`A Visit to an Optometrist'

`A Visit to an Optometrist                Comprehension (Page 155)

QA. Questions and Answers

1.What was the eagle family cribbing (feeling extremely boring) about?

Ans. The eagle family was cribbing about wheelbarrows.

2.Who was Harry? What did he worry about?

Ans. Harry was the father eagle. He was worried about Molly’s (the mother eagle’s) eyesight that was deteriorating (getting worsened) day by day.

3. How did Harry make use of the wheelbarrow?

Ans. He used to relax in it.

4. How far away was the optometrist’s clinic?

Ans. It was a couple of miles away from their nest.

5. What was the consultation fee? Why did Molly find it difficult to keep a doctor’s appointment?

Ans. It was a couple of mongoose. It was difficult for Molly to visit the doctor due to her routine household work (chores).

6. What was Molly proud of? What did Harry make her understand?

Ans. Molly was proud of her looks. Harry made her understand that her eyesight was more important than her looks.

QB. Do it yourself.

QC. Who said these words to whom?

1.‘Are we to loll all day in wheelbarrows on an empty stomach?’

Ans. Letty, the daughter, said these words to Molly, her mother.

2. “Haven’t we been doing this for the past three days?”

Ans. Laddie, the son, said these words to Molly, his mother.

3. “His clinic is on the same mountain range.”

Ans. Harry said these words to Molly, his wife.

4. “Now that’s a bit too much, isn’t it?”

Ans. Molly said these words to the optometrist.

5. “Carcasses (dead bodies) of four jerboas (rats)”

Ans. Optometrist said these words to Molly.

QD Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

Extract A: Molly went about her household chores…..

1, Why did Molly push the wheelbarrow over the edge?

Ans. Molly had listened too much about the wheelbarrow. So she pushed it over the edge to show her displeasure.

2.Why was Molly going about the chores so happily?

Ans. Molly was doing about her chores so happily at the prospect (hope) of bringing fresh food for the eaglets due to her improved eyesight.

3. Why did she keep aside the carcasses of jerboas (a type of rats)?

Ans. She kept them aside to pay the price of a pair of contact lens.

4. Why did Molly clean out the larder (pantry, foodstore)?

Ans. She hoped to bring fresh food for the eaglets after having a pair of contact lens on her eyes.

5. How did Molly prepare their beds?

Ans. She threw out old leaves from their beds and placed on them new ones (leaves) that smelt fresh and looked clean.

Extract B

“I suggest you get yourself a pair of spectacles…………………………………………….you see through three years.”

1.Who is ‘I’? What did he suggest would be comfortable?

Ans. “I” is the optometrist. He suggested to Molly that contact lenses would be comfortable for her.

2. What would be the cost of a pair of contact lens? What was the guarantee?

Ans. Carcasses (dead bodies) of four jerboas would be the cost of a pair of contact lens. They had three-year guarantee.

3. What would a pair of interior (low) quality lens cost? What was the guarantee?

Ans. It would cost just two mice with no guarantee.

4. Explain ‘carcasses’ and ‘jerboas’.

Ans. Carcasses mean dead bodies of animals. Jerboas are rodents.

5. What made Molly visit the optometrist?

Ans. Molly’s deteriorating eyesight made her visit the optometrist.