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Q1 What are some of the signs of approaching winter referred to in the text?
Ans: Some of the sign of approaching were; winter and birds begin to fly south, people want new warm coats and dead leaves falling.
Q2 Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following.
(i) Soapy did not want to go to prison.
(ii) Soapy had been to prison several times.
(iii) It was not possible for Soapy to survive in the city through the winter.
(iv) Soapy hated to answer questions of a personal nature.
Ans: (i) True
(ii) False
(iii) True
(iv)TrueQ3 What was Soapy’s first plan? Why did it not work?
Ans: Soapy primary plan was to have dinner at some fine restaurant and after that he would say that he had no money to pay. So the cop could arrest him and the judge would send him for three months in the jail on black wells island. This plan didn't work at all because the head waiter see his old shoes and the torn clothes that was covered on his legs. The restaurant authorities turned soapy around and moved him rapidly and silently outside the restaurant.
Q4 “But the cop’s mind would not consider Soapy”. What did the cop not consider, and why?
Ans: The cops mind didn't consider Soapy because the man who break window do not stop there to talk to cops. They run as fast they can. The cop saw a man further along the street running and they ran after him.
Q5 “We have orders to let them shout”. What is the policeman referring to?
Ans: The policeman was mentioning the orders which allowed college students to shout as they would not hurt anything. He said this to a man who was standing near to him when Soapy shouted, is a college boy.
Q6 Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following.
(i) Soapy stole a man’s umbrella.
(ii) The owner of the umbrella offered to give it to Soapy.
(iii) The man had stolen the umbrella that was now Soapy’s.
(iv) Soapy threw away the umbrella.
Ans: (i) True
(ii) True
(iii) True
(iv)TrueQ7 “There was a sudden and wonderful change in his soul”. What brought about the change in Soapy?
Ans: When Soapy come near to his old home, he started remembering the old days and childhood life. He see his worthless days, his wrong desires, his dead hopes and the lost power of his mind. These made sudden and wonderful change in his soul. He would fight to change his life which pulled himself.