Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Beast Within Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of The Copper Beeches, A Child’s Dream and Harry Pushed Her so, you can check these posts as well.
The Beast Within Questions & Answers
Question 1: Who all were there in the writer’s family?
Answer: The writer’s family included herself, her father, mother, Rahul and her pet Bhondu.
Question 2: Give any one reason to prove it was rushed morning?
Answer: We know that it was a rushed morning because Sonika’s dad was hurrying to work, Rahul was whining for something from Sonika’s mom and her darling pet, Bhondu was refusing to vacate Sonika’s chair at the dining table and there were a many telephone calls too.
Question 3: What did the family have for dinner the previous night?
Answer: The family had cutlets with sweet-chilly sauce for dinner.
Question 4: What time did the school commence?
Answer: The school commenced at eight o’clock.
Question 5: Which subject was being taught? What was the topic of the lesson that day?
Answer: Mathematics was being taught in the class. The teacher was teaching the different angles – 90 degree angles and 180 degree angles.
Question 6: Was the subject being taught in the class liked by the writer?
Answer: No, the subject being taught in the class does not interest the writer.
Question 7: What was the sky like?
Answer: The sky was a brilliant blue in colour and absolutely cloudless.
Question 8: Which two things could the author see outside?
Answer: The author saw a yellow butterfly, a crow and a brilliant blue sky.
Question 9: Which food items was Sonika remembering during the class?
Answer: Sonika was remembering last night’s cutlets with lots of sweet-chilly sauce.
Question 10: Who sits next to Sonika in the class?
Answer: Kim Lee sits next to Sonika in the class.
Question 11: What did Sonika’s mate sitting beside her bring in tiffin?
Answer: Sonika’s mate had brought noodles made with lots of soya sauce and vinegar in tiffin.
Question 12: Why is Sonika not able to concentrate on what was being taught in the class?
Answer: Sonika was not able to concentrate on what was being taught in the class because she was hungry and the beast within her kept tempting her to have the noodles which her friend was offering.
Question 13: How did the author like her noodles to be served?
Answer: The author liked her noodles made with lots of soya sauce, vinegar and swimming in oil. It should be served with chilli oil and delicious vinegar.
Question 14: Who is the Beast?
Answer: The hunger within the writer is being called the hungry Beast.
Question 15: How did the beast inside tempt her just before the author gave into the temptation?
Answer: The beast inside tempted her by saying that the teacher wasn’t looking and one bite would not be a problem. Also, it tempted her by talking about noodles oozing with chillie oil and delicious vinegar which was her favourite.
Question 16: Describe the teacher’s look as she walked up to the author’s desk.
Answer: When the teacher walked upto the author’s desk, her face had a frozen look, her eyebrows had almost vanished into her and her eyes were blazing with anger.
Question 17: Where did the teacher make Sonika sit after she had caught Sonika eating tiffin in the class?
Answer: The teacher used to make Sonika sit right under her nose in the front desk in the middle row after she had caught her eating tiffin in the class.
Question 18: What did she order the author to do?
Answer: The teacher ordered the author to go out of the class and the author was never forgiven for that.
Question 19: “The rest is irrelevant-pointless.” Why was the rest ‘irrelevant’?
Answer: The rest was irrelevant and pointless because in spite of the teacher making her sit in the front look right under her eyes, the moment the teacher turned her back, the author would start day dreaming and thinking of her eating food from the tiffin.
Question 20: Where was Sonika planning to ask her Dad to take them that night?
Answer: Sonika was planning to request her Dad to take them to the Beijing Restaurant in Tangra that night.
So, these were The Beast Within Questions & Answers.