Very Short Question Answer: The Tsunami | English Honeydew Class 8 PDF Download

Q1: What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?
Ans: People at the Yala National Park had seen three elephants running away from the Patanangala beach about an hour before the tsunami hit.

Q2: Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?
Ans: Tilly’s family had come to Thailand to celebrate Christmas.

Q3: Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?
Ans: Tilly’s mother could not understand what was happening and only realized that it was serious when Tilly got frightened and mentioned what a Tsunami was.

Q4: Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?
Ans: Tilly had seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion in a video of a tsunami shown in her class by her geography teacher.

Q5: Why did dogs refuse to go outside at Galle?
Ans: Dogs in Galle refused to go on the beach where they are usually excited to go outside. This is because dogs got some kind of alert from their superpower that disaster is going to come, thus saving lives.

Q6: Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?
Ans: The Smith family and others on the beach took refuge on the third floor of a hotel.

Q7: What behavior of animals shows that they already get to know about disaster?
Ans: Elephants screamed and ran for higher ground; dogs refused to go outdoors; flamingoes abandoned their low-flying breeding areas; and zoo animals rushed into their shelter. These behaviors tell us about their secret power.

Q8: What did the dogs in Galle do?
Ans: The dogs in Galle refused to go out for their daily run on the beach.

Q9: How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?
Ans: Tilly’s geography teacher must have felt proud of her as she had applied what she learned in class to help save many lives.

Q10: In the tsunami, 150,000 people died. How many animals died?
Ans: Although no data is given in the story, it states that the number of dead animals was far less compared to human casualties.

Q11: What happens at Cuddalore coast?
Ans: At Cuddalore coast, thousands of people perished, but buffaloes, goats, and dogs were found unharmed.

Q12: How many people and animals died in Yala National Park?
Ans: Sixty visitors and two animals.