NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Chapter 6 This Jody’s Fawn
Page No. 86 Comprehension Check
Question 1:
What had
happened to Jody’s father?
Answer
Jody’s father had been bitten by a rattlesnake.
Question 2:
How did the
doe save Penny’s life?
Answer
Penny used doe’s heart and liver to draw out the
snake’s poison.
Question 3:
Why does Jody want to bring the fawn home?
Answer
Jody’s father had killed the doe. Without the
mother-deer, the fawn was likely to starve to death in the forest. So Jody
wanted to bring the young fawn home.
Question 4:
How does Jody know that the fawn is a male?
Answer
The spots of a male are
in a line whereas of a doe-fawn, they are every which way.
Page No. 87 Comprehension Check
Question 1:
Jody didn’t want Mill-wheel with him for two
reasons. What were they?
Answer
Jody didn’t want Mill-wheel to join him in the
search for the fawn. The reason was that he was not sure about the fawn’s
safety. He didn’t want Mill-wheel to see his disappointment.
Question 2:
Why was Mill-wheel afraid to leave Jody alone?
Answer
Mill-wheel was afraid that Jody might be lost in
the jungle.
Page No. 90 Comprehension Check
Question 1:
How did Jody bring the fawn back home?
Answer
He held the fawn in his arms and brought him back home.
Question 2:
Jody was filled with emotion after he found the
fawn. Can you find at least three words or phrases which show how he felt?
Answer
The following words show his emotion: startled,
wanted to fondle it, delirious, light-headed with joy.
Question 3:
How did the deer drink milk from the gourd?
Answer
Jody dipped his fingers in the milk and thrust them into the fawn’s mouth. He then lowered then into the gourd. The fawn snorted and sucked and then started sipping the milk.
Question 4:
Why didn’t the fawn follow Jody up the steps as he had thought it would?
Answer
The fawn was very small and weak. Moreover, he was hurt. His legs were lacking strength. He refused climb up the steps.
Page No. 90 Working with the Text
Question 1:
Why did Penny Baxter allow Jody to go find the fawn and raise it?
Answrer
Penny Baxter allowed Jody to go find the fawn and raise it. He belonged to the doe they had killed to draw out the poison in order to save Penny. They felt grateful to the doe. He thought it was ungrateful to leave the fawn to starve.
Question 2:
What did Doc Wilson mean when he said, “Nothing in
the world ever comes quite free”?
Answrer
Doc Wilson meant that if they had used doe’s life
for their life, they must take care of its fawn. By bringing the fawn home they were compensating the death of the doe. When Jody expressed his feelings to
bring the fawn, he was appreciated, then and there.
Question 3:
How did Jody look after the fawn, after he accepted
the responsibility for doing this?
Answer
Jodi gave the fawn milk of his own share and fed it
like a mother. He dipped his fingers in the milk and thrust them into the fawn’s soft wet mouth. Again and again he repeated so as to feed the fawn. Jody
looked after the fawn and accepted his responsibility to repay his gratitude.
Question 4:
How does Jody’s mother react when she hears that he is going to bring the fawn home? Why does she react in this way?
Answer
She is shocked and startled. She is worried and felt helpless. She reacted so because she was not expecting it. Moreover, they were too poor to afford the feeding of the fawn. However, she considered it a humane task.
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