Q1. What do you mean by frozen girl?
Ans: Paris looked into the water and thought that the water was a sheet of mirror. Everything was flickering but her image was still and expressionless.
Q2. What kind of character is portrayed through Franklin?
Ans: Franklin is confident, firm, bold, caring, loving, responsible and dutiful.
Q3. "Shengo called journey!" Tell us what Tahr thought of it surprisingly.
Ans: Tahr thought that maybe Shengo got the message in the tea or the melting of butter on the greenish liquid. He thought that no one came here to give the message so, it came from the tea or butter.
Q4. Write about the gradual development of Tahr and Paris's relationship.
Ans: When Shikarri and the guide found Tahr behind the bushes, Paris was the only one to recognize he was injured. Everyone thought that Tahr was a spy but Paris thought he was innocent by the look on his face. Paris got to know that he didn't have a family but loved his master Shengo. She realized that he was not a spy but an innocent and good boy. They became friends and Tahr felt that he was kind.
Q5. What do you understand by the wheel of life as described by Shengo?
Ans: I understand by the 'Wheel of Life' that on top were the Gods. Down on one side were the Titans. On the other side were the People, below them were Beasts. Then the Hells and in the last part of the wheel were the Hungry Ghosts. The wheel is trying to tell us that whoever comes to the top after moving will be in power and strength.
Q6. Relate your answer in your own words the incident when Shengo fell down the ravine.
Ans: Shengo was dis-balanced by the log when Tahr shouted. He slipped when he looked at what Tahr was pointing towards. There was only the noise and the foam on Shengo's face when Tahr looked down the ravine. Shengo was dead.
Q7. Why did Tahr start feeling sick upon hearing the sounds of the helicopter?
Ans: Tahr started feeling sick upon hearing the sounds of the helicopter because of the noise and hovering of the helicopter. Tahr had never felt such pressure and noise as he lived on the edge of a mountain and he had never seen such a thing.
Q8. Shengo loved Tahr as a father. Give two evidences to support your answer.
Ans: Shengo loved Tahr:
Ans: Paris looked into the water and thought that the water was a sheet of mirror. Everything was flickering but her image was still and expressionless.
Q2. What kind of character is portrayed through Franklin?
Ans: Franklin is confident, firm, bold, caring, loving, responsible and dutiful.
Q3. "Shengo called journey!" Tell us what Tahr thought of it surprisingly.
Ans: Tahr thought that maybe Shengo got the message in the tea or the melting of butter on the greenish liquid. He thought that no one came here to give the message so, it came from the tea or butter.
Q4. Write about the gradual development of Tahr and Paris's relationship.
Ans: When Shikarri and the guide found Tahr behind the bushes, Paris was the only one to recognize he was injured. Everyone thought that Tahr was a spy but Paris thought he was innocent by the look on his face. Paris got to know that he didn't have a family but loved his master Shengo. She realized that he was not a spy but an innocent and good boy. They became friends and Tahr felt that he was kind.
Q5. What do you understand by the wheel of life as described by Shengo?
Ans: I understand by the 'Wheel of Life' that on top were the Gods. Down on one side were the Titans. On the other side were the People, below them were Beasts. Then the Hells and in the last part of the wheel were the Hungry Ghosts. The wheel is trying to tell us that whoever comes to the top after moving will be in power and strength.
Q6. Relate your answer in your own words the incident when Shengo fell down the ravine.
Ans: Shengo was dis-balanced by the log when Tahr shouted. He slipped when he looked at what Tahr was pointing towards. There was only the noise and the foam on Shengo's face when Tahr looked down the ravine. Shengo was dead.
Q7. Why did Tahr start feeling sick upon hearing the sounds of the helicopter?
Ans: Tahr started feeling sick upon hearing the sounds of the helicopter because of the noise and hovering of the helicopter. Tahr had never felt such pressure and noise as he lived on the edge of a mountain and he had never seen such a thing.
Q8. Shengo loved Tahr as a father. Give two evidences to support your answer.
Ans: Shengo loved Tahr:
- He gave Tahr some honey sweets when Tahr was hungry.
- He put his hand on Tahr's shaved head and rubbed it softly.
- He gave his cloak to Tahr when they were in the hut and it was very cold.
Q9. Why did Paris idealize her uncle and held him in higher esteem that her father?
Ans: Paris idealized her uncle because he
was firm but caring and loving. He agreed with her on everything.
Meanwhile her pop gave her freedom to do whatever she wanted but never
cared about her.
Q10. Paris is a kind girl. Give evidences to prove your answer.
