A DAY IN THE ZOO
Extra Questions and Answers
1) Who wrote the story ‘a day in the zoo’?
Answer. The author of the story ‘a day in the zoo’ is Gerald Durrell.
2) From where was the story ‘a day in the story’ extracted?
Answer. The present story ‘a day in the zoo’ is an extracted form of Gerald Durrell’s menagerie manor.
3) What does the extracted part describe?
Answer. The extracted version of the story describes a typical day in the zoo, the experience of zoo-workers and offers an interesting insider’s view to the zoo.
4) What is extraordinary thing according to the author?
Answer. According to the author, visiting a zoo as an ordinary member is a normal thing. But to own a zoo and live in it is quite an extraordinary thing to do.
5) What enables us to be a part of a zoo?
Answer. Being a part of zoo enables us to rush out at any hour of the day or night to observe the animals within zoo.
6) For how many hours one has to work in a zoo usually?
Answer. One has to work for 24 hours in a day to observe and protect animals within zoo.
7) When does the average zoo day begin?
Answer. The average zoo day begins just before dawn.
8) How does the beginning view look like in a zoo?
Answer. When the zoo day begins, the sky looks slightly tinged with yellow when people get awakened by the birdsong. They can hear a robin singing. They can also hear the rich, fruity and slightly hoarse cries of the touracos and joyful blackbird.
9) What does one can hear after the song of blackbird?
Answer. As the last song of the blackbird dies, the white-headed thrush bursts into an excited cry.
10) What can one see by looking into the courtyard?
Answer. While looking out into the courtyard on the velvet green of lawns one can see earnest group of peahens searching for the dewy grass.
11) How does a peacock’s tail look when it dances?
Answer. When a peacock is dancing, his burnished tail raises like a fountain in the sunlight.
12) When do the zoo staffs arrive?
Answer. All the zoo staffs arrive at eight o’clock in morning.
13) What do the zoo staffs do after reaching to the zoo?
Answer. After reaching to the zoo, the zoo staffs shout greetings to each other. Sounds of their buckets and brushes can also be heard. They go out into cool fresh air of the morning to see if everything is good within zoo.
14) Where do the monkeys and other mammals live?
Answer. The monkeys and other mammals live in the long, two-storied granite house within zoo.
15) What do the gorillas do when they are let out of the cages?
Answer. The gorillas have been let out of their cages while the cages are cleaned. They gallop about on the floor with the high spirits of children just out of school. They try to wrench the electric heaters from their sockets, break the fluorescent lights.
16) Who stands as guard to the apes?
Answer. Stephen stands as guard to the apes with broom in his hand.
17) Who sweeps the floor of gorilla’s cages?
Answer. Mike along with Jeremy stay busy to sweep up the mess on the floor and scatter fresh white sawdust.
18) What does Etam, the ape do at people?
Answer. Etam, the black Celebes ape clings to the wire by baring his teeth at people in greeting.
19) What do the parrots and parakeets do?
Answer. Parrots and parakeets on the upstairs salute people with a cacophony of sounds.
20) How does the grey parrot react?
Answer. The grey parrot carries and says that it is a very fine bird.
21) What do the mongooses do in their cages?
Answer. The mongooses patter busily around their cages with quick foot and bright eyes.
22) What does the armadillo do in the cage?
Answer. The hairy armadillo lies on its back, paws and nose twitching.
23) How does the touracos behave when one calls him?
Answer. If one calls him, he will fly down and land on a perch nearest to him. Then he will throw back his head and hive a husky cry as ‘coo..coo’.
24) How is the temperature of reptiles’ house?
Answer. The temperature within reptiles’ house is pleasant of eighty degrees in which the reptiles doze.
25) How do the different reptiles behave in their shelter?
Answer. Snakes regard people calmly with lidless eyes. Frogs make gulping sounds. Lizards lie draped over rocks and tree trunks.
26) When does the first rush of visitors arrive at the zoo?
Answer. The first rush of visitors arrive at the zoo at ten o’clock when the gates open.
27) How do the visitors irritate animals at the zoo?
Answer. If an animal is asleep. They want to throw stones at it or prod it with sticks to make it move. Some have been found to give lighted cigarettes to the chimpanzees and razor blades. All this behaviors of people seem so uncivilised.
28) When does the visiting crowd thin out in zoo?
Answer. In evening, the visiting crowd at the zoo thins out.
29) Where does the sunray fall during sunset?
Answer. The slanting ray of the sun light falls on the cage where the crowned pigeons live.
30) What does the robin do when the light fades?
Answer. When the light fades after sunset, the robin ceases to sing and flies off to roost in the mimosa tree.
31) How does the white-faced owls react after sunset?
Answer. After sunset the white-faced owls that have spent all day pretending to be grey tree stumps, open their large golden eyes.
32) When can the sudden chorus of chimpanzees be heard?
Answer. The sudden chorus of chimpanzees can be heard from their bedroom. It is because they are quarrelling over who should have the straw.
33) How is the picture of the night described in the zoo?
Answer. One can watch through the window the moon separating itself from the shadow of the trees while lying on bed. They can hear the lions cough. The dawn will come soon and the chorus of the birds will be heard again. The song will be ringing in the cold morning air.
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