The Open Window
Q.1. Why is Vera described as a 'very confident young lady of fifteen'?
Ans: Mr.Nuttel considers Vera a very confident young lady of fifteen, from the way she conducts herself and the pleasant manner in which she receives him - a total stranger - while her aunt is busy.
Q.2. Why does Vera ask Mr.Nuttel so many questions?
Ans: Vera asks Mr.Nuttel so many questions in order to make sure that Mr.Nuttel was not familiar with anyone in the neighbourhood, especially her aunt. The knowledge of his unfamiliarity was necessary for the stories she was going to make up soon after.
Q.3. Why was the girl sure that Framton Nuttel would believe her story about the three men and their dog?
Ans: Mr.Nuttel was unfamiliar about the stories in the neighbourhood and therefore easily for Vera's story and the fact that the window was open on a cold, windy morning, convinced him beyond doubt.
Q.4. Why did Framton Nuttel think that the three men entering through the French window were ghosts?
Ans: Vera had just told Mr.Nuttel the story of her aunt's husband and her two brothers having drowned on one of their shooting episode, three years earlier. When he saw the three men entering the house through the French window, he thought that they were ghosts.
Q.5. What did Nuttel after he saw them?
Ans: After Nuttel saw them, he grabbed his hat and stick and left the Sappleton's house in a hurry.
Q.6. What reason does Vera give for Mr.Nuttel's odd behaviour?
Ans: Vera tells the others that Mr.Nuttel must have been scared by the sight of the Spaniel, for he had once been attacked by a pack of stray dogs on the banks of the Ganges river, which had forced him to spend a night in a newly dug up grave with the creatures grinning around him.
C.1. Mr.Sappleton says, 'One would think he had seen a ghost'. What is ironical about her statement?
Ans: The irony here is that Mr.Sappleton uses the term only as a means of expression, without realising that in truth Mr.nuttel left the way he did because he truly believed he was seeing ghosts, having heard the story Vera made up earlier.
C.2. Vera tells the story very carefully, how does her dramatic style make it more effective? Give examples to support your answer.
Ans: Vera builds up a story very carefully using a real scene to make up a story that forces Mr.Nuttel to believe her. The dramatic impact is further highlighted by her choice of words like, 'Drowned in a dangerous piece of bog', 'Dreadful wet summer' and 'Bodies were never recovered'.
Potion for FA-3,
MCB - Unit-5, W.B. - Unit-5, Lit. - 7.
Lakshmi. :-)))
Q.1. Why is Vera described as a 'very confident young lady of fifteen'?
Ans: Mr.Nuttel considers Vera a very confident young lady of fifteen, from the way she conducts herself and the pleasant manner in which she receives him - a total stranger - while her aunt is busy.
Q.2. Why does Vera ask Mr.Nuttel so many questions?
Ans: Vera asks Mr.Nuttel so many questions in order to make sure that Mr.Nuttel was not familiar with anyone in the neighbourhood, especially her aunt. The knowledge of his unfamiliarity was necessary for the stories she was going to make up soon after.
Q.3. Why was the girl sure that Framton Nuttel would believe her story about the three men and their dog?
Ans: Mr.Nuttel was unfamiliar about the stories in the neighbourhood and therefore easily for Vera's story and the fact that the window was open on a cold, windy morning, convinced him beyond doubt.
Q.4. Why did Framton Nuttel think that the three men entering through the French window were ghosts?
Ans: Vera had just told Mr.Nuttel the story of her aunt's husband and her two brothers having drowned on one of their shooting episode, three years earlier. When he saw the three men entering the house through the French window, he thought that they were ghosts.
Q.5. What did Nuttel after he saw them?
Ans: After Nuttel saw them, he grabbed his hat and stick and left the Sappleton's house in a hurry.
Q.6. What reason does Vera give for Mr.Nuttel's odd behaviour?
Ans: Vera tells the others that Mr.Nuttel must have been scared by the sight of the Spaniel, for he had once been attacked by a pack of stray dogs on the banks of the Ganges river, which had forced him to spend a night in a newly dug up grave with the creatures grinning around him.
C.1. Mr.Sappleton says, 'One would think he had seen a ghost'. What is ironical about her statement?
Ans: The irony here is that Mr.Sappleton uses the term only as a means of expression, without realising that in truth Mr.nuttel left the way he did because he truly believed he was seeing ghosts, having heard the story Vera made up earlier.
C.2. Vera tells the story very carefully, how does her dramatic style make it more effective? Give examples to support your answer.
Ans: Vera builds up a story very carefully using a real scene to make up a story that forces Mr.Nuttel to believe her. The dramatic impact is further highlighted by her choice of words like, 'Drowned in a dangerous piece of bog', 'Dreadful wet summer' and 'Bodies were never recovered'.
Potion for FA-3,
MCB - Unit-5, W.B. - Unit-5, Lit. - 7.
Lakshmi. :-)))
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