CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE ADVENTURES OF TOTO

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who had taught Toto to take a bath?
A
writer
B
writer’s friend
C
his first owner
D
grandmother
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Answer: Toto had learned to take a bath from the narrator/author, the boy.

Detailed explanation-2: -A great treat for Toto during cold winter evenings was the large bowl of warm water given him by Grandmother for his bath. He would cunningly test the temperature with his hand, then gradually step into the bath, first one foot, then the other (as he had seen me doing), until he was into the water up to his neck.

Detailed explanation-3: -Solution : Toto takes bath in a tub of warm water. It puts its legs in the water one by one andapplies soap as well. As monkeys are good at aping others, so Toto has learnt proper steps of bathing while watching the narrator doing same.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ruskin Bond’s story “The Adventures of Toto” depicts the challenges of keeping a monkey as a pet in a humorous manner. In this story, the narrator’s grandfather bought a monkey intending to raise it as a pet.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: Toto was a mischievous monkey. He tore off the ornamental wallpaper and pulled out the peg. He also tore the narrator’s school blazer in shreds.

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