How is the problem solved?
At first, they had no idea that what do to. Her husband suggested her to wear some fresh natural flowers but she denied to wear. Mme loisel’s husband solved the problem. He told his wife to request her friend mme forestier to give her some jewels. When she went to mme forestier, she showcased her all the jewellery to mme loisel and asked her to select whatever she liked.
What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.
If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?
How do they replace the necklace?
What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?
What do M. and Mme Loisel do next?
What kind of a person is her husband?
What fresh problem now disturbs Mme Loisel?
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?
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?
Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?
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?
What are Hari Singh’s reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change over time? (Hint: Compare, for example, the thought: “I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve” with these later thoughts: “Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal — and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else.”) What makes him return to Anil?
Why do Bholi’s parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal?
Bholi’s real name is Sulekha. We are told this right at the beginning. But only in the last but one paragraph of the story is Bholi called Sulekha again. Why do you think she is called Sulekha at that point in the story?
For what unusual reasons is Bholi sent to school?
Who befriends him? Where does he take him?
Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?
Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?
Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
Why is he tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest?
Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?