Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Thief's Story NCERT Solutions | How does the thief think Anil will react

What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?

What does he get from Anil in return for his work?

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?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?

Why does not Anil hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people would have done so? In what ways is Anil different from such employers?

Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?

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 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’?

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

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

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

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?

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?

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?

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

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

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

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?

What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?