Q1: Who is the protagonist of the story?
Ans: Aryanath’s Grandfather is the protagonist of the story.
Q2: What is the family art of the Kalbeliyas?
Ans: Playing been (a musical instrument).
Q3: What was Aryanath's grandfather famous for?
Ans: Capturing a large number of poisonous snakes.
Q4: How did Aryanath's family travel from village to village?
Ans: Aryanath's family travelled from village to village in bamboo baskets, carrying their snakes.
Q5: What did people do when Aryanath's family arrived in a village?
Ans: A crowd quickly gathered around Aryanath's family when they arrived in the village.
Q6: What did Aryanath's family use the tin box for?
Ans: Aryanath's family used the tin box to store various medicines made from plants they collected in the woods.
Q7: Why did Aryanath's grandfather feel good about helping people with his medicines?
Ans: In return, people would give them some money or food grains.
Q8: What did Aryanath's family do when they were called to places where someone had been bitten by a snake?
Ans: They tried to find out which snake had bitten the person from the bite marks.
Q9: What did Aryanath's father teach him as he grew older?
Ans: How to remove poisonous teeth (fangs) from snakes.
Q10: How are Kalbeliyas related to snakes?
Ans: They are snake charmers and have good knowledge about snakes.
Q11: Why have the practices of snake charmers become difficult to practice nowadays?
Ans: Due to government rules and regulations to save wild animals.
Q12: What do Kalbeliyas usually do with snakes when their daughters are married?
Ans: They gift a snake.
Q13: How can snakes be helpful to humans?
Ans: They can keep pests like rats and mice at bay.
Q14: Name two of the poisonous snake species in the Chapter.
Ans: Cobra and Common Krait are two of the poisonous snake species.
Q15: What is injected into a victim's body when a snake bites?
Ans: Poison is injected into a victim's body through the snake's fangs.
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