Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 1 Extract Based Question Answers - Who Did Patrick`s Homework

Q1: “Then one day he found his cat playing with a little do and he grabbed it away To his surprise it wasn’t a doll at all but a man of the tiniest size. He had a little wool shirt with old-fashioned britches and a high tall hat much like a witch’s. He yelled, “Save me! Don’t give me back to that cat I’ll grant you a wish I promised you that”
(i) What was the cat playing with?
Ans: With the little elf

(ii) The elf was
Ans: A man of the tiniest size.

(iii) What was the elf wearing?
Ans: Woolen shirt with old-fashioned britches and a hat.

(iv) Whom did the little elf said not to give back to the cat? 
Ans: Patrick.

(v) What did the little elf promise Patrick?
Ans: To grant him a wish he wanted to.

Q2: “And true to his words that little elf began to do Patrick’s homework except there was one glitch. The elf didn’t always know what to do and he needed help. “Help me! Help me!” he’d say And Patrick would have to help in whatever way”
(i) What did the little elf began to do?
Ans: Patrick’s wish i.e. to do all his homework.

(ii) What was that one glitch the elf had? 
Ans: That one glitch he had was asking for help every time because he did not know anything about Patrick’s studies also he did not had any knowledge regarding human history.

(iii) Who said “Help me! Help me! “and to whom?
Ans: The little elf said this to Patrick.

(iv) Did Patrick help the lithe elf?
Ans: Yes.

(v) What is the meaning of glitch? 
Ans: A problem in a machine that stop it from working properly.

Q3: “Finally, the last day of school arrived and the elf was free to go as for homework, there was no more, so he quietly and slyly slipped out the back door”
(i) Why the elf was free to go?
Ans: because it was the last day of Patrick’s school.

(ii) Who was free to go as there was no more homework?
Ans: The little elf.

(iii) Was the homework completed?
Ans: Yes.

(iv) The synonym of the word ‘slyly’.
Ans: Secretively.

Q4: “You see in the end, Patrick still thought he’d made that ting man do all his homework But I’ll share a secret, just between you and me. It wasn’t the elf, Patrick had done it himself.
(i) What did Patrick still think in the end?
Ans: Patrick still thought that he had made the little elf done all his homework.

(ii) Was it really the elf who completed the homework? If no, then who?
Ans: No, it wasn’t really the elf who had done all his homework. It was Patrick himself who had done his own homework.

(iii) Who is ‘I’ in this context?
Ans: The author, Carol Moore.

Q5: Patrick! Do your homework or you won’t learn a thing” And it’s true, sometimes he did feel like an ignoramus. But what could he do? He hated homework.”
(i) Who complained for not doing his homework?
Ans: Patrick’s teachers.

(ii) Who hated homework?
Ans:  Patrick.

(iii) What did Patrick like to do instead of doing homework? 
Ans: He liked to play games like hockey, Basket ball and Nintendo.

(iv) What is the meaning of ‘ignoramus’?
Ans: An ignorant person who lacks education.

Q6: “Patrick could not believe how lucky he was! Here was the answer to all of his problems so he said ‘Only if you do all my homework till the end of the semester, that’s 35 days. If you do a good enough job, I could even get A’s”
(i) How did Patrick feel himself?
Ans: Very lucky.

(ii) What was the wish of Patrick?
Ans: To complete all his homework till the end of the semester.

(iii) How many days were required to complete his homework?
Ans: 35 days.

(iv) Who hoped to get A’s?
Ans: Patrick.

Q7: “When it came to math’s, Patrick was out of luck “What are times tables?” the elf shrieked “We elves never need that and addition and subtraction and division and fractions? Here, sit down beside me, you simply must guide me” Elves know nothing of human history to them it’s a mystery so the little elf, already a shouter, just got louder, “Go to the library, I need books more and more books and you can help me read them too””
(i) In which subject Patrick was out of luck?
Ans: Math’s

(ii) What were the topics the elf confused of?
Ans: Addition, division and fraction.

(iii) What was human history according to the elf?
Ans: It was a mystery.

(iv) How did Patrick help the little elf?
Ans: By reading the books to him.

(v) What did the elf order Patrick to do?
Ans: The elf ordered Patrick to go to the library and get books as much as he could because it seemed mysterious to the elf he further said to Patrick to read the books for him as a help.

Q8: “Patrick got his A’s; his classmates were amazed; his teachers smiled and were full of praise, and his parents? They wondered what had happened to Patrick. He was now the model kid cleaned his room, did his chores, was cheerful, never rude, like he had developed a whole new attitude”
(i) What did Patrick score and how was the reaction of his classmates and teacher?
Ans: Patrick scored A’s in his class. The reaction of his classmates and teacher were amazing and full of surprised.

(ii) Patrick was a — kid then
Ans: Model.

(iii) What was the new attitude of Patrick? 
Ans: Patrick was a model kid then, as he cleaned his room, completed his chores, became cheerful and not being rude to anyone anymore. Thus he had developed a whole new attitude.