I never forget a face

Reporter
Gain
Passenger
New comers
Rainy
Boast
Get out
Umbrella
Wallet
Wanted
Attempted
Murder
Neighbour
Skill
Statement
Annoying
Aim

Connect
Lose / lost
Place
A lift
Stormy
Encourage
Came back to himself
Golden
Were stolen
Robbery
With violence
Complain
Troubles
Conclude
Over come
Fail
Response

Questions & answers

1. What was strange / wrong about the writer ?
- He could remember Faces not names.
2. What did the writer's wife think he ought to be ? Why ?
- A reporter. As he could remember people's faces.
3. Why did the writer think he couldn't be a reporter?
- As he couldn't remember names.
4. How did the writer overcome this difficulty (forgetting names)?
- He connected faces with places.
5. What was the writer's problem concerning his neighbors?
- He couldn't remember his neighbors' names.
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6. How did his strange memory help him in his business ?

- He gained more than he lost as he never forgot faces.
7. How is Bard field like?
- It's small place, a few minutes from London. There's a lot of country so
the writer liked life there.
8. What did the writer know about the passenger with him ?
- He was one of the new comers who lived near the bus stop.
9. Why did the writer boast his business in front of the man ?
- To encourage him to say anything about his business but he said nothing.
10. To what extent did the writer get information about the man ?
- He couldn't get much information.
11. What did the writer offer the man ? Why ?
- To give him a lift as it was raining and stormy.
12. What did the man ask for ? Why was the writer surprised?
- He asked to get out of the car. The writer was surprised as they were on the
open country where no houses and it was rainy.
13. What happened to the writer when the man was to leave the car ?
- He hit him on his head and pulled him out of the car.
14. What did the writer find out when he came back to himself? When he
regained his consciousness?
- He was lying in the ditch and his car, his new umbrella, his golden watch
and his money were stolen.
15. Where did he go and what did he find out?
- He went to the police station and he found out that the man's name was
John and he was wanted for a robbery with violence and attempted
murder.

Quotations
1. "This trouble with names has put me in difficulties from time to time but
with a little skill one get of the difficulties."
a) How did the trouble with names put him in difficulties?
- He never remembered a name and this caused troubles with
neighbors and in business too.
b) How could he get out of this difficulty?
- He connected faces with places and where they met before.
c) What do you conclude about this statement?
- Although he couldn't remember names but the could remember
faces. And he could connect a face with a place.
2. " I have to be very clever not to let a man see that I can't remember
whether his name is Smith or Moses ".
a) Why did the writer not let a man see that he could remember his
name?
- So as not to lose much business.
b) How could the writer overcome this?
- He connected faces with places.
c) What happened when he failed to overcome this difficulty ?
- He lost his gold watch, umbrella, money and the car.
3. "His face told me dearly that he was connected with Bard field but that
was not all it told me ".
a) What was the annoying thing the speaker couldn't remember about
that face ?
- He couldn't connect it with a place.
b) What was the speaker guessing about that man ?
- He was one of the new comers, living near the bus stop.
c) Where did he really see that face ?
- On the wall of the police station.
4. "I'd ever boasted little about rather nice bit of business. "
a) What was the aim of boasting ?
- To encourage the man to say anything about himself or his business
b) Did he succeed in that ? Why ?
- No, he didn't he couldn't get much information as the man said
nothing.