1. How does the tiger stalk in the cage?
The tiger is not in his natural habitat – the jungle. He is locked in a cage made up of a cement and concrete. He keeps on stalking inside his cage from one side to the other. He is walking quiet rage with his heels which are padded like velvet.
2. How does the tiger prepares himself for hunting when he is in his natural habitat - the jungle?
The mighty tiger roams freely in his natural habitat - the wilds. He knows how to ambush his prey. He waits for his prey lurking unseen in the shadow of trees. He slides through the long grass quite unnoticed. He comes to the water hole where he can find his favourite prey - plump deer.
3. How does the tiger terrorise the villagers? Does he have any intention of killing them?
Sometimes, the tiger roams around freely and comes near the edge of the jungle. He comes very near the edge of the jungle. He comes very near to the houses of the villages which are situated on the outskirts of the jungle. Roaming there, he opens out his white sharp teeth and paws to terrorise the villages. He has no intention of killing them as he never attacks till he is provoked to do so.
4. Freedom can’t be bargained at any cost. What message does Leslie Norris give to the readers in ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’?.
Not only humans but animals too cherish freedom. Freedom can’t be well-fed and protected. However, the curtailment of his freedom keeps him in ‘quiet rage’. He resents being behind the bars. He is a different animal when he is in his natural habitat, the jungle. He roams around the water hole and ambush his favourite plump deer.
5. He hears the last voice at night. The patrolling cars. Who hears the last voice and of what?
The tiger hears the last voice i.e, the sound of the patrolling cars at night. He is imprisoned in a cage in the zoo. The patrolling cars are making a round of the zoo to see that everything is all right.
6. And stares with his brilliant eyes At the brilliant stars. Why are the eyes brilliant? What is common between the eyes and the stars?
The tiger’s eyes shine brightly in the darkness of night. The stars are also shining in the sky. The common thing between the tiger’s eyes and the stars is that both are brilliant.
7. What message do you get from this poem?
All creatures yearn for freedom. Animals are not different from human beings. The tiger has been forced to live away from his natural habitat – the jungle. Locked behind the bars in a zoo, he feels helpless . He stalks in ‘quiet rage’ along the length and breadth of his cage. The tiger is a denizen of the forest. Only in the wild, he can roam freely. Only in the wild, he can roam freely. Only there he can have his natural grandeur, strength and ferocity.
8. Baring his white fangs, his claws Terrorising the village. Who bares his fangs and how does he terrorise the village?
Sometimes the tiger comes out of his natural habitat – the forest. He comes quite near a village. The tiger bares his white fangs. He terrorises the people of the village because he keeps snarling around houses.