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1. 1.

   Rewrite these paragraphs by rearranging the ten sentences to show the order in which the incidents occurred in the play.

   The queen asked whether it was male or a female fish. The fisherwoman said that it was a male fish.  The queen's servant was buying fish.  The fish laughed. The vazir's son set out to find a solution. The king ordered all the women of the queen's palace to jump over a pit. The queen got angry, so the king asked the vazir to solve the matter.

   The queen said she did not want it as males were not permitted in her palace No one but the man in disguise was able to jump across the pit, so he was caught. He met a girl who told him that there was a man in woman's clothes hiding inside the palace.

2. 2.

   Why did the queen ask the maids to draw the curtains?

3. 3.

   Do you think that the king was disturbed by the queen's threat to leave the kingdom? Give reasons for your answer.

4. 4.

   Why did Bhaskar call Amir 'a strange man'?

5. 5.

   What gift did Shivani send over to Amir?

6. 6.

   What advice did the vazir's son give to the king to find the culprit?