LEC- 2, CH-5 , SHOULD WIZARD HIT MOMMY, BOOK- VISTAS, CLASS- 12TH , EXPLAINED BY MAMTA PERVANA

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
Question 1. What is mother Skunk’s role in the lesson?
Answer : Mother Skunk’s role in the story is to convince the reader about the narrator’s
belief that we should never disobey our parents as they know what is best for us. Mother
Skunk told Roger never to forget his distinct identity.
Question 2 : What was the basic plot of each story told by Jack?
Answer : The basic plot of each story narrated by Jack was that a small animal, usually
named Roger, with some problem went to the wise owl and the owl advised him to go to
the wizard, who solved Roger’s problem.
Question 3 : What problem did Roger Skunk face when he went to play with his
friends? How did he solve it?
Answer : Roger Skunk smelled very badly. As a result, whenever he went to play with his
friends, they used to run away. Roger Skunk solved this problem by making the wizard
remove the bad smell and give him the smell of roses.
Question 4 : Why did Roger Skunk go to the owl? What advice did he get?
Answer : Roger Skunk was unhappy with his bad smell because of which all the woodland
creatures would run away from him and no one would play with him. Thus, Roger Skunk
went to the old wise owl to seek a solution for this problem.
Question 5 : Why does Jo call the Skunk’s mommy stupid?
Answer : Mommy Skunk took Roger to the Wizard to get his original smell although he
liked the new smell. Jo got upset on hearing this as Roger was happy with his new smell
and hence called the Skunk’s mommy stupid.
Question 6 : How did Jo want the Skunk’s story to end?
Answer : Jo wanted the story to end with the Wizard hitting Roger Skunk’s mommy with
his magic wand as she disapproved of Mother Skunk taking Roger to the Wizard to get back
his old foul smell.
Question 7 : Which do you think is a better ending of Roger Skunk’s story, Jo’s or her
father’s? Why?
Answer : According to me, Jo’s father’s ending of Roger Skunk’s story was better. This was
because parents of a child know what is right for them and Roger Skunk’s mother was right
in getting Roger’s smell changed.
Question 8 : Why does Jack insist that it was the Wizard that was hit and not the
mother?
Answer : Jack insisted that it was the Wizard that was hit and not the mother as he wanted
to send out a message that parents are the most genuine well-wishers of a child and know
what is good for their children.
Question 9 : How was the Skunk’s story different from the other stories narrated by
Jack?
Answer : The other stories narrated by Jack would end with the animal named Roger
taking the help of the Wizard to solve his problem. However, in the Skunk’s story, Roger’s
mother went back to the Wizard and got his smell changed by hitting the Wizard on his
head.
Question 12 : Why does Jo insist that her father should tell her the story with ahim to smell bad. That is why she insisted that her father should re-tell the story with a
different ending – i.e. the Wizard does not change Roger’s smell back.
Question 13 : Why did Roger Skunk want to change?
Answer : Roger Skunk smelled very bad. Due to this the other animals teased him and did
not make friends or play with him. So he wanted to change.
Question 14 : How did the Wizard help Roger Skunk?
Answer : Roger wanted to smell like roses. So he went to the Wizard’s house who helped
him by changing his awful smell to the smell of roses. He also directed the Skunk to the
place where he would find the extra pennies to pay the Wizard.
Question 15 : Why did Roger Skunk go in search of the Wizard?
Answer : Roger Skunk went in search of the Wizard so that he could get rid of his awful
smell. He had consulted the wise owl about his problem and it was he who had told him to
meet the Wizard.
different ending?
Answer : According to Jo, Roger Skunk was happy with the smell of roses. She did not want