Dad and the Cat and the Tree Poem Important Questions Class 7 Honeycomb English
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1. Why did Mum warn Dad?
Answer
Mum warn Dad not to fall from the tree while climbing.
Question 2. What happened when he climbed the ladder?
Answer
He slipped and fall into the flower bed.
Question 3. What was his plan C?
Answer
To climb up on the garden wall.
Question 4. What happened to Dad?
Answer
He got stuck up the tree.
Question 5. Was he successful in helping the cat?
Answer
Yes, but he got stuck in the tree.
Question 6. What did Mum say and why?
Answer
Mum said to dad to be careful while climbing the tree. She said because Dad was to confident about himself and this made Mum very tensed.
Question 7. Where was the ladder kept?
Answer
The narrator’s father got the ladder from the garden shed.
Question 8. How was the plan C foiled?
Answer
Plan C was foiled because father himself got stuck in the crook of the tree trunk.
Question 9. Why was Dad sure he wouldn’t fall?
Answer
Dad was sure he wouldn’t fall because he thought himself as a climber and climbing on trees was a child’s play for him.
Question 10. Plan C was a success. What went wrong then?
Answer
Even through Plan C was a success, it did not work out as planned. The moment the father reached the tree top, the cat jumped and touched the ground and was again out of father’s reach.
Question 11. Who tried to help the cat? Was he successful in doing that?
Answer
Dad tried to help the cat in different way. No, he was not able to help the cat.
Question 12. What were the narrator’s father plan to try to climb the tree?
Answer
The narrator’s father planned to climb the tree thrice with plan A, B, and C.
Question 13. Was the plan B successful?
Answer
No, the plan B was not successful when father swung himself on a branch, the branch broke.
Question 14. Describe Plan A and its consequences?
Answer
According to Plan A, father would have reached the treetop with the help of the ladder. However, the ladder slipped and father fell on the ground.
Question 15. Describe the cat and Dad’s situation in the beginning and at the deft of the poem.
Answer
At the onset, the cat was stuck on the tree and father was confident to be able to drive it away. By the time the poem ended, the cat was free and the father got stuck in the tree.
Question 16. What happened to the cat?
Answer
The cat climbed the tree and unfortunately got stuck into the tree . The tree was very unstable and tall . He can’t get down without any help.
Question 17. Was Dad really a good climber?
Answer
No, he wasn’t a really good in climbing tree because he fell down on the ground many times while helping to get down the cat from the tree.
Question 18. What was the plan A?
Answer
In ‘plan A’ father brought a ladder to climb the tree.
Question 19. Which phrase in the poem expresses Dad’s self-confidence best?
Answer
The phrase in the poem expresses Dad’s self-confidence best is ‘Childs play, this is!’
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1. Why did the narrator’s father dismissed his wife’s warnings every single time.
Answer
When his wife warned him the first time, father was really astonished. He thought how a good climber like him could fall. The second time his wife warned him, he laughed at her finding her warning to be a funny joke.
Question 2. What was the result at the end of the poem?
Answer
As the former plans failed by Dad, he tried his next plan to climb the tree and help the cat. He climbed up high on the wall of the garden and fortunately succeeded on that. Later as he stepped in the crook of the tree trunk near the cat, the cat yelled loudly and directly fell on the ground without any harm. Eventually, Dad got stuck up the tree and was unable to get down from the tree.
Question 3. What was his plan A and B?
Answer
Dad thought a ladder from their garden shed. As he climbed, it slipped and landed in the flower bed. Thus it failed to climb. Secondly he tried to climb the branch of the tree and unfortunately he fell down again. Therefore both the plan A and B failed.
Question 4. Why and when did Dad say each of the following?
(i) fall?
(ii) never mind
(iii) funny joke
(iv) rubbish
Answer
(i) Dad said ‘fall?’ when Mum warned him about fall while climbing the tree. He said so scornfully.
(ii) Having fallen to the ground, the father did not give up and brushing the dirt from his hair and clothes said, “never mind”.
(iii) Dad said “funny joke” when mum warned him of falling again. He said so because he was over confident of the success of the his Plan B.
(iv) After the second fall. When his wife intervened saying that he might break his neck, he again dismissed her concern by saying “rubbish”.
Context Based Questions
Stanza 1
This morning a cat got
Stuck in our tree.
