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The Owls in the Family - by Ruskin Bond | Questions with Answers Quick answers 1. Based on what you have just read, say whether the following sentences are true or false. a. The spotted owlet is the largest owl species. — False b. Spotted owlets and mynahs are friends. — False c. Spotted owlets live in holes on trees. — True d. Spotted owlets are completely nocturnal birds — they come out only at night. — False e. Spotted owlets eat others small animals. — True f. Spotted owlets have sharp eyes. —  True g. Spotted owlets have weak beaks. — False h. Spotted owlets enjoy getting water. — True 2. The word character is used for a person who appears in a story, book, play or a movie. There are four characters mentioned in the text. Can you identify them? Ans: The four characters are the narrator, his grandfather, his grandmother and Aunt Mabel. Reference to contex 3. I had placed one on a branch of the mango tree, and was stopping to pick up the other, when I was received qui...

 ★ Important Short Questions with Answers 1. Name the poet and the poem. Ans: The name of the poet is William Wordsworth and the poem name is “We are Seven”. 2. Why does the girl still say, “We are seven”? Ans: The little girl is too innocent to have any idea about death. She feels in her every limb. So she believes and feels that her brother and sister, who are laid in the graves, are still alive. So the little girl says that they are seven. 3. How old was the girl? Ans: The girl was only eight years old. 4. How was her hair? Ans: Her hair was thick and curly that clustering round her head. 5. How was the girl clad? Ans: The girl was wildly clad. 6. How were the eyes of the girl? Ans: The girl’s eyes were very fair. 7. What made the poet glad? Ans: The girl’s beauty made the poet glad. 8. What is the colour of the graves? Ans: The colour of the graves are green. 9. How far are the graves from the little maid’s mother’s door? Ans: The graves were twelve steps or more from the littl...