Chapter- 21        The Flavours of Thailand


1. Where is Thailand located?

Answer: Thailand is located in South-East Asia.

2. What is the traditional Thai greeting called?

Answer: The traditional Thai greeting is called the ‘Wai’.

3. How do Thai people perform the ‘Wai’?

Answer: By greeting with folded hands.

4. Who welcomed the narrator at the guesthouse?

Answer: Little Doi Swan welcomed them.

5. What kind of guesthouse did the narrator stay in?

Answer: A neat and clean guesthouse.

6. What things introduce Thailand as a unique country?

Answer: Flowers, colourful dresses, Buddha statues, and temples.

7. How are Thai people described in the lesson?

Answer: Warm-hearted, courteous, smiling, and hardworking.

8. Why was the stay in Thailand special for the narrator?

Answer: It was enriching and very exciting.

9. Which countries border Thailand on the east?

Answer: Laos and Cambodia.

10. What lies to the south of Thailand?

Answer: The Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia.

11. What is found on the west of Thailand?

Answer: The Andaman Sea.

12. What does the word ‘Thai’ mean?

Answer: It means freedom.

13. What was Thailand’s earlier official name?

Answer: Siam.

14. Till when was Thailand known as Siam?

Answer: Till May 11, 1949.

15. Who still use the name Siam?

Answer: Many Thais, especially the Chinese-speaking minority.

16. What was the weather like on the November morning?

Answer: It was quite cold.

17. Who was Chui Bahadwe?

Answer: He was the caretaker of the guesthouse.

18. What refreshments did Chui Bahadwe bring?

Answer: Hot coffee and spiced potato chips.

19. What did Chui Bahadwe tell the family about?

Answer: The history of Thailand.

20. Where did Chui Bahadwe take the narrator next?

Answer: To a small old museum near the guesthouse.

21. What items were kept in the museum?

Answer: Coins, vessels, metal weapons, and historical records.

22. What calendar is used in Thailand?

Answer: The Buddhist calendar.

23. How is the Thai calendar different from the western calendar?

Answer: It is 543 years ahead.

24. What year is 2005 A.D. in the Thai calendar?

Answer: 2548 A.D.

25. Which rivers did the narrator plan to visit?

Answer: The Mekong River and Chao Praya River.

26. Why was the trip to the riverbanks cancelled?

Answer: Because it started raining.

27. How did Chui Bahadwe keep them engaged?

Answer: By showing photographs and talking to them.

28. What is the Khorat Plateau known for?

Answer: Its natural beauty.

29. What kind of lesson is The Flavours of Thailand?

Answer: A travelogue describing culture and geography.

30. What does the lesson teach us?

Answer: To respect other cultures and appreciate diversity.

Answer by Dimpee Bora