Dad said, “Right, just
Leave it to me.”
The tree was wobbly,
The tree was tall.
Mum said, “For goodness’
Sake don’t fall!”
“Fall?” scoffed Dad,
“A climber like me?
Child’s play, this is!
You wait and see.”
Explanation
The narrator discusses that one morning a cat got stuck in the tree. His father told him that he will manage to drive away the cat. Since the tree was unstable, the narrator’s mother was full of doubts as to how easy would it be for her husband to climb the tree. Therefore, she warned him that he might fall. He dismissed away these warnings by saying that he was a good climber and climbing the tree was as easy as a child’s play.
(i) Who is ‘me’ in the above lines?
(ii) What was the information given about the tree?
(iii) Why was the mother scared?
(iv) How can you say that father was confident?
Answer
(i) ‘Me’ is the poet in the above lines.
(ii) The tree was tall but wobbly.
(iii) The mother was scared because she knew that ‘Dad’ would hurt himself while saving the cat.
(iv) He boasts of his climbing skills. He called it as a child’s play.
Stanza 2
He got out the ladder
From the garden shed.
It slipped. He landed
In the flower bed.
“Never Mind,” said Dad,
Brushing the dirt
Off his hair and his face
And his trousers and his shirt,
“We’ll try Plan B. Stand
Out of the way!”
Mum said, “Don’t fall
Again, O.K.?”
Explanation
The narrator’s father brings out a ladder from the garden shed. But, it slipped and father fell on the ground. The narrator’s father brushes off the dirt from his hair and clothes, cleans his face and begins to think about another plan to drive away the cat. His wife, however, again warns him, that he might fall again.
(i) From where did he bring the ladder?
(ii) Where did he land?
(iii) Why did Dad say ‘Never mind’?
(iv) What was mother’s reaction when she heard about plan B?
Answer
(i) He brought ladder from garden shed.
(ii) He landed in the flower bed.
(iii) Dad said ‘Never mind’ because he was not discouraged by falling.
(iv) Mother was worried when she heard of plan B.
Stanza 3
“Funny joke!”
Then he swung himself up
On a branch. It broke.
Dad landed wallop
Back on the deck.
Mum said, “Stop it,
You’ll break your neck!”
“Rubbish!” said Dad.
“Now we’ll try Plan C.
Easy as winking
To a climber like me!”
Explanation
The narrator father muses away his wife’s warning. Still laughing, he swung himself on a branch, but the branch broke and he again fell on the ground. The narrator’s mother begged him to stop as he might break his neck from falling again and again. The narrator’s father, then, decided to try plan C. He was still confident that being a great climber he would succeed.
(i) What was Funny joke for dad?
(ii) What happened when he climbed again?
(iii) What was mother’s reaction when he fell?
(iv) How much easy was the ‘Plan C’?
Answer
(i)‘When mother was worried that he might fall again.
(ii) When ‘Dad’ climbed again, the branch broke and he fell down again.
(iii) Mother asked him to stop climbing again as he would hurt himself.
(iv) Dad called Plan C as easy winking of eyes.
Stanza 4
Then he climbed up high
On the garden wall.
Guess what?
He didn’t fall!
He gave a great leap
And he landed flat
In the crook of the tree-trunk
Right on the cat!
The cat gave a yell
And sprang to the ground,
Pleased as Punch to be
Safe and sound.
So it’s smiling and smirking,
Smug as can be,
But poor old Dad’s
Still
Stuck
Up
The
Tree!
Explanation
The narrator’s father climbed up the high garden wall and this time he did not fall. The father, with a great leap, finally landed on the tree top, right on the cat. The moment the father landed on the cat, the cat screamed with fear and sprang to the ground. Landing smoothly on the ground, it seemed content with itself. While his father got stuck on the tree.
(i) Why do you think he climbed on the garden wall?
(ii) Where did he land?
(iii) What did the cat do to save itself?
(iv) Who turned out to be victorious?
Answer
(i) He climbed on the wall to take a great leap to climb the tree.
(ii) He landed in the crooked part of the tree and on the top of the cat.
(iii) The cat shrieked and sprang on the ground to save itself.
(iv) The cat saved itself whereas ‘Dad’ was stuck on the tree trunk. So the cat would be called as victorious.