Two Stories About Flying - His First Flight - Extract Based Questions

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 Two Stories About Flying - His First Flight - Extract Based Questions

1. His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly, scolding him, threatening to let him starve on his ledge, unless he flew away. But for the life of him, he could not move.

a) Who is 'he' here?

'He' is the young seagull.

b) Why are his parents scolding him?

His parents are scolding him because he is not making any efforts to learn flying.

c) What do they expect him do?

They expect him to follow their instructions like his brothers and sister and learn to fly.

d) Why could 'he' not move?

He could not move because he was extremely afraid to fly.

2. He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and, standing on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing, he closed one eye, then the other, and pretended to be falling asleep. Still, they took no notice of him. He saw his two brothers and his sister lying on the plateau dozing, with their heads sunk into their necks. 

a. 1. Who stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge?

   The young seagull.

b. What was the young seagull doing while standing on one leg with the other hidden under his wing?

 Pretending to be falling asleep.

c. Where were his two brothers and his sister lying?

On the plateau.

d. Why did the young seagull pretend to be falling asleep?

  To see if his family would take notice of him.

e. How did the young seagull's family react to his actions?

  They took no notice of him.

3. With a loud scream, he fell outwards and downwards into space. Then a monstrous terror seized him and his heart stood still. 

a. Why did he fall down?

He fell down when he tried to catch the food from his mother?

b. Why did he scream?

He was afraid that he would hurt himself.

c. Why didn't his mother come closer to him?

She wanted him to fly towards her and take the food from her.

d. What happened later?

He started soaring in air.