Mrs. Packletide's Tiger Flashcards
Who arranged for the tiger shooting and why?
Mrs. packletides arranged for the tiger shooting because she wanted to show of her exploits and make Loona Bimberton jealous of her achievements.
who is the speaker of Mrs. packletide’s tiger?
miss. Mebbin is …………………….
what had really happened when mrs. packltide went for hunting the tiger?
mrs. packltide had missed the aim and the tiger had died of heart attack.
What was the cause of tiger’s death?
The tiger had died due to heart attack. As it was old and infirm, the sudden loud sound of gun fire gave it a heart attack.
How was Mrs. Packletide’s able to achive her hearts desire?
Mrs. Packletide offered a amount of Rs.1000 to the villagers to help her in shooting a tiger safely. They managed to find a very old and weak tiger which was absolutely safe.
How was the name of Miss. Mebbin’s cottage ironical?
Miss. Mebbin named her cottage as “Les Fauves”. It is a french word which means wild animals. The irony in the name it that though a tiger is a wild animal, the particular tiger killed by Mrs. Packletides was not so. It was weak and disabled due to old age and had given up hunting big animals.
How did the villagers react to the tigers death?
A crowd of excited natives gathered on the scene. They started shouting that Mrs. Packletides had killed the tiger. A thumping of tom-toms took up the chores of triumph. They pretend that they did not know that the tiger had died of heart attack.
How did Miss. Mebbin exploit Mrs. Packletide?
Miss.Mebbin won the faith of Mrs. Packletides by adopting a protective elder sisters attitude towards money. After becoming the eye witness, she blackmailed Mrs. Packletides to buy her a cottage in order to keep quite.
why did Mrs. Packletides give up big game shooting?
Mrs. Packletides had very sad and bitter experience of shooting. She had to pay huge amount for the villagers as well as Miss. Mebbin. She realised that her vanity was responsible for her loss and suffering.
What is the message conveyed in this story?
The author conveys the message that the people who outsmart others can also be outsmarted. A person’s action can often backfire on him.
