Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Supplementary Chapter 4 The Cat and the Pain-killer Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.
Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Supplementary Chapter 4 The Cat and the Pain-killer
9th English Guide The Cat and the Pain-killer Textbook Questions and Answers
A. Choose the most suitable option.
Question 1.
Tom was disturbed because …………………..
(a) he didn’t sleep well
(b) his scores were low at school
(c) his friend Becky Thatcher stopped coming to school
(d) he had picked up a fight with Becky Thatcher
Answer:
(c) his friend Becky Thatcher stopped coming to school
Question 2.
Aunt was an experimenter in ……………………
(a) trying new recipes
(b) designing fashionable frocks
(c) modern gardening techniques
(d) trying out new medicines
Answer:
(d) trying out new medicines
Question 3.
Tom used the pain-killer to …………………….
(a) take care of his health
(b) mend the crack on the sitting room floor
(c) cure Becky Thatcher
(d) help his aunt
Answer:
(b) mend the crack on the sitting room floor
Question 4.
Peter sprang a couple of yards in the air as ……………………..
(a) he had a teaspoon of the pain-killer
(b) his tail was caught in the mouse trap
(c) Tom threw him out of the window
(d) Aunt gave him a push
Answer:
(a) he had a teaspoon of the pain-killer
Question 5.
Finally Aunt Polly said to Tom that he ……………………..
(a) need not take any more medicine
(b) has to go to school regularly
(c) should not meet any of his friends
(d) must take medicines every day
Answer:
(a) need not take any more medicine
B. Identify the character or speaker of the following lines.
Question 1.
He banged against furniture, upsetting flower-pots and making general havoc?
Answer:
Peter, the cat
Question 2.
She stood petrified with astonishment peering over her glasses.
Answer:
Aunt Polly
Question 3.
‘That is, I believe they do’
Answer:
Tom
Question 4.
‘What has that got to do that with it?’
Answer:
Tom
Question 5.
‘I done it out of pity for him.’
Answer:
Tom
C. Based on your reading, rearrange the following sentences in the correct sequence.
1. Since all her methods failed, finally she gave him a pain-killer.
2. He told his aunt that Peter had no aunt, so he gave him the medicine.
3. The pain-killer triggered adverse reactions on Peter.
4. It jumped out of the open window.
5. Tom was dull and depressed.
6. This incident upset Aunt Polly and she questioned him.
7. But, Tom gave that pain-killer to the cat Peter.
8. So, Aunt Polly tried diff erent types of remedies on him.
Answers:
5, 8, 1, 7, 3, 4, 6, 2
5. Tom was dull and depressed.
8. So, Aunt Polly tried diff erent types of remedies on him.
1. Since all her methods failed, finally she gave him a pain-killer.
7. But, Tom gave that pain-killer to the cat Peter.
3. The pain-killer triggered adverse reactions on Peter.
4. It jumped out of the open window.
6. This incident upset Aunt Polly and she questioned him.
2. He told his aunt that Peter had no aunt, so he gave him the medicine.
D. Based on your understanding of the story, write the answers to the following questions in a sentence or two.
Question 1.
Why did Tom lose the charm of his life?
Answer:
Tom’s friend Becky Thatcher stopped coming to school. So he lost the charm of his life.
Question 2.
Why did Aunt Polly try different remedies on Tom?
Answer:
Aunt Polly was an incurable experimenter in these things, so she began to try all manners of remedies on Tom.
Question 3.
How did medicine diminish?
Answer:
Tom professed to be fond of pain-killer. So he asked for it often. He used to pour it into a crack in the sitting room floor. Thus the medicine diminished.
Question 4.
Did Tom compel Peter to have the pain-killer?
Answer:
No, Tom did not compel peter to have the pain killer.
Question 5.
Why did Peter wish to taste the pain-killer?
Answer:
Peter wished to taste the pain-killer because he wanted it.
Question 6.
How did Aunt Polly discover the reason for peter’s absurd behavior?
Answer:
Aunt Polly bend down and took the teaspoon and held it out. Thus she discovered the reason for Peter’s absurd behaviour.
Question 7.
What was the reason given by Tom for giving the pain-killer to the cat?
Answer:
Tom said that the cat had no aunt. So he gave it the medicine.
Question 8.
Why did Aunt Polly’s eyes water?
Answer:
Aunt Polly felt that she had done cruelty to the boy. she began to soften and felt sorry, so her eyes watered.
Additional Questions & Answers
Question 1.
Why did Tom put his hoop and bat away?
Answer:
Tom put his hoop and bat away because there was no joy in them anymore.
Question 2.
What happened when there was no joy in hoop and bat anymore?
Answer:
When there was no joy in hoop and bat anymore, Tom’s aunt Polly was concerned.
Question 3.
What was aunt Polly infatuated with?
Answer:
Aunt polly was infatuated with patent medicines and all new methods of producing health or mending it.
Question 4.
What was aunt Polly in patent medicines and new methods of healing?
Answer:
Aunt polly was an incurable experimenter in this thing.
Question 5.
What was a windfall to aunt Polly?
Answer:
Tom’s low condition was a windfall to her.
Question 6.
What happened to the boy after the treatment?
Answer:
Notwithstanding all this, the boy grew more and more and more and more sad and pale and dejected.
Question 7.
What did aunt Polly fill Tom up everyday with?
Answer:
Aunt polly filled Tom up everyday with quack cure-alls.
Question 8.
Why did Tom become a nuisance to aunt Polly?
Answer:
Tom asked aunt Polly for pain killer so often that he became a nuisance to her.
Question 9.
How did she end it?
Answer:
She ended it by telling him to help himself and quit bothering her.
