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Q.1. What did Chips say to the young Colley, the son of the Colley whom Chips punished first at
Brookfield?
Ans: Chips said to him, Colley, your father was the first boy I ever punished when I came here twenty-five
years ago. He deserved it then and you deserve it now.
Q.2. Describe the atmosphere in the Hall when Chips took his first class?
Ans: There was a sudden silence when Mr. Chips entered the class room. The wall clock was ticking behind
him. There was smells of ink and varnish. The red rays of the setting sun were coming in through the glass
windows. The sudden hush in the class room frightened Mr. Chips. He felt a bit nervous.

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Q.3. How did Mr. Wetherby advise Chips on the day of his interview at Brookfield?
Ans