Chapter 2 How the Dog Found Himself a New Master? Important Questions Class 6 Honeysuckle English
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1. What does the writer say about the friendship between man and dog?
Answer
Dog is man’s most dependable servant. He has been serving his master most faithfully for ages. He never felt the need to change his master again.
Question 2. Who did the dog finally choose as his master and why?
Answer
The dog finally chose man as his master. Even lion was afraid of man. So the dog was convinced that man was the strongest creature on earth.
Question 3. The dog left the bear. Why?
Answer
When the dog came to know that the bear was afraid of lions, he left the bear.
Question 4. Why do you think the lion was afraid of man inspite of being so powerful?
Answer
The lion was afraid of man because although man is physically not as strong as a lion but he has got brain. He has captivated, even hunted and killed lions.
Question 5. Why did the wolf sniff and hide in the bushes?
Answer
The wolf sniffed in the air and ran to hide in the bushes because he had seen a bear.
Question 6. The dog came to know that the bear was stronger than the wolf. How?
Answer
The dog came to know that the bear was stronger than the wolf when he saw the wolf moving quickly into the bushes and creeping deeper into the forest because he was afraid of the bear. He also came to know that the bear could have killed both of them.
Question 7. What sort of life did Dogs live a long time ago?
Answer
Dogs were once their own masters. They moved out freely like wolves.
Question 8. What kind of life did dogs live in earlier times?
Answer
Dogs were once their own master. They moved out freely like wolves.
Question 9. Why did the Dog say goodbye to the Wolf?
Answer
The Dog noticed that the Wolf was afraid of the Bear. So he left the weak master and joined the Bear.
Question 10. Why did the Dog decide to lose his freedom?
Answer
The dog found his life boring and unsafe. He had to look for his food alone. He felt tired. He was also afraid of stronger animals.
Question 11. Why was the dog ready to surrender his freedom?
Answer
The dog found his life boring. He had to look for his food alone. He felt tired. He was also afraid of stronger animals.
Question 12. Who was the Bear afraid of?
Answer
The Bear too was frightened when he got the smell of a Lion. He fled swiftly into the deep forest.
Question 13. The dog decided to serve someone. Why?
Answer
The dog decided to serve some one as he was sick of wandering from one place to another in search of food, so he wanted to be a servant.
Question 14. Why was the wolf afraid of the bear?
Answer
The wolf was afraid of the bear because the bear was stronger and could kill the wolf.
Question 15. Why was the bear afraid of the lion?
Answer
The bear was afraid of the lion because the lion was stronger than him and could eat him up.
Question 16. What was the life style of the dogs earlier?
Answer
Earlier the life style of dogs was that they were their own masters and were free to live the way they wanted at their own will.
Question 17. The human beings became the master of dogs. How?
Answer
The Human beings finally became the master of dogs as they were stronger than anyone else on Earth. It is also true that even lions were afraid of them. So, dogs joined the man and stayed with him to become his servant and served him faithfully.
Question 18. What major decision did that Dog take?
Answer
That dog decided to become the servant of one who was stronger than anyone on earth. He set out to find such a master.
Question 19. What was the Dog’s experience with the Lion?
Answer
The Lion was definitely stronger than any other beast in the forest. The Dog felt happy and secure with his new master. But the Lion also showed signs of fear on seeing man. So he decided to take up service with man.
Question 20. Why were the cows mooing and running in panic?
Answer
The cows were mooing and running in panic because a lion was running after them, who wanted to hunt one of them.
Question 21. Why did the dog find man the strongest?
Answer
The dog found man the strongest because even the lion who is the king of the jungle was afraid of man.
Question 22. Who did the first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master?
Answer
He choose a big wolf as his master. One day, the dog saw that the wolf was afraid of the bear. Since the dog wanted to serve only the strongest, he left the wolf and asked the bear to be his master.
Question 23. How has the man become final master of the dog?
Answer
Dog is man’s most dependence servant. He was been serving his master most faithfully for ages. He never felt the need to change his master again.
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1. How can you say that the dog was selfish?
Answer
We can state that the dog was selfish as he was looking for such a great master, who was stronger than anyone on the Earth so that he could lead a safe life and nobody could harm him in the forest. He was looking for someone who was strong enough to protect him throughout his life. The dog felt sickness and the tiredness of wandering from one place to another in search of food. He wished to lead a simple and easy life so, he decided to become somebody’s servant and be dependent on him for food and shelter. The dog’s only concern was that he should live safely in peace so he kept changing his master. Thus, we can say that the dog was selfish.
Question 2. Which trait of dog can be adaptable and impressed you the most?
