any more medicine
B. Identify the character or speaker of the following lines.
- He banged against furniture
- She stood petrified with astonishment peering over her glasses.
- ‘That is, I believe they do.’
- ‘What has that got to do that with it?’
- ‘I did it out of pity for him.’
Answers:
- Peter, the cat
- Aunt Polly Arts
- Tom Sawyer
- Aunt Polly
- Tom Sawyer
C. Based on your reading, rearrange the following sentences in the correct sequence.
1. Since all her methods failed, finally she gave him a pain-killer.
2. He told his aunt that Peter had no aunt, so he gave him the medicine.
3. The pain-killer triggered adverse reactions on Peter.
4. It jumped out of the open window.
5. Tom was dull and depressed.
6. This incident upset Aunt Polly and she questioned him.
7. But, Tom gave that pain-killer to the cat Peter.
8. So, Aunt Polly tried different types of remedies on him.
Answers:
3, 8, 5, 6,1, 7, 4, 2
3. The pain-killer triggered adverse reactions on Peter.
8. So, Aunt Polly tried different types of remedies on him.
5. Tom was dull and depressed.
6. This incident upset Aunt Polly and she questioned him.
1. Since all her methods failed, finally she gave him a pain-killer.
7. But, Tom gave that pain-killer to the cat Peter.
4. It jumped out of the open window.
2. He told his aunt that Peter had no aunt, so he gave him the medicine.
D. Based on your understanding of the story, write the answers for the following questions in a sentence or two.
1. Why did Tom lose the charm of his life?
Answer:
Tom lost the charm of his life because there was nothing but boredom left.
2. Why did Aunt Polly try different remedies on Tom?
Answer:
Tom’s aunt wanted to try new medicines of producing health. She was infatuated with patent medicines and an incurable experimenter. So, she tried different remedies on Tom.
3. How did medicine diminish?
Answer:
The boy was mending the health of a crack in the sitting room floor with the medicine, so the medicine diminished.
4. Did Tom compel Peter to have the pain-killer?
Answer:
No. Tom did not compel Peter to have the pain-killer.
5. Why did Peter wish to taste the pain-killer?
Answer:
Peter was greedy, so he wished to taste the pain-killer.
6. How did Aunt Polly discover the reason for Peter’s absurd behaviour?
Answer:
Aunt found the teaspoon and held it out. Thus she discovered the reason for Peter’s absurd behaviour.
7. What was the reason given by Tom for giving the pain-killer to the cat?
Answer:
Tom told Aunt Polly that he gave the painkiller to the cat out of pity as he hadn’t any aunt.
8. Why did Aunt Polly’s eyes water?
Answer:
Aunt realized that the cruelty to the cat is cruelty to the little boy too. So her eyes watered.
E. Complete the summary of the extract using the appropriate words from the box below.
Tom Sawyer felt (1) ……………… as Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to (2) ……………… His Aunt Polly was very concerned about his (3) …………….. condition. So, she began to try various (4) …………….. on him. Tom became fed up with his Aunt’s brand of remedies and (5) to like the pain-killer. He started to ask for it very often. But, Tom used the medicine to mend the (6) ……………….. on the floor. One day, Tom gave the pain-killer to his Aunt’s cat, (7) …………… The (8) …………………. had an adverse effect on the cat and it started to jump around the room. Aunt Polly entered the room in time to see the cat throw a few (9) …………….. and sail through the open window. She found the (10) ……………… with a little pain-killer sticking to it and knew that Tom had treated the cat with it. She realised that, what was (11) ……………. to the cat should be the same to the boy too and (12) ………….. giving medicines to him.
Answers:
- dejected
- school
- health
- remedies
- pretended
- crack
- Peter
- pain-killer
- summersets
- teaspoon
- cruelty
- stopped.
F. In the story we find a lot of American slang usage of English. Complete the tabular column with standard English. One has been done for you.
Answer:
G. Complete the mind map based on the inputs from the extract.
Answer:
- stopped
- unhappy
- was concerned
- all manners of remedies on Tom
- the pain-killer
- Peter
- petrified
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