Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Hack Driver NCERT Solutions | When the lawyer reached New Mullion, did

Lutkins openly takes the lawyer all over the village. How is it that no one lets out the secret? (Hint: Notice that the hack driver asks the lawyer to keep out of sight behind him when they go into Fritz’s.) Can you find other such subtle ways in which Lutkins manipulates the tour?

Why do you think Lutkins’ neighbours were anxious to meet the lawyer?

What does he say about Lutkins?

Who is Lutkins?

Who befriends him? Where does he take him?

Does the narrator serve the summons that day?

Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?

After his first day’s experience with the hack driver the lawyer thinks of returning to New Mullion to practise law. Do you think he would have reconsidered this idea after his second visit?

What more does Bill say about Lutkins and his family?

Do you think the lawyer was gullible? How could he have avoided being taken for a ride?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

How did the invisible man first become visible?

How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?

What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?

Bholi’s story must have moved you. Do you think girl children are not treated at par with boys? You are aware that the government has introduced a scheme to save the girl child as the sex ratio is declining. The scheme is called Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Save the Girl Child. Read about the scheme and design a poster in groups of four and display on the school notice board.

If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?

How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?

Why does he steal every year?

Who is the real culprit in the story?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

How does he treat the dog?

Why is he tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest?

Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?

Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?