Answer the following questions in your own words:

What made her decide to give a party in Loona Bimberton's honour? What did she intend to give Loona on her birthday?

Answer the following questions in your own words:

How did Miss Mebbin manage to get week-end cottage? Why did she plant so many tiger lilies in her garden?

Discuss the following question in detail and write the answers in your notebooks:

How does the writer create humor in this story?

Answer the following questions in your own words:

Who was Miss Mebbin? Was she really devoted to Mrs. Packletide? How did she behave during the tiger shooting?

Discuss the following question in detail and write the answers in your notebooks:

A person who is vain is full of self-importance and can only think of himself/herself and can go to great lengths to prove his/her superiority. Do you think Mrs. Packletide is vain? Give reasons in support of your answer.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines normally-contradictory terms. The most common form of oxymoron involves an adjective-noun combination of two words like- failed success

Writers often use an oxymoron to call attention to an apparent contradiction. For example, Wilfred Owen's poem The Send-off refers to soldiers leaving for the front line, who "lined the train with faces grimly gay." The oxymoron 'grimly gay' highlights the contradiction between how the soldiers feel and how they act: though they put on a brave face and act cheerful, they feel grim. Some examples of oxymorons are- dark sunshine, cold sun, living dead, dark light, almost exactly etc.

The story Mrs. Packletide's Tiger has a number of oxymorons. Can you identify them and write them down in your notebooks?

Listen to the passage on lion hunting and answer the questions given below:

The Maasai tribe in Africa hunt lions because

Discuss the following question in detail and write the answers in your notebooks:

Do you think the writer is trying to make fun of the main characters in the story i.e. Mrs. Packletide, Miss Mebbin and Loona Bimberton? Pick out instances from the story that point to this fact.

Answer the following questions in your own words:

"The incidental expenses are so heavy," she confides to inquiring friends. Who is the speaker? What is she referring to here?

Discuss the following question in detail and write the answers in your notebooks:

Do you think the tiger shooting organized by the villagers was a serious affair?

Give reasons for your answer.

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Sometimes writers highlight certain negative aspects of society or human beings by making fun of it. This is called satire. In your groups discuss whether you would classify this story as a satire. Give reasons to support your answer.