Ans: Paris is kind:
- She saved Tahr from Uncle Franklin and Shikarri when they were prisoning him.
- She guarded him as he wasn't a spy.
- She made a tent for him.
- She taught him good English words.
- She felt sympathetic towards the dead monkey and pigeon.
Q11. Draw a comparison between western and eastern life style and culture.
Ans: Paris had a luxurious life and lived
in a bricked house with all the possible necessities. Tahr lived a
simple life with a simple hut called a monastry with little necessities.
Paris ate every delicious food type while Tahr ate bread, brown rice
and potatoes. Paris wore stylish clothes while Tahr wore a simple robe.
Q12. Who was the hungry ghost and why?
Ans:
Donald was the hungry ghost because he was always talking about recipes
and making food. He even ate a lot of food during the dinner.
Q13. What is the significance of Ultimate Diner's club?
Ans:
The significance is that they were dining in a very dangerous and wild
place but even then they were having dinner in a very royal and
decorated tent. They were all united for the dinner which was the
celebration of hunting.
Q14. That night the camp-site had become another world. Explain.
Ans:
The camp-site had become another world because everyone had come out of
their tents to enjoy the dinner. New tables and chairs were taken out
with silver shining cutlery.
Q15. What was the secret confided to Paris by Tahr?
Ans:
Tahr told Paris that once Shengo saw the yeti with a family of two
adults and a little one. Both Tahr and Paris wanted to save them as they
were extinct.
Q16.Reflectively, write the characteristics of the yeh-teh?
Ans:
When it moved, it muttered, roared and stayed scarily quiet as it cut
down deep among the rocks. It could hide in the deepest bushes and
dangerous places where people could not pass and cross. It could swerve,
duck and drop away somewhere people could not follow. It was
broad-shouldered, hunched and looming. Its posture was upright. It's
skin was largely hairless. Its face had a sloping forehead, heavy
eyebrow ridge and was slightly snout-like.
Q17. Summarize the whole scenario of finding the yeti's footprints.
Ans:
Franklin pointed to the bush beside them, the berries on it were eaten.
Down on one side were the footprints. Everyone clustered in to form a
group to see the foot-mark. The mark was clear and unmistakable, it was
as long as Gavin's size 13 combat boot, it was broad and bare. It was a
freshly trodden foot-mark not more than an hour.
Q18. Show gradual development of Tahr and Paris's suriety about their seeing.
Ans:
Under the waterfall, in the cave, there was a ledge and on it the dead
body of Shengo, full of blood everywhere. When Tahr saw it, he
ran splashing towards it, hands out, shouting 'Shengo, Shengo'.
On
the other hand was Paris, she was watching for the trees above. She saw
the yeti which was broad-shouldered, hunched and looming, it leaped
towards Shengo, hopping rock to rock. It was more animal than human.
Both were seeing two different things at the same time.
Q19. Describe Shengo's appearance of kneeling body on ledge.
Ans:
Shengo's body laid on a flat tone on the ledge. Shengo had hands which
were trimmed around the edges, he wore a robe like a hood. He was old.
He had his limbs, both arms neatly folded on his chest. His feet were
bare and poking out beneath the robe. There was blood all over and it
splashed over the water. It looked very ghastly and horrifying.
Q20. What does the sentence 'A cave of eyes' represent?
Ans:
'A cave of eyes' represents the shiny, glowing eyes of the yeti. The
yeti wanted Tahr to know the whole story of how Shengo dies, with her
eyes. She wanted to tell Tahr that she was the one responsible for
Shengo's death.
Q21. Reflectively, describe the effect of chanting on Tahr.
Ans:
When Tahr started chanting, he forgot about all the waste smell and
started concentrating on his chanting and how he would calm the yeti and
be friends with her.
Q22. Collectively, write your views upon Tahr's disrespectful thoughts towards Shengo.
Ans:
Tahr thought that he was 12 and Shengo should've taught him all the
chants and rituals because he was growing-up. He thought that maybe
Shengo had been making all the things up and lied about being a monk.
Then he thought that Shengo said that the yeti is the mountain spirit
which is very noble but Franklin said that it is an outcast of our
species, retarded and deformed which was right. He thought that maybe
Shengo was lying about other things too.
Q23. What do you mean by "their own bargain between sleep and bad thoughts"?
Ans:
Franklin, Harriet, Renaud, Donald, Shikarri and other porters were
scared that maybe the other tribes of the yeti attack them because they
had captured their young one. Many of them had a loaded gun beside them.
