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Extra Questions Of of 'MRS. PACKLETIDE'S TIGER'

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                                          Short Answer Type Questions

1.     Why did Mrs. Packletide want to kill a tiger?
Ans. Mrs. Packletide wanted to kill a tiger to outshine her social rival Loona Bimberton who had                  travelled in an airplane with an Algerian pilot. Her photographs were there all over in the                    newspapers. 
2.      How did the circumstances prove favourable?     
 Ans. The circumstances proves favourable as there was an old and infirm tiger in the neighbouring              village. It had stopped hunting in the wild and ventured in the fields to look for some prey. the           villagers informed Mrs. Packletide about the same and soon the arrangements were made for               the hunting of the tiger.
3.     Louisa Mebbin had a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in general. How?
Ans. Miss Mebbin pointed out that the tiger was so weak and infirm that Mrs. Packletide that she                 should not pay for the goat if the tiger would not touch the goat.
4.     What did Louisa Mebbin plant in her garden?
Ans. She planted tiger lilies in her garden as a tribute to the tiger which helped her get that                          cottage.She blackmailed Mrs Loona Bimberton. She named the cottage Les Fauves which                    means 'wild beast' as a remembrance to the tiger.
5.     What were the humorous elements in the story?
Ans. The humorous elements in the story were first, Miss Mebbin's elder sister attitude towards                    money and the second was when Mrs. Packletide killed a goat and the tiger died of heart attack.
6.     Who arranged for the tiger shooting and how?
Ans. The villagers arranged for the shooting because they were being paid for by Mrs. Packletide for          the help. They constructed a platform on a conveniently placed tree, and Mrs. Packletide                      crouched on it with her paid companion Miss Mebbin. A goat with a persistent bleat was tied at          a correct distance. 
7.     What do you think Mrs. Packletide feels about Loona Bimberton?
Ans. She was jealous of Loona Bimberton. She considered Mrs Loona to be her social rival and                   wanted to do better than Ms. Bimberton every time. As soon as she heard the news of Ms.                   Bimberton travelling in an aircraft, she decided to do something more adventurous than her to             outdo her.
8.     Why had the tiger turned to eating of small animals?
Ans. The author shows a very sad attitude while describing that the tiger had turned to eating small             animals. The old age forced the tiger to give up his natural instincts of hunting and limit his                 appetite to domestic animals like goats.
9.     What was Mrs Packletide's plan after killing the tiger?
Ans. Mrs. Packletide had arranged for a luncheon in honour of Mrs. Loona Bimberton. She had                   decided to lay the tiger-skin rug on the floor to welcome Mrs. Bimberton. She had also planned           to gift her a tiger-claw brooch on her birthday.
10.   What made Mrs. Packletide so desirous of killing a tiger?
Ans. Mrs. Packletide's social rival Mrs Loona Bimberton had travelled in an aircraft and had been in           the news for days. Mrs. Packletide also wanted to do something adventurous so that everyone's           attention was shifted to her. Though  she didn't have any earnest desire to kill a tiger, she wanted         to kill one in order to be in the news for her so-called brave act. 


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