Consolidate:
  1. Answer these questions:
  1. What was the topic of discussion of the people gathered at Dabneys?
  2. What did the people at Dabney’s ask the little man to do? What was his reply?
  3. What did he find on the wall in his room?
  4. Why and where all did the narrator look for the man?
  5. What did the narrator ask the man? What happened after the narrator read the card?
  6. What happened to the face on the wall?
 
  1. Answer these questions with reference to the context.
i. “Truth, I always believe, is not only stranger than fiction, but also greatly more interesting. “
  1. Who said this and to whom?
  2. When did the speaker say this?
  3. What was he talking about?
 
ii. “The face began to take a firmer hold of me. He grew more and more real and remarkable. “
  1. What is referred to as ‘the face’ here?
  2. When did the face begin to get a firmer hold of the speaker?
  3. Why does the speaker call the face ‘remarkable’?
 
  1. “Excuse me,” I stammered, “but do you mind giving me your card? I have a very important reason in asking it.”
  1. Who is the speaker?
  2. Who is he speaking to?
  3. Why does the speaker ask him for his card?
 
  1. Think and answer
  1. Where did the narrator finally find the man? Describe the adventure he had after he found him.
  2. What did the narrator see on the card? What eventually happened to the person and the face?
  3. There were three things that were extraordinary in the story. What were they?
 
 

Dear Student,

As of now, we only provide study material for NCERT textbooks or books prescribed by CBSE. The inconvenience caused is regretted.

  • -2
What are you looking for?