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What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter’?
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What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?
How was Mijbil transported to England?
What did Mij do to the box?
Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?
Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind”?
What happened when the box was opened?
What game had Mij invented?
What are ‘compulsive habits’? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of 1. school children 2. Mij?
What group of animals do otters belong to?
What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?
What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun-loving animal who needs love?
What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?
Why is Mij’s species now known to the world as Maxwell’s otter?
Maxwell in the story speaks for the otter, Mij. He tells us what the otter feels and thinks on different occasions. Given below are some things the...
Read the story and find the sentences where Maxwell describes his pet otter. Then choose and arrange your sentences to illustrate those statements...
Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper nouns or adjective plus noun 1. An offer fixation...
Given below are some nouns and a set of modifiers (in the box). Combine the nouns and modifiers to make as many appropriate phrases as you can....
Match the words on the left with a word on the right. Some words on the left can go with more than one word on the right. 1. A portion of — blood 2....
Use a bit of/a piece of/a bunch of/a lump of/a cloud of with the italicised nouns in the following sentences. The first has been done for you as an...
