Who is speaking to Horace Danby?
A women was standing in the doorway and was speaking to Horace dandy. She was young and pretty and was well dressed up in red. She said that she had come just in time or else her family would have been robbed by Horace. Thus, she pretended to be one of the family members living at shotover grange.
Popular Questions of Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet
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Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
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“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.
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“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?)
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How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it. What makes it a convincing story?
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Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?
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What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of commonsense?
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What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
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The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.
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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.
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How does he treat the dog?
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Why was he wandering the streets?
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Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?
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How did the invisible man first become visible?
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What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?
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What experiments and projects does he then undertake?
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Did you begin to suspect, before the end of the story, that the lady was not the person Horace Danby took her to be? If so, at what point did you realise this, and how?
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“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?)
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How is the problem solved?
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You must have read about cells and DNA in your science books. Discuss Richard Ebright’s work in the light of what you have studied. If you get an opportunity to work like Richard Ebright on projects and experiments, which field would you like to work on and why?
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