Question 10.
Who begged for pain killer? Why?
Answer:
Peter, the cat begged for pain killer for a taste.
Question 11.
Why did Tom give the pain killer to Peter?
Answer:
Peter asked Tom for the pain killer. So he gave it to him.
Question 12.
What was the reaction of the old lady over the strange behaviour of Peter?
Answer:
Over the strange behaviour of Peter, the cat, the old lady petrified with astonishment, peer-ing her glasses.
Question 13.
What did Tom do on seeing the strange behaviour of the cat?
Answer:
On seeing the strange behaviour of the cat, Tom lay on the floor expiring with laughter.
Question 14.
What did Tom tell aunt Polly for the cat’s act?
Answer:
Tom told aunt Polly that cats always act so why they were having a good time.
Question 15.
What did aunt Polly advise Tom finally?
Answer:
Finally, Aunt Polly advised Tom that if he could not be a good boy, for once, he needn’t take any more medicine.
E. Answer the following questions in about 80-100 words.
Question 1.
Describe the different types of remedies tried by Aunt Polly on Tom?
Answer:
Tom’s aunt was the type of person who was infatuated with patent medicines and new ways of producing health or mending it. The first remedy aunt Polly tried on Tom was the water treatment. She stood him up in the woodshed and drowned him with a deluge of cold water; then she scrubbed him down with a towel like a file; then she rolled him up in a wet sheet and put him under blankets till he sweated his soul clean.
The boy remained as dismal as a hearse. Aunt Polly began to assist the water with a slim oatmeal diet and blister plasters. When she heard of Pain-killer, she ordered a lot at once. She tasted it and it was simply fired in a liquid form. She gave Tom a teaspoonful pain-killer and watched with anxiety for the result.
(OR)
Aunt Polly was infatuated with patent medicines and all-new healing methods. She was an incurable experimenter. She tried all manners of remedies on Tom. The water treatment was new. Tom’s low condition was a windfall to her. She kept him out at daylight, drowned him in cold water, and then rubbed him hard with a file like a towel.
He was put under blankets. He became upset. She gave hot baths, sitz baths, shower baths, and plunges. He remained bored. She added to water with a slim oatmeal diet and blister – plasters. To his capacity, she filled him with quack cure-alls.
He became fed up. He thought over various plans of relief. He preferred a pain killer. He asked for it. It was a nuisance to aunt Polly. But finally, she told him to help himself and quit bothering her. “Too much of anything is good for nothing”.
Question 2.
Narrate the funny sequence between Tom Sawyer and Peter, the cat?
Answer:
Title: The cat and the pain killer.
Author: Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) [Pen name: Mark Twain]
Character: Tom Sawyer and Peter, the cat.
Theme: “Cruelty to an animal is inhumane”.
(OR)
Aunt Polly had given Tom, the pain killer. One day he was in the act of dosing the crack in the floor with it. Aunt Polly’s cat, Peter was begging for the pain killer. Tom agreed to give him the painkiller on his risks. Tom opened his mouth and poured it. Peter sprang a couple of yards in the air. Then he delivered a war-whoop and set off round and round the room.
He banged against furniture upsetting flower – pots and making general confusion. Next danced around on his hind feet in a frenzy of enjoyment with his head over his shoulder. His voice proclaimed his joy. Then he went tearing around the house again spreading chaos and destruction in his path.
Aunt Polly entered and saw him throw double somersaults delivering a mighty hurrah. He went through the window carrying the other flower pots with him. The old lady stood petrified with astonishment. Tom lay on the floor expiring with laughter.
“One man’s suffering is another man’s enjoyment”
(OR)
One day Tom was dosing the crack to heal it. Aunt’s cat Peter noticed it and begged Tom for it. Tom gave it to peter on his risk. When Tom poured it in his mouth, he sprang in the air and then delivered a war-whoop. He went round and round the room banging against furniture, upsetting flower pots, and making general confusion.
Next, he danced on his hind feet in a frenzied of excitement. He held his head over his shoulder and voice proclaiming his happiness. He went tearing around the house again spreading chaos. Aunt entered and saw him throw somersaults with a mighty hurrah. He sailed through the window carrying the other flower pots with him. The old lady stood petrified with astonishment. Tom lay on the floor expiring with laughter.
“One’s torture is other’s laughter”
F. Complete the summary of the extract using the appropriate words from the box below.
Tom Sawyer felt (1) ……………… as Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to (2) ……………… His Aunt Polly was very concerned about his (3) …………….. condition. So, she began to try various (4) …………….. on him. Tom became fed up with his Aunt’s brand of remedies and (5) to like the pain-killer. He started to ask for it very often. But, Tom used the medicine to mend the (6) ……………….. on the floor. One day, Tom gave the pain-killer to his Aunt’s cat, (7) …………… The (8) …………………. had an adverse effect on the cat and it started to jump around the room. Aunt Polly entered the room in time to see the cat throw a few (9) …………….. and sail through the open window. She found the (10) ……………… with a little pain-killer sticking to it and knew that Tom had treated the cat with it. She realized that what was (11) ……………. to the cat should be the same to the boy too and (12) ………….. giving medicines to him.
Answers:
- dejected
- school
- health
- remedies
- pretended
- crack
- Peter
- pain-killer
- summersets
- teaspoon
- cruelty
- stopped
G. In the story we find a lot of American slang usage of English, Complete the tabular column with standard English. One has been done for you.
Answer:
H. Complete the mind map based on the inputs from the extract.
Answer:
- stopped
- unhappy
- was concerned
- all manners of remedies on Tom
- the pain killer
- Peter
- petrified