Class 10 ENG CBSE Ch-8 Mijbil The Otter First Flight Questions and answers Theme Message Characters explanation

Ch-8 MIJBIL THE OTTER  by Gavin Maxwell 

Message

The lesson Mijbil the otter talks about the relationship between a master and his pet. It gives the message that one should be friendly towards the pet and take good care of it. We keep pets by choice and if we have one, then we treat it as a family member.

Theme

The theme of the story “Mijbil the Otter” is: Life without a pet was rather lonely.

Mijbil The Otter

Mijbil was an otter whose species was previously unknown to science and was later named Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli, or Maxwells otter. He looked like a small medieval dragon, coated with symmetrical pointed scales of mud armour, between whose tips was visible a soft velvet chocolate brown fur.

Question and answer

Question 1.

What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?

Ans. Maxwell thought that he would keep an otter instead of a dog. Comusfearna, ringed by water a very short distance from its door, would be an eminently suitable spot for the experiment.

Question 2.

Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?

Ans. He went to Basra, to the Consulate-General, to collect and answer his mail from Europe. The telephone line was not working properly on the first day.

Next day it was some public Holiday . He had to wait there for five days.

Question 3.
How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
Answer:
His friend bought the otter for him and sent it to the place where he was staying.The author liked it. This is seen in “The second night Mijbil came on to my bed in the small hours and remained asleep in the crook of my knees….” “ I made a body-belt for him…”.   Q4:Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter’?                   Ans.:The otter was named by zoologists as Lutrogale Perspicillata Maxwelli. Hence, it was called Maxwell’s otter in short.                                           Q 5.What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?                   Answer: When the author first took Mijbil to the bathroom, the otter first went wild with joy in the water. He plunged and rolled in it. He jumped up and down the length of the bathtub. He made enough slosh and splash. After two days, the otter suddenly disappeared and went to the bathroom to play in the water and opened the tap on his own.

Question 6.How was Mijbil transported to England?    Answer:    Mijbil was packed in a box as the airlines had directed the author. As British airlines did not allow pets on board the author had to book a ticket on a different airline from Iraq to Paris and then Paris to London.               Question 7.What did Mij do to the box?                                    Answer: The box was lined with a metal sheet. Mij didn’t feel comfortable in the box and tried to escape. In his attempt to escape, Mij tore into the metal lining of the box and in the process hurt himself.

Question 8. Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?

Answer: As there was no other way to carry Mij to London, Maxwell put in the box again. He must have felt pity on the way the otter hurt himself. Moreover, he must be worried as well.

Question 9.   Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind”?             Answer: The airhostess was very sympathetic after listening to Maxwell’s story. She understood how he might be feeling and then gave him permission to take the otter out of the box. Due to all this, Maxwell referred her as “the very queen of her kind”.   Question 10.What happened when the box was opened?        Answer: As soon as the box was opened, Mij ran out. Then it ran all over the place scaring all the passengers. It created a claos and most of the people in the plane got scared.There was cries all around. A woman stood up on her seat and screaming that there was a rat.                            Question 11. What game had Mij invented?

Answer: Mij invented a game of playing with the ball in a unique way. One of the author’s suitcase was damaged and had a slope on the top part. Mij would put the ball on the high end and run to catch it as it slided to the lower end.  Question 12. What group of animals do otters belong to? Answer: Otters belong to a comparatively small group of animals called Mustellines. The other animals of this group are badger, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink and others.                 Question 13. What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?

Answer:As otters are not found in England so Londoners made the wildest possible guesses about Mij. Their guesses ranged from a baby seal, a squirrel, a hippo to a brontosaurus.

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