I don’t think it is possible that one’s age can be a minus number. Minus 87 means that he has to wait for 87 years to come back. It is possible in fiction only.

Question - 12 : -
Mr. Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. What are they ?
(i) What is
(ii) What lives

Answer - 12 : -

(i) What is the oldest living thing in the world ?

(ii) What lives longer than anything else ?

Question - 13 : -
What trees does Mr. Wonka mention ?
(i) Which tree does he say lives the longest ?
(ii) How long does this tree live ? Where can you find it?

Answer - 13 : -

(i) Mr. Wonks mentions Douglas Fir, oak and the Bristlecone pine trees. According to him, the Bristlecone pine tree lives the longest.

(ii) The Bristlecone pine tree lives for over 4000 years. This tree is found on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, U.S.A.

Question - 14 : -
How many of the oldest living things can you remember from Mr. Wonka’s list ? (Don’t look back at the story !) Do you think all these things really exist, or are some of them purely imaginary?

Answer - 14 : -

Mr. Wonka makes a long list of the oldest living things. It is difficult to remember all these things. However some of them which I can remember are : a pint of sap from a 4000-year-old Bristlecone Pine, An egg laid by a 200-year-old Tortoise, the tail of a 51year-old horse in Arabia, the tail of a 207-year-old giant rat from Tibet, and the knucklebones of a 700-year-old Cattaloo from Peru. I don’t think all these things may be real. Some of them seem just to be imaginary.

Question - 15 : -
Why does Mr. Wonka collect items from the oldest things? Do you think this is the right way to begin his invention?

Answer - 15 : -

In his invention Mr. Wonka wants the things to grow old. That is why he collects items from the oldest living things. I think this is the right way to begin his invention. And it gave him positive results also.

Question - 16 : -
What happens to the volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention ? What is the name of the invention?

Answer - 16 : -

After swallowing the drops, the volunteer begins to wrinkle and shrivel up all over. His hair starts dropping. He suddenly becomes an old fellow of seventy-five. The name of this invention is Vita-Wonk.

Question - 17 : -
What did Nishad give Mr Nath? Why?

Answer - 17 : -

Nishad gave Mr Nath a bar of chocolate. He did so because he thought Mr Nath was starving.

Question - 18 : -
.What is “strange” about Mr Nath’s Sundays?

Answer - 18 : -

The strange thing about Mr Nath’s Sundays was that almost every Sunday, Ramesh carried two lunches to Mr Nath’s room and the same man was with him each time. He was tall, fair, stout, and wore spectacles. Ramesh said that his visitor talked a lot, unlike Mr Nath who hardly spoke.

Question - 19 : -
.Why did Nishad and Maya get a holiday?

Answer - 19 : -

Nishad and Maya got a holiday because of a heavy downpour. The streets were flooded due to the rain. Since no traffic could move through the flooded roads, they got a holiday.

Question - 20 : -
What does Nishad find out about Mr Nath from Ramesh? Arrange the information as suggested below.

What he eats
When he eats
What he drinks, and when
How he pays

Answer - 20 : -

Ramesh told Nishad that Mr Nath was not very particular about what he ate. It was always the same food—two chapattis, some dal and a vegetable. He used to have this food in the morning and in the evening. Mr Nath would drink tea once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Ramesh said that Mr Nath would pay in cash and was also a generous tipper.

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