Short Stories - Questions - Book 1

Questions from Short Storeis (1-15)

Ch. 1: Button, Button
1. Why did Norma consider the tone and attitutde of Mr Steward offensive?
2. Why did Arthur disagree with his wife?
3. Why did Norma persuade her husband to agree with her?
4. What were the reasons Norma give to her husband to accept the offer?
5. Why did Mr. Steward continue persuading Norma?
6. What was the message Norma received on pushing the button?
7. What is the significance of Arthur's life-insurance policy?
8. Did Norma remain normal on hearing the news of the accident of her husband?
9. What was the reaction of Norma on hearing the news of her husband's death?
or Why did Norma remain normal on hearing the news of accident?

Ch#2: Clearning in the Sky
1. Why didn't the old man follow the advice of th doctors?
2. What had the doctors told jess' father?
3. Where did the father take his son?
4. Since when had the son no been to the hilltop?
5. Why did the old man take the steep path or more than none paths to reach the top?
6. What were the names of the vegetables the old man grown on his farm?
7. Why did the son at the age of six cry?
8. What were the feelings of the old man at the age of seventy?
9. Why had the old man planted his secret garden?

Ch#3: "Dark They were and Golden Eyed"
1. Why did Harry want to go back to the Earth?
2. Why did Harry want to stay at Mars after hearing the news?
3. what Climate did they face?
4. What was the condition of the Bittering family on hearing the news of war o the Earth?
5. What did they want to grow?
6. What was the conditon of their houses?
7. What was the advice Harry gave to the people?
8. How dangerous can a Martian virus be?

Ch#4: Thank You Ma'm
1. What was the time when the boy tried to snatch the purse of the woman?
2. What happened to the boy when he tried to snatch the purse?
3. What was the reaction of the woman?
4. What was the conduct of the people when they saw the incident?
5. How did the boy look physically?
6. What was the condition of the boy when the woan gave him a few jerk?
7. Why did the woman ask the boy to wash his face?
8. Why didn't the boy run from the woman's house?
9. What was the nature of woman's job?
10 Why didn't the woman watch the boy while preparing the dish?

Ch#5: The Piece of String
1. Why did Manana accuse Hubert of picking the lost pocketbook?
2. What did the people think of Hubert when they heard the return of the pocketbook by some other person?
3. Why did George give the pocketbook to his employer?
4. What made Hubert shameful?
5. Why did the people make fun of Hubert's innocence?
6. Why did he keep claiming his innocence before his death?
7. Why did the May nor believe the innocence of Hubert?
8. Was it necesssary for Hubert to continuue pleading his innocence?

Ch#6: The Reward
1. What was the subject discussed at the club?
2. What did Terbut think of Jorkens' argument?
3. How did Jorkens convince that a man can become a skating champion of the Sahara?
4. How did Gorgios persuade his people to make his country strong?
5. What was the view point of the partents of Gorgios?
6. What were the arrangements made for the function of inauguration?
7. Describe the scene of inauguratin. Werite five sentneses?
8. What were the feelings of Gorgios on the occasion?
9. Did Gorgios use any short cut to achieve his ambition?
10. For how long had Gorgios to stick to get his ambition achieved?
11. Discuss the political views of Jorkins. Or What did the people do in that country?
12. Do you agree or disagree with the view point of the writer? Give five reasons.

Ch#7: The Use of Force
1. What was the condition of the parents on the arrival of the doctor?
2. What was the behaviour of the child ith the doctor?
3. She had the fever for three days. Hadn't she?
4. Did the girl change her expression when the doctor said, "Does your throat hurt you?"
5. Why did the doctor call the sick girl by her first name?
6. Did the girl promptly respond to the instructions of the doctor?
7. Why did the the rebuke her?
8. What was the threat of the doctor to the child for not showing her throat?
9. Why did the break the wooden blade?
10. What was the condition of the tonsils of the sick girls?
11. How did the child look by apperance? Her physcially appearance?
12. How did the doctor succeed in examining the throat of the child?
13. Under such circumstances can the use of force be justified?
14. Describe the feelings of the doctor in his struggle to diagnose the disease.

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