Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 2 Extract Based Question Answers - How the dog found himself a master!

Q1: “I don’t see why not!” the Wolf said, and this agreed upon, the two of them went on together. They walked and they walked, and all of a sudden the Wolf lifted his nose, sniffed, darted quickly off the path and into the bushes and crept deeper into the forest. The Dog was much surprised. “What’s come over you, master?” he asked. “What has frightened you so?” “Can’t you see? There’s a Bear out there, and he might eat up both of us — you and me.”

(i) Wolf was frightened by :
(a) Tiger
(b) Lion
(c) Dog
(d) None of the above
Ans: (d)

(ii) Who agreed to become first master of the dog?
(a) Wolf
(b) Bear
(c) Cow
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)

(iii) Who was dog’s kinsman?
Ans: The wolf was dog’s kinsman.

(iv) Who frightened the wolf?
Ans: A bear frightened the wolf.

(v) Why the dog was surprised?
Ans: During their journey into the forest, suddenly wolf, the master of dog, hid himself into the forest out of fear. The dog surprised to see his master who was so frightened by a bear.

Q2: “Now, why did I have to come here!” said he to the Dog. “It is the Lion who rules the forest in these parts.” “The Lion? Who’s he?” “Don’t you know? He is the strongest beast on earth!” “Well, then, I’ll say goodbye to you, Bear. I want a master who is stronger than anyone on earth!” And off the Dog went to ask the Lion to be his master. The Lion agreed to it, and the Dog stayed with him and served him for a long, long time. It was a good life, and he had nothing to complain of, for there was no stronger beast in the forest than the Lion, and no one dared touch the Dog or offend him in any way.

(i) Who rules the forest?
(a) Tiger
(b) Lion
(c) Bear
(d) None of the above
Ans: (b)

(ii) Dog said goodbye to whom?
(a) Wolf
(b) Bear
(c) Cow
(d) All of these.
Ans: (b)

(iii) “Now, why did I have to come here!” – Whom the dog said it?
Ans: The dog said the bear “Now, why did I have to come here!”

(iv) Whom the dog served for long time?
Ans: The dog served the lion for long time.

(v) Why no one dared to touch the dog?
Ans: Lion was the strongest beast in the forest; the dog was his servant and stayed with him. So, no one dared touch the Dog or offend him in any way.

Q3: ‘DOGS were once their own masters and lived the way wolves do, in freedom, until a dog was born who was ill pleased with this way of life. He was sick and tired of wandering about by himself looking for food and being frightened of those who were stronger than he. He thought it over and decided that the best thing for him to do was to become the servant of one who was stronger than anyone on earth, and he set out to find such a master.’

(i) Free dogs used to live like:
(a) Tiger
(b) Lion
(c) Wolf
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

(ii) Dogs once decided to become:
(a) Friend
(b) King
(c) Servant
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

(iii) Who frightened the dogs?
Ans: Dogs were frightened by the living beings that were stronger than them.

(iii) Why dogs became sick and tired?
Ans: Dogs were sick and tired of searching food for survival.

(iv) After thinking what was the decision of the dogs?
Ans: After thinking a lot, dogs decided to become servant of the strongest living being that would put an end to their search for food and better survival, and so started searching for a master.

Q4: Seeing that the Bear was stronger than the Wolf, the Dog decided to take up service with him, and he left the Wolf and asked the Bear to be his master. The Bear agreed to this readily and said, “Let us go and find a herd of cows. I’ll kill a cow and then we can both eat our fill.” They walked on and soon saw a herd of cows, but just as they were about to come up to it they were stopped by a terrible noise. The cows were mooing loudly and running in a panic in all directions.

(i) After leaving wolf, dog took up service with:
(a) Tiger
(b) Lion
(c) Bear
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

(ii) Bear and dog together planned to hunt and eat
(a) Wolf
(b) Goat
(c) Cow
(d) All of these.
Ans: (c)

(iii) What was the plan of bear?
Ans: Bear planned to hunt a cow and eat along with the dog.

(iv) What the dog decided when he found the bear more powerful than wolf?
Ans: Dog decided to consider the bear as his master instead of wolf.

(v) Why bear and dog could not hunt and eat in the forest?
Ans: They couldn’t hunt because the herd of  cows was running haphazardly out of fear. A lion was chasing them.

Q5: But one day the two of them were walking side by side along a path that ran amid bare cliffs when all of a sudden the Lion stopped. He gave a great roar and struck the ground angrily with his paw with such force that a hole formed there. Then he began to back away very quietly. “What is it, Master, is anything wrong?” asked the Dog, surprised. “I smell a man coming this way,” the Lion said. “We’d better run for it or we’ll be in trouble.” “Oh, well, then I’ll say goodbye to you, Lion. I want a master who is stronger than anyone on earth!” And off the Dog went to join the man and he stayed with him and served him faithfully. This happened long, long ago, but to this day the dog is man’s most loyal servant and knows no other master.

(i) Who is the man’s most loyal servant?
(a) Cow
(b) Wolf
(c) Bear
(d) Dog
Ans: (d)

(ii) Who said “I smell a man coming this way,”?
(a) Wolf
(b) Bear
(c) Dog
(d) None of these.
Ans: (d)

(iii) Whom the dog joined after leaving the lion?
Ans: Dog became servant of the man after leaving lion.

(iv) “We’d better run for it or we’ll be in trouble.”-who said it to whom?
Ans: “We’d better run for it or we’ll be in trouble.”- Dog said it to lion.

(v) What was the lion’s reaction when he smelled human?
Ans: When the lion smelled a man, he roared and started thumping his paws on the path. Then the lion retreated and hid himself into the forest.