SHOULD WIZARD HIT MOMMY

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
ENGLISH CLASS- 12
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (2 MARKS EACH)
Q- “He was telling her something true, something she
must know.” Why does the narrator make this
statement? (CBSE QB,2021)
Q- Why do you think both Jo and Jack want a different
ending each, for Roger Skunk’s story? (CBSE QB,2021)
Q- What is the significance of the “half old tan and half
new ivory cage of mouldings, rails and baseboards”
appearing at the end of the story? (CBSE QB,2021)
Q- Wanting Roger Skunk to continue to smell the way a
“little skunk should smell” has great significance.
Explain. (CBSE QB,2021)
Q- How does Jo want the story to end? Why? (Comptt.,
Outside Delhi SET-III,2017)
Q- How can we say that Jack is a dominant male? (Delhi
SET-II,2019)
Q- We can’t approve of Jack’s attitude towards his
wife. Comment. (Delhi SET-III, 2019)
Q- What problem did Roger Skunk face when he went
to play with his friends? How did he solve it? (Delhi
SET-III 2017)
Q- Why does Jo call the Skunk’s mommy stupid?
(HOTS) (Comptt.,2015)
Q- How was the Skunk’s story different from the other
stories narrated by Jack? (HOTS)
Q- What was the basic plot of each story told by Jack?
(Delhi SET-I,2017)
Q- What is mother Skunk’s role in the story? (Outside
Delhi SET-I,2017)
Q- Having got rid of his stink, what problem did Roger
Skunk face? (Delhi SET-II,2017)
Q- Give an example to show that Jo was a sensitive
child. (Foreign SET-1, 2017)
Q- How are Jack’s views on life different from those of
Jo? (HOTS) (Comptt., Delhi SET-III,2017)
Q- What was Roger Skunk’s problem? What did he do
to solve it? (Comptt., Outside Delhi SET-I,2017)
Q- What story did Jo want to hear the next day and
why? What was father’s reaction to it? (CBSE SQP,
2018-19)
Q- On seeing Roger Skunk again with a very bad smell,
how did the little animals react first and then later on
when he had lost it? (Delhi SET-III,2020)
Q- What is Jo’s ‘reality phase’?
Q- How easy or difficult is storytelling according to
Jack’s efforts?
Q- Why did Jack not welcome Jo’s attempts at changing
his story?
Q- Discuss Jack’s perception about gender and its roles.
Cites instances from the next to support your answer.

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (5 MARKS EACH)

Q- With respect to the events in the story, ‘Should
Wizard Hit Mommy’, who would you support, Wizard
or Mommy? Justify your choice. (HOTS) (CBSE
SQP,2020-21)
Q- Describe Jack’s art of storytelling. (Outside Delhi
SET-I,2018)
Q- How did jack end the Roger Skunk story? How and
why did jo wants to change it? (Outside Delhi SET-
II,2016)
Q- How does Jo show her independent thinking in the
story ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy’? (Comptt.
Delhi/Outside Delhi, 2018)
Q- How did Jo want the Roger Skunk story to end?
Why? (Delhi Set-I, 2016)
Q- The same situation can be viewed through two
different perspectives, how does “Should Wizard Hit
Mommy?” establish this point through the view of Jack
and Jo? (HOTS)
Q- At the end of the storytelling session, why does Jack
consider himself’ caught in an ugly middle position’?
(Delhi/Outside Delhi,2018)
Q- Which of the following adjective/s can be used to
describe Jack and Jo respectively? Support your answer
with textual evidence. (CBSE Question Bank 2021)

Aggressive, imaginative, inquisitive,

rigid, timid, proud

Q- Through the story that Jack tells, can you get

glimpses of the kind of man he is? Explain with
reference to the story ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy?’
Q- What was the story that Jack told Jo hidden in the
story of Roger Skunk?
Q- How do you think Jack’s storyline would have been
impacted if Jack had accepted Jo’s ending of the story?
(CBSE QB 2021)
Q- Create a creative writing guide on how to write a
story based on the pattern that Jack uses in ‘Should
Wizard Hit Mommy?’
Q- How does the story ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy’
bear testimony to the fact that the frustrations faced
by adults and their personal experiences often intrude
upon their interaction with their children?
Elaborate. (CBSE2019)