Hi Everyone!! This article will share Sindbad’s Voyage Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of The Little Cotyledons, The Rooks and The Key To The Garden – 2 so, you can check these posts as well.
Sindbad’s Voyage Questions & Answers
Question 1: Fill in the blanks.
1. Sindbad boarded the ship at El-Basrah.
2. The apes swam out from the island.
3. The walls and doors of the gigantic house were lofty.
4. Sindbad waved his unfolded turban to attract the attention of the sailors on the ship.
5. Sindbad finally returned to Baghdad.
Question 2: What did the apes do to the ship?
Answer: The apes climbed the ship and grabbed the ropes. They cut the sails with their sharp teeth making them useless. The ship floated to the shore.
Question 3: What did the sailors do when they saw the gigantic house?
Answer: When the sailors saw the gigantic house they entered it and slept on the giant couch inside.
Question 4: How did the gigantic being look?
Answer: The gigantic being looked like a man. He was black and had eyes that shone like fire. Two shiny tusks stuck out of his mouth and his big ears hung till his shoulders. His nails were like claws. He looked very frightening.
Question 5: Why were the sailors scared to sleep on the ground?
Answer: The sailors came across a big snake moving towards them when they slept on the ground. So they were scared to sleep on the ground.
Question 6: How did the captain of the ship help Sindbad?
Answer: The captain of the ship which picked up Sindbad finally, helped him by giving him goods to sell. He said the goods belonged to a sailor whom they had lost during the voyage. The sailor was none other than Sindbad himself. Sindbad thanked the captain.
Question 7: Read these lines and answer the questions.
1. “The storm has driven us to a harmful place.”
(a) Who is ‘us’?
Answer: ‘Us’ is the sailors on the ship.
(b) Which is the harmful place?
Answer: ‘Mountain of Apes’ is the harmful place.
(c) Why is it harmful?
Answer: It is harmful because no one has ever escaped from that place.
2. We crept out from that house in terror.
(a) Who is ‘we’?
Answer: ‘We’ is the sailors.
(b) Why were they terrified?
Answer: They were terrified because a black gigantic being approached them.
(c) What did they do after they came out of the house?
Answer: After they came out of the house, they gathered thick pieces of wood and made rafts to quickly escape from the place. They reached the seashore and launched the rafts.
3. But they had goods to sell, while I had none.
(a) Why didn’t the speaker have goods to sell?
Answer: Sindbad did not have goods to sell because he had missed his ship during a voyage and his goods were in the ship.
(b) What happened after that?
Answer: The captain of the ship which picked up Sindbad, offered him the goods of a lost sail.
Or
Sindbad realized that the goods were his.
(c) What did the speaker finally do?
Answer: Sindbad finally proceeded to Baghdad to spend time with his family and friends.
Question 8: Did Sindbad enjoy his adventure? How do you think he might have felt?
Answer: Sindbad usually enjoyed his adventures but this adventure seemed to be quite a dangerous one. I think, he might have felt relieved when he reached home.
So, these were Sindbad’s Voyage Questions & Answers.