1. What happened when the tiger touched the novel object?

The novel object is a cattle prod which was used by the captain to
electrocute the tiger .When the metal touched the tiger it caused him
immense pain and the tiger ran out of the cage to escape.

2. What did the cameraman say when tiger didn’t move?

The tiger had collapsed outside the cage and was not moving.
The cameraman and Madan was shouting and ordering the Captain
to make the tiger stand up as the camera reel was getting wasted.

3. How did the captain behave with the tiger?

The Captain treated the tiger cruelly and always ill-treated him and force
the tiger to do things against his will.

4. What instruction did the captain give when the tiger refused to
stand up ?

The captain kept on whipping the tiger and between whipping the
Captain told the tiger to be a good boy and stand up, he could take rest
the next day.

5. What went on day by day?

A film was being shot in the circus with the tiger. The camera crew
wanted the tiger to stand up on its hind legs and balance himself which
tiger was unable to perform initially. Upon orders from the camera
crew, the Captain or the handler of the tiger kept on whipping, yelling
 and torturing the tiger day after day to make the tiger stand up and
maintain his balance.

6. Why did the tiger not like the instruction?

A tiger is not meant to stand on too hind legs, this causes a tiger immense
pain and discomfort.
That’s why, Raja the tiger did not like the instructions.

7. What was the new method?

Captain, who was the tigers trainer, upon orders from the film crew
was torturing and forcing the tiger to stand up and maintain his
balance on two hind legs. The tiger was unable to perform such an
act .
They devised a method to make the tiger stand by dangling a lamb
before the tiger and lifting the lamb slowly up so that the tiger would
be tempted and stretch his body and stand up to get to the lamb.

8. Why did the tiger want the good man to go away?

The Tiger was totally fed up with the monotonous and tedious job
that his trainer was forcing him to do. He had finally decided to stop
obeying the orders of his trainer, the Captain.
He wanted his trainer to leave him alone and go away for his own
safety as the tiger would be forced to retaliate at some point.

9. Where did the whip hurt the most?

 The trainer named Captain used to whip the tiger to force him to do
as the Captain wanted. When the whip would strike between the
nose of the tiger, it would hurt the most.

10. What did the tiger want to convey?

The tiger wanted to convey that he was fed up and refused to obey
his trainers orders. He wanted to convey to his trainer to leave him
alone and go away for his own safety as at some point of time the
tiger would retaliate.

11.What kind of trainer or handler was the Captain?

The trainer named Captain was a cruel and abusive person who was of
a dominating personality who used to torture the tiger to carry out
monotonous and tedious job day after day.

12.What does the tiger think of the filming and its part in the film?
The tiger thought that the filming was a stupid and senseless idea and a
futile exercise.

13. What does the tiger think of the Captains behavior in front of
the cameraman?
Thought the Captain had a dominating personality, his behavior
changed to docile and submissive in front of the film crew.

14. How does the Captains behavior change?

15. What means does Captain employ to get the tiger to obey?
Whipped, yelled at the tiger,used cattle prod .used lamb as a bait.
16.What would the tiger have said if he could have spoken?
The tiger wanted to convey to his trainer , the Captain to stop being
foolish and also stop attacking him, leave the tiger alone and go away
as at some point of time the tiger would retaliate.

17.Pick out words and phrases in the story that describe the character
of:
A.Captain
B.The tiger

18. How does the Captain meet its end?

When the tiger refused to obey his trainer’s orders, his trainer
took out the metal cattle prod to electrocute the tiger.
The tiger lifted his forepaw and growled to warn the Captain .
The Captain was enraged and rushed towards the tiger brandishing the
metal cattle prod. The tiger drew his claws inside and took a swipe at
the metal cattle prod. In the process, the Captain got hit in the head and
died on the spot.
19.What are the various reactions to the tiger at large?
As soon as the Captain was killed. The film crew tried to rescue their
equipment but abandoned the idea soon and ran away.The tiger came
on the Market road.Seeing the tiger people started running away.Shops
were closed, shutters were put down , people hid under culverts and
behind pillar and climbed onto trees.A tailor stopped his machine ,hid
inside a cupboard and started crying saying that someone should shoot
the tiger.The tiger freed a horse from a carriage
and the passengers fell on the road and started running away.
A prisoner in handcuffs accused of murder was being escorted out of
the courthouse by two constables .Upon seeing the tiger the constables
ran away and later the prisoner escaped.
Two dogs kept on barking continuously when they saw the tiger on the
road.

20.What happened when the tiger reached Anand Bhavan?

The tiger sat in front of the door Anand Bhavan restaurant on Market
roadto take some rest. The coffee drinkers and the tiffin eaters were
petrified and could not move and uttered low moans.

21.What was the students reactions when they saw the tiger?
Schools were shut down and students were on the road. When they saw
the tiger on the road, they became excited and shouted’’Tiger,Tiger,no
school,no school’’
When the tiger wanted to join them , they became even more excited
and started shouting ‘Tiger is going to eat us, let us go back to the
school’ and they started to go back to their school.
22.What happened when the tiger reached the school?
The tiger followed the students into the school. The students locked
them into a hall. The tiger climbed a flight of stairs and went straight
towards the end of a verandah and entered the Headmaster’s room.
23.What was the Headmasters reaction upon seeing the tiger?
The Headmaster was terrified upon seeing the tiger. He climbed on to
his table and then took refuge inside the attic.

24.What did the tiger do once he entered the headmasters room?

The tiger crawled under the Headmasters desk and went to sleep as he
was tired. He felt that he was back in the Mempi cave.

20.Can you give at least two instances of R.K.Narayan’s use of

humour in this extract?

I find it very funny that the constables escaped from the spot and left
the prisoner in front of the courthouse.
Also the visual image of a dignified person like the Headmaster
climbing on a table and then into the attic is very humorous.