Important Questions for CBSE Class 6 English A Pact with The Sun Chapter 2 - The Friendly Mongoose

A. Very Short Answer Questions:    1 Mark

1. Word – Meaning from the given chapter

i. Companion

Ans: A person or an animal with which one spends a lot of time.

ii. Bushy

Ans: Thick

iii.Customary

Ans: Traditional

iv. Rashly

Ans: Impatiently

2. Fill in the Blanks:

i. Once a farmer and his wife lived in a village with their _____.

Ans: small son

ii. They loved him very much. “_____,” the farmer said to his wife one day.

Ans: “We must have a pet,”

iii. “When our son grows up”, he will need a _____.

Ans: companion

iv. “ _______. ”said his wife, “but will soon be fully grown. He will be a friend to our son.”

Ans: “It’s a baby mongoose,”

3. True – False:

i. The farmer and his wife didn’t keep the mongoose.

Ans: False

ii. The mongoose grew and looked ugly and monstrous.

Ans: False

iii. The farmer and his wife both left the house, leaving the baby alone with the mongoose.

Ans: True

iv. The mongoose had eaten the baby.

Ans: False

4. Match the Following

Ans:

5. Complete the dialogue.

“The mongoose is ... you know.”

Ans: “The mongoose is a friendly animal. It’s as sweet as our baby and they are the best of friends, you know.”

B. Short Answer Questions:      2 Marks

1. Who all were the members of the family in the story “The friendly mongoose”?

Ans: The family in “The Friendly Mongoose” contains three members, a father, a mother, and their small son.

2. Was the family in the story very rich or poor?

Ans: The family in the story lives in the village and was neither rich nor poor.

3. What was the father’s profession?

Ans: The father in the story was a farmer who owned some fields.

4. Which animal do they decide to get for their son?

Ans: The parents decided to pet a mongoose for their son.

5. Why did they decide so?

Ans: The parents decided to get a pet for their son as he was alone and they wanted to get a companion for him.

C. Short Answer Questions:      3 Marks

1. What does the farmer’s wife tell him when he gets a baby mongoose?

Ans: The farmer buys a baby mongoose for his son. His wife asks him why he got a baby mongoose and not an older one as the baby mongoose would need care too.

2. When the mongoose and the baby grew, how did they look?

Ans: When the mongoose grew up to its full size it looked lovely. It had two shining black eyes and a bushy tail. The baby was still small, sleepy in the cradle and cried alternately.

3. Complete the following dialogue

“I’m ……… to the …….. The baby is ……. Keep an eye on him. Frankly, I don’t like to leave the ……. with the …….. ” “You ……..,” said the farmer. “The mongoose is a ……... It’s ……. our baby and they are the ……………., you know.”

Ans: “I’m off to the bazar. The baby is sleeping. Keep an eye on him. Frankly, I don’t like to leave the child alone with the mongoose.” “You needn’t be afraid,” said the farmer. “The mongoose is a friendly animal. It’s as sweet as our baby and they are the best of friends, you know.”

4. What did the farmer’s wife see when she returned from the market?

Ans: When the farmer’s wife came back from the market, she was carrying a heavy basket. When she reached, she found the mongoose at the entrance of the house with blood on his face and paws.

5. How did she react when she saw the mongoose in such a state?

Ans: As she returned home, she found out that the mongoose’s paws and mouth were bathed in blood. And immediately she leapt to a conclusion that it was his son’s blood and the mongoose had killed him. 

D. Long Answer Questions:      5 Marks

1. If you have to pet an animal, what would it be and why? Describe how you’d look after it.

Ans: If I had to pet an animal, I would choose a stray dog. I love dogs and when I see any dog on the road or visit a relative’s house, I play with them, give treats to them and get moments of happiness. I would name my pet Oreo and would look after him. I will play with him, give him a bath, take him for a walk and give him food on time and treats when he will be a good pet. I would also get a mini bed and blanket for him. And would ask my parents to take him to the veterinary doctor and get him vaccinated.

2. How did the farmer calm his wife when she was going to the market?

Ans: When his wife was going to the market after leaving their son to sleep, the wife stated her fear towards the mongoose and leaving their son lonely with it. To which her husband or the farmer stated that she does not need to fear as the mongoose is a very friendly animal and it grew with our son, he would not cause damage to him anyway, and in fact, would protect our child.

3. Did the wife feel guilty after she had killed the mongoose? Write the lines from the lesson where she expresses grief.

Ans: When she had killed the mongoose and noticed that the mongoose had actually killed a snake to rescue her baby. She broke down and began sobbing. The lines from the poem that convey her guilt are-

“Oh! You saved my child! You killed the snake! What have I done?” she cried touching the mongoose, which lay dead and still, unaware of her sobbing. The farmer’s wife, who had behaved rashly and hastily, watched long at the dead mongoose.

4. Write a summary of the story “A Friendly Mongoose”.

Ans: "A friendly Mongoose" is about a farmer and his wife, who loved their newborn son very much. The farmer brought a baby mongoose that they will soon nurture with their son. In a few months, the mongoose grew into a lovely animal. One day, the farmer's wife decided to go to a market when her baby was asleep. She told her husband not to leave their son alone with the mongoose. He went to the fields to see his friends and did not return back for some time. His wife returned back with rations to find the mongoose with blood all over his paws and face. She thought that it had killed her son and in anger, she threw the basket on the mongoose and rushed inside to see what happened. Her son was sleeping in a peaceful manner and, on the floor, a snake was lying dead, filthy in blood. Immediately she ran back outside to find the mongoose dead.

5. Write the moral of the story “A Friendly Mongoose”.

Ans: The moral of the story “A friendly Mongoose” is that we should always “Look before we leap”. In the story, the farmer’s wife was always scared that the mongoose would harm the baby, and that is why when she returned from the market, she found the mongoose’s mouth and feet were covered in blood. To her thoughts, it was the situation that the mongoose killed their son. Although in fact, the mongoose had killed the snake that came to attack the son. On finding this she regrets her actions. Therefore, it is believed it is better to think and react than to react and think.

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