CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who do you blame for Tricki’s illness?
A
Mrs. Pumphrey
B
Hodgkin
C
Mr.Herriot
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pumphrey, Tricki’s owner, was responsible for Tricki’s condition. She was a rich lady and spent a lot of money on buying expensive food items for Tricki. She made him eat so much that he fell ill.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : Tricki was overfed by Mrs. Pumphrey. He became hugely fat and inactive. He was pampered with a lot of cream cakes, chocolates and Hotlinks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mrs. Pumphrey told about Tricki that he was very unenergetic. Mrs. Pumphrey thought that he must be suffering from malnutrition, so she had been giving him some little extra food between meals to build his health.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mrs. Pumphrey is worried about Tricki because he would eat nothing and spend all his time lying on the rug and panting. He refused to eat his favourite dishes and would have bouts of vomiting.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mrs pumphery was responsible for tricki’s ailment as she treated tricki as a human being. She gave him a complete human diet, she gave him wine, cakes, cod liver oil, a bowl of horlicks and many things to eat and provided him a luxurious life.

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