CLASS 9
THE SNAKE AND THE MIRROR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A rubber tube
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A fat snake
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A big rat
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the roof tile
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The snake fell from the roof of the house with a thud. In no time it wriggled over the back of the narrator’s chair and landed on him. The snake slithered along his shoulder and coiled around his left arm above the elbow.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answers. If the narrator turned around to see what had fallen there a fat snake landed on his shoulder. It is because Snake was just behind him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ans. The doctor, the narrator, and some others happened to discuss snakes. The topic reminded the doctor of his own encounter with a snake and he narrated the incident.
Detailed explanation-4: -The doctor showed great presence of mind on seeing the snake: He neither jumped nor cried out. He sat on the chair holding his breath. His body was still but his mind remained very active.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: From writer’s arm the snake slithered into his lap, crept onto the table and then moved towards the mirror. The writer revived, got up from the chair and leapt into the yard and ran to his friend’s house to save his life.