Answer
The dog was looking for its master. It began its search from wolf and finally to the man. The impressive trait it has, was its persistent strife to find the most suitable and has dependable master. It has ‘never to give up’ attitude. That helped it to find the best opportunity. So one should be persistent, optimistic to reach the desired result.
Question 3. Which animals were served by the dog? What was the reason for the dog to leave them one-by-one?
Answer
The dog was keen to have the strongest creature on the Earth to become his master who could protect him throughout his life. He wanted to find one, he stayed with a wolf, a bear and a lion before he could find his final master, human beings. But the dog was not satisfied with them and left the animals one-by-one because he found that the wolf was afraid of the bear, the bear was afraid or the lion, and the lion was afraid of human beings, so finally, the chose the man to be his master.
Question 4. Why did the dog feel the need for a master?
Answer
The dog was tired of the sort of life it was leading. He was tired of wandering about by himself looking for food. He was frightened of those who were stronger than he. So he felt the need for a master who could give him food. He also wanted security in returns for his services.
Question 5. Why did the dog prefer a strong master to life in the jungle?
Answer
Centuries ago, the wild dog roamed as freely in the forest as wolves. He enjoyed absolute freedom. But he was not quite happy with his way of life. He was sick of his loneliness. He was also afraid of animals stronger than him. He had to look for food himself. So to save himself from hunger and danger of other animals, he decided to have a master stronger than anyone else on earth.
Question 6. What kind of relationship does human and dog share?
Answer
Every creature on earth wants freedom. But the exemplary behaviour, they both display is beyond measures. The trust and care they share is often missing in relationships. The way the master pampers and loves his dog is repaid by the loyalty of his pet even in his absence. The relationship between man and dog has strengthened with time. Love and compassion that a man has for dog is missing in other animals. Whereas the loyalty and impeccable faith of dog for his master is undeterred even in times of danger.
Question 7. Give the list of the animals the Dog agreed to accompany and serve. Why did it reject them all?
Answer
The Dog set out in search of his protector or master. He first met a Wolf but it was afraid of the Bear. The Dog then asked the Bear to be his master. But the Bear fled on seeing a Lion. The Dog agreed to serve the king of the forest, the Lion. But one day the Lion also showed his fear of man. So the’ Dog said goodbye to Lion and accepted man as his master. He is man’s loyal servant till this day.
Extract Based Questions
Extract 1
Dogs were once their own masters and lived the way wolves do, in freedom, until a dog was born who was ill pleased with this way of life. He was sick and tired of wandering about by himself looking for food and being frightened of those who were stronger than him.
Questions
(i) Who were their own master and lives in forest?
(ii) Why was the dog unhappy?
(iii) Why was it afraid of other animals?
(iv) Choose the correct words which means ‘travelling aimlessly from place to place.’
(v) The word opposite to meaning “ill-pleased” is ____
Answer
(i) Dogs were their own master and lived in forest.
(ii) The dog was not happy because it had to arrange its food by itself.
(iii) The other animals were stronger than the dog, so it was afraid of other animals.
(iv) Wandering about’.
(v) Happy.
Extract 2
Seeing that the Bear was stronger than the Wolf, the Dog decided to take up service with him, and he left the Wolf and asked the Bear to be his master. The Bear agreed to this readily and said, “Let us go and find a herd of cows. Ill kill a cow and then we can both eat our fill.”
Questions
(i) Whom does the dog decide to serve?
(ii) Where was the dog taken to?
(iii) What does ‘our fill’ mean?
(iv) What is a ‘herd’?
(v) Who said that he is going to hunt the cows?
Answer
(i) The dog decides to serve the bear.
(ii) The dog was taken to find the cows.
(iii) It means to satisfy their hunger.
(iv) A herd is a group of cows.
(v) The bear said that he is going to hunt cow.
Extract 3
It was a good life, and he had nothing to complain of, for there was no stronger beast in the forest than the Lion, and no one dared touch the Dog or offend him in any way. But one day the two of them were walking side by side along a path that ran amid bare cliffs when all of a sudden the Lion stopped. He gave a great roar and struck the ground angrily with his paw with such force that a hole formed there. Then he began to back away very quietly. “What is it, Master, is anything wrong?” asked the Dog, surprised. “I smell a man coming this way,” the Lion said. “We’d better run for it or well be in trouble.”
Questions
(i) What was ‘good’ about lion as master?
(ii) How was the lion, a good choice for the dog?
(iii) Why did the lion run away?
(iv) What did the lion do to save himself?
(v) The meaning of back away is ____
Answer
(i) The dog called it good life because he had nothing to complaint.
(ii) The lion protected the dog from other animals.
(iii) The lion stopped as he smelled a man coming his way.
(iv) The lion ran away from there to save himself.
(v) The meaning of back away is to move backwards.