THE LOST WORLD (chapter 9 and 10)

{STUDENTS ARE STRICTLY ASKED TO REFRAME THE ANSWERS and also

REMOVE THE BRACKETS }

1.Why did Professor Challenger get excited?

 ( he got excited when he saw Assai palm trees as it was a landmark for him)

2. For how many days did the team travel in the river?

 ( For three days)

 3.Why did they stop sailing?

 ( Because the river had become shallow)

 4.Describe Fairy Land.

(There was thick vegetation, natural tunnel, through the tunnel of greenery flowed a marvellous river.

Clear as crystal and motionless as a sheet of glass. It is all so beautiful like fairyland)

 5.Who was James Colver?

 (He was a friend of Maple White. Who probably died when he

was on an expedition with him)

 6.Why the road was used by Maple White not an option for Professor Challenger and his

team?

 ( because the point of an open cave from where Maple White had probably

made his ascent , was blocked as the roof of the rock had fallen in

7.Describe the creature whose momentary vision they had.

 ( The creature came like an aeroplane covered them by the canopy of leathery wings,

 it had long snake like neck, fierce greedy eyes, and a great snapping beak)

 8.What turned out to be the saviour for the members of expedition?

(A beech tree that was going to serve as a bridge which will be dropped across the abyss.)

9. What did they take with them for protection?

 ( They took their rifle and shotgun)

 10.Who had destroyed the bridge? Why?

(Gomez had destroyed the bridge as he hated Lord Roxton for killing his brother some five years ago.

 He had thus taken his revenge. Now they all were stranded in a no man’s land)

11.Who was Zambo?

( He was the native with the expedition team, he brought food for the others)

12.Do you know what tick is?

( it an insect that sucks your blood after attaching itself to your skin.)

13.What made them shift their camp?

( ticks made them shift their camp)

14.What name did they give to their camp and their base?

 ( Fort Challenger and The Maple White Land)

15.Describe the first sighting of dinosaurs and dinosaurs.

( Lord Roxton noticed strange large footmarks in the mud. Then in an open glade the team

saw the extra ordinary creatures. Even the babies were as large as elephants. They looked like monstrous

kangaroos twenty feet in length)

16.What is the meaning of the expression, “Make to the woods and keep together”?

 (It means that run to the woods to save yourself and remain together.)

17.What physical injuries were inflicted that day and who suffered?

( Professor Summerlee got a cut on his forehead  and Melone received a nasty stab on his neck,giant bird)

18. What inspired Melone ?

( A giant ginko tree inspired Melone to climb up the tree order to see what was beyond)

 19.What did Melone see once he went up the tree?

 (First he came face to face with the ape-man. It was a human face. It was long, whitish, and

 blotched with pimple,the nose flattened and the lower jaw projecting, with bristles of coarse whiskers

around the chin.

 20.How did Melone become hero of the expedition?

(Because he charted the course and saved the team months of blind probing in the forest. He made the first map of

the Lost World)

21.What is the meaning of the expression, “Make to the woods and keep together”?

 (It means that run to the woods to save yourself and remain together.)

 22.What physical injuries were inflicted that day and who suffered?

 ( Professor Summerlee got a cut on his forehead and Melone received a nasty stab on his neck,

giant bird)

 23.What inspired Melone ?

 ( A giant ginko tree inspired Melone to climb up the tree in order to see what was beyond)

 24.What did Melone see once he went up the tree?

(First he came face to face with the ape-man. It was a human face. It was long, whitish, and blotched with pimple,

the nose flattened and the lower jaw projecting, with bristles of coarse whiskers

around the chin.)

 25.How did Melone become hero of the expedition?

(Because he charted the course and saved the team months of blind probing in the forest. He made the

first map of the Lost World)

26.What is the meaning of the expression, “Make to the woods and keep together”?

 (It means that run to the woods to save yourself and remain together.)

 27.What physical injuries were inflicted that day and who suffered?

 ( Professor Summerlee got a cut on his forehead and Melone received a nasty stab on his neck,

giant bird)

 28.What inspired Melone ?

 ( A giant ginko tree inspired Melone to climb up the tree in order to see what was beyond)

 29.What did Melone see once he went up the tree?

 (First he came face to face with the ape-man. It was a human face. It was long, whitish, and blotched with pimple,

the nose flattened and the lower jaw projecting, with bristles of coarse whiskers

around the chin.)

 30.How did Melone become hero of the expedition?

 (Because he charted the course and saved the team months of blind probing in the forest. He made the first map of

the Lost World)

31.imagine yourself as one of the members of the expedition team and make a diary entry at the end of the

eventful day.

Today it was an eventful day. It seems the real adventure has finally begun in The Lost

World. First the members of the team were attacked by the giant creatures and few of

us were physically harmed. Then I took this brave decision to go up the giant ginkgo. I

came face to face with ape-man. In the end I was successful in elaborating the first

world of The Lost World. So This day can be earmarked in my chronicles of reports. - Melone