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#3-a-iii [3]
reared (line 22)
Ans : reared-got up

#3-b
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.

#3-b-i [2]
Why does the author say that the panther 'was getting bolder'?
Ans : The panther was getting bolder as it had killed seven persons in two months. Very recently, it carried off a little girl and the previous victim had been a man who was attacked in broad daylight in his field.

#3-b-ii [2]
Why did the Forest Department hire a professional hunter?
Ans : The forest department hired a professional hunter because a panther was terrorizing the villagers of the Kulna district of Bangladesh.The panther had killed seven persons in two months. The villager's efforts to kill the panther had failed.

#3-b-iii [2]
What did the hunter expect to encounter? What did he actually encounter?
Ans : The hunter expected that the panther world be an old, wasted male with worn teeth, incapable of catching anything more difficult than a human. He found that it was a sleek tiger, a female with a single cub.

#3-b-iv [2]
What did the tiger do before turning to attack the goat? Why did it do that?
Ans : The tiger followed the cub to the water's edge to drink water before she turned to the goat to satisfy her hunger. Thirst is a greater urge than hunger.

#3-b-v [2]
Why does the hunter decide to shoot the tiger though he knew it was not the man-eater?
Ans : The hunter decided to shoot the tiger though he knew it was not the man eater because it was very close to. human habitation and might pose a threat to the villagers, especially since she was with cub.

#3-b-vi [2]
What name did the hunter give to the cub? Why?
Ans : The hunter named the cub 'Thirsty' as he remembered how the cub had rushed to drink water in the river.

#3-c

#3-c-i [8]
In not more than 60 words narrate how the hunter and his assistants captured the tiger and
her cub.
Ans :

#3-c-ii [2]
Give a suitable title to your summary in 3(c). Give a reason to justify your choice.
Ans : "Richard Parker and Thirsty" is a suitable title for the summary. The title is suitable as the summary tells how the hunter Richard Parker successfully captures thirsty the tiger is given in detail.

#4

#4-a [4]
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do
not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the
blank space.
Example:
From his perch behind the clock, Hugo could (0) ________ (see) everything.
Answer: see.
He rubbed his fingers nervously against the small notebook in his pocket and (1) _______
(tell) himself to be patient. The old man in the toy booth (2) ________ (argue) with the girl. She (3)
_________ (be) about Hugo's age and he often saw her go into the booth and (4) _______ (disappear)
behind the counter. The old man (5) ________ (look) agitated today. Had he figured out some of his
toys were (6) _________ (miss)? Well, there was nothing to be (7) _______ (do) about that now. The
old man and the girl argued some more and finally she closed her book and (8) ________ (run) off.
Ans : (1) told
(2) was arguing
(3) was
(4) disappear
(5) was looking
(6) missing
(7) done
(8) ran

#4-b [4]
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word:

#4-b-i
The teacher spoke _________ for Raju when he was wrongly accused of stealing money.
Ans : in