Renaud had his case of knives in case he needed them if the other
yeti's attack. And Franklin just lay straight on his bed with his eyes
open thinking about what would they do if the other yeti's attack,
where would they run off and hide to etc.
Q24. Whose fault is shown being responsible in Shengo's fall?
Ans: Yeti's fault is shown being responsible in Shengo's fall because she was the one behind the bushes which made Tahr look towards her, shout, make Shengo frightened, dis-balance from the log and fall down in the ravine.
Q25. How can you tell that yeh-teh was more like a human than an animal? Give three reasons to support your answer.
Ans: The yeh-teh is more of a human than an animal:
Ans: Tahr earned the trust of the yeh-teh by calming her when she was imprisoned, by giving her food and water when she was hungry and thirsty and by helping her escape from the guards.
Q27. What did the rebels do to the people in the campsite?
Ans: The rebels tied up Tahr and Paris with a full-time guard watching them as the rebels thought that Tahr was a spy. They killed Renaud, Donald, Harriet, Gavin and Shikarri very harshly. Renaud, Donald and Harriet were killed by a knife in their chests at the camp-site. Shikarri was hanged. They treated them all harshly.
Q28. Tahr pretended not to recognize Paris at the rebel's camp. What does this show about Tahr's character?
Ans: This shows that Tahr is a very clever, intelligent, cunning and quick-witted boy. He knew that if he recognized Paris, the rebels would've killed both of them. He did not want any harm to Paris.
Q29. Reflect how the characters have changes as a result of situations they have found.
Ans: Franklin's real side is shown, he is very negative and acting very strange and rude.
Paris is scared of Franklin. She thought of him as a fatherly figure, but he was totally the opposite. Paris is hurt and lost in her thoughts.
Tahr is acting like a fatherly figure to Paris. He is now calming and soothing Paris when Paris herself used to calm Tahr.
Tahr and Paris wanted to save Geng-sun as it was extinct but now Geng-sun is saving them as their lives were in danger.
The mastiff was very faithful now, first it was after Tahr and Paris but now it was showing them that Shikarri was hanged.Even it's one eye was missing, it was scratched and had blood all over it's body.
The campsite was not in order, not in a proper and decorated manner. It was very messed up , everything had broken or misplaced.
The tents were looted, even in the kitchen all of the cutlery was broken and shard. Renaud's shelf of knives and special cutlery was now shard and everything was misplaced.
Everything and everybody changed from Franklin, Paris, Tahr, Geng-sun, mastiff to the tent, campsite and kitchen. It's like there is a total change in the story and the character's behaviors.
Q30. How can you explain the theme 'courage and grief' in relation to Geng-sun?
Ans: The theme ;courage and grief' come in relation to Geng-sun because she was very bold and calm while burying her mother while if it were for us, we would be yelling and crying out loud, making a fuss all over. She was very calm and quiet.
Q31. Which is the safe place for Geng-sun?
Ans: The Ice Fortress is the safest place for Geng-sun.
Q32. What is the theme of Chapter 24? Explain.
Ans: The theme ' preservance' explains us that Tahr found the shepherd just like Shengo, he is preserved with the shepherd's family. Paris is preserved in her home in America. Geng-sun is preserved with the other yeti's in the Ice Fortress.
The theme 'courage' demonstrates the courage of Tahr to live with the shepherd's family. It demonstrates the courage of Paris going with the trekker's to America. It also demonstrates the courage of Geng-sun living with the other yeti's in the Ice Fortress.
The theme 'life on the edge' means that Tahr is once again living on the edge with the shepherd instead of Shengo as before.
Q33. Briefly tell us about Tahr's feelings of shepherd as Shengo.
Ans: Tahr thought of shepherd as Shengo because he was kind-hearted, humble, soft-hearted and polite just like Shengo. When Tahr was cold, he covered him with a blanket and neared him to himself. He was a fatherly figure to Tahr. Tahr is attracted towards the shepherd because he has the same qualities as Shengo.
Q34. Describe the place 'Ice Fortress'.
Ans: The Ice Fortress was a pass between 3 mountains. It was a sign of coldness, it was a building, heaped up in a great wall. The walls and roofs were made up of ice. The walls were very high. There were many yeti's inside it. The Ice Fortress was like a great dzong out of Shengo's stories, part monastry, part castle, built with buttresses of ice. The peaks around the Ice Fortress were broken. It had villages near it. There was also a lake with the fortress, made of ice, it was called the 'Lake of Ice'.
Q24. Whose fault is shown being responsible in Shengo's fall?
Ans: Yeti's fault is shown being responsible in Shengo's fall because she was the one behind the bushes which made Tahr look towards her, shout, make Shengo frightened, dis-balance from the log and fall down in the ravine.
Q25. How can you tell that yeh-teh was more like a human than an animal? Give three reasons to support your answer.
Ans: The yeh-teh is more of a human than an animal:
- She had a motherly figure, she had parental qualities as she cared for Tahr and saved him and Paris from Shikarri and later on from the tribe/rebels.
- She wore clothes as she respected her body.
- She made a braid with her hair.
- She brought Tahr some food and even played with him when he was depressed.
- She did the incense for her mother with all the rituals and ceremonies.
- She threw rocks at the helicopter to bring it down to help Paris and Tahr escape.
Ans: Tahr earned the trust of the yeh-teh by calming her when she was imprisoned, by giving her food and water when she was hungry and thirsty and by helping her escape from the guards.
Q27. What did the rebels do to the people in the campsite?
Ans: The rebels tied up Tahr and Paris with a full-time guard watching them as the rebels thought that Tahr was a spy. They killed Renaud, Donald, Harriet, Gavin and Shikarri very harshly. Renaud, Donald and Harriet were killed by a knife in their chests at the camp-site. Shikarri was hanged. They treated them all harshly.
Q28. Tahr pretended not to recognize Paris at the rebel's camp. What does this show about Tahr's character?
Ans: This shows that Tahr is a very clever, intelligent, cunning and quick-witted boy. He knew that if he recognized Paris, the rebels would've killed both of them. He did not want any harm to Paris.
Q29. Reflect how the characters have changes as a result of situations they have found.
Ans: Franklin's real side is shown, he is very negative and acting very strange and rude.
Paris is scared of Franklin. She thought of him as a fatherly figure, but he was totally the opposite. Paris is hurt and lost in her thoughts.
Tahr is acting like a fatherly figure to Paris. He is now calming and soothing Paris when Paris herself used to calm Tahr.
Tahr and Paris wanted to save Geng-sun as it was extinct but now Geng-sun is saving them as their lives were in danger.
The mastiff was very faithful now, first it was after Tahr and Paris but now it was showing them that Shikarri was hanged.Even it's one eye was missing, it was scratched and had blood all over it's body.
The campsite was not in order, not in a proper and decorated manner. It was very messed up , everything had broken or misplaced.
The tents were looted, even in the kitchen all of the cutlery was broken and shard. Renaud's shelf of knives and special cutlery was now shard and everything was misplaced.
Everything and everybody changed from Franklin, Paris, Tahr, Geng-sun, mastiff to the tent, campsite and kitchen. It's like there is a total change in the story and the character's behaviors.
Q30. How can you explain the theme 'courage and grief' in relation to Geng-sun?
Ans: The theme ;courage and grief' come in relation to Geng-sun because she was very bold and calm while burying her mother while if it were for us, we would be yelling and crying out loud, making a fuss all over. She was very calm and quiet.
Q31. Which is the safe place for Geng-sun?
Ans: The Ice Fortress is the safest place for Geng-sun.
Q32. What is the theme of Chapter 24? Explain.
Ans: The theme ' preservance' explains us that Tahr found the shepherd just like Shengo, he is preserved with the shepherd's family. Paris is preserved in her home in America. Geng-sun is preserved with the other yeti's in the Ice Fortress.
The theme 'courage' demonstrates the courage of Tahr to live with the shepherd's family. It demonstrates the courage of Paris going with the trekker's to America. It also demonstrates the courage of Geng-sun living with the other yeti's in the Ice Fortress.
The theme 'life on the edge' means that Tahr is once again living on the edge with the shepherd instead of Shengo as before.
Q33. Briefly tell us about Tahr's feelings of shepherd as Shengo.
Ans: Tahr thought of shepherd as Shengo because he was kind-hearted, humble, soft-hearted and polite just like Shengo. When Tahr was cold, he covered him with a blanket and neared him to himself. He was a fatherly figure to Tahr. Tahr is attracted towards the shepherd because he has the same qualities as Shengo.
Q34. Describe the place 'Ice Fortress'.
Ans: The Ice Fortress was a pass between 3 mountains. It was a sign of coldness, it was a building, heaped up in a great wall. The walls and roofs were made up of ice. The walls were very high. There were many yeti's inside it. The Ice Fortress was like a great dzong out of Shengo's stories, part monastry, part castle, built with buttresses of ice. The peaks around the Ice Fortress were broken. It had villages near it. There was also a lake with the fortress, made of ice, it was called the 'Lake of Ice'.
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