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5. According to Polynesia, what could help Dr Dolittle be a good animal-doctor?

learning animal language and understanding the behaviour of animals

using people’s language to understand animals
making animals sick and then, making them better

making animals tell their sickness to him and then treat them

6. Why does Polynesia support the idea of the doctor becoming an animal-doctor?

The parrot believes the doctor’s expertise lies in treating animals, not humans.

The parrot thinks animals are more appreciative and intelligent than people.

The parrot sees the potential for the doctor to become the best animal-doctor in
the world.

The parrot dislikes people and wants the doctor to focus on animals instead.

B. Answer the following questions.

1. What made Polynesia stop singing and start to listen to the conversation of
Dr Dolittle and the Cat’s-meat-Man?

2. How did the Cat’s-meat-Man propose to get animal clients for Dr Dolittle?

3. How did the doctor come to know that animals had a language of their own and
could talk to one another?

4. When did Dr Dolittle give up being a people’s doctor altogether?

5. How did the doctor help the plow-horse with its eye problem, and what positive
outcome resulted from the doctor’s intervention?

Reference to the context

Read the lines from the story and answer the questions that follow.
1. ‘Now don’t go too fast—and I’ll write it down. This is interesting—very interesting—

something quite new. Give me the Birds’ ABC first—slowly now.’

a. What is the tone of the speaker in these lines?
I. excitement II. sadness

III. surprise IV. eagerness

i. I and II ii. I and III iii. II and III iv. I and IV

b. With whom was the speaker having this conversation?

c. How was the one being spoken to, going to help the speaker?
d. Why was the speaker emphasising on not going too fast and going slow?

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