Question

Read the story and find the sentences where Maxwell describes his pet otter. Then choose and arrange your sentences to illustrate those statements below that you think are true. Maxwell’s description
(i) Makes Mij seem almost human, like a small boy.
(ii) Shows that he is often irritated with what Mij does.
(iii) Shows that he is often surprised by what Mij does.
(iv) Of Mij’s antics is comical.
(v) Shows that he observes the antics of Mij very carefully.
(vi) Shows that he thinks Mij is a very ordinary otter.
(vii) Shows that he thinks the otter is very unusual.

Answer 1

(i) He predominantly engaged in play.

(iii) I observed with astonishment; within a minute, he had adjusted the tap sufficiently to create a water trickle, and after a brief interval, achieved full flow.

(v) A suitcase I had transported to Iraq sustained damage during the return trip, causing its lid to remain sloped from one extremity to the other when closed. Mij discerned that placing the ball on the elevated end resulted in its descent along the suitcase's length. He would rapidly move to the opposing end to intercept its arrival, conceal himself, crouch, and then spring forth to surprise it, seize it, and carry it back to the elevated end again.

(vii) It is, I presume, not unusual for the typical Londoner not to identify an otter, but the diversity of conjectures regarding the animal's identity was surprising. Mij was decidedly not an otter.

Note:- Statements (ii), (iv), and (vi) are incorrect.