If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?
If we caught in a situation like this, we would not act blindly but would rather try to find ifs and buts of the situation. After knowing the complete reality, we would take decision.
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.
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?
How is the problem solved?
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 other extraordinary things happen at the inn?
What experiments and projects does he then undertake?
Do you think books are being replaced by the electronic media? Can we do away with books altogether?
Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?
Does she find her teacher different from the people at home?
Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school?
How would you assess Griffin as a scientist?
Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?
What more does Bill say about Lutkins and his family?
“Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)