NEW INDIAN MODEL SCHOOL, AL AIN

GRADE TEN –ENGLISH

A TIGER IN THE ZOO

1. How does the tiger feel in the cage?

2. How does the tiger walk in the cage?

3. How should the tiger walk through the grass?

4. Where should the tiger hide to himself?

5. Who passes near the water hole?

6. Where is the tiger’s strength locked?

7. How does the caged tiger react to the visitors?

8. What sound does the tiger near at night?.

9. How do the eyes of the tiger look?

10. What does the tiger look at?

11. What do you understand by `His strength behind bars’? What kind of a cage is he locked
in?
12. Is it safe to allow tigers to live in their natural habitat these days?

13. The tiger in the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’ has some obvious limitations, describe them in
contrast to its natural habitat.

14. What is the theme of the poem?

Or
What message does the poet want to convey through the poem—Tiger in the Zoo’?

15. Why do you think the tiger was stalking in the cage? What does it show?
16. How does the tiger terrorise the villagers? Does he have any intention of killing them?

17. How does the tiger feel locked in the concrete cell of the zoo? Why does he ignore the
visitors?

18. What does the tiger do at night? What does he feel when he stares at the brilliant stars in the
sky?

19. Freedom can’t be bargained at any cost. What message does Leslie Norris give to the
readers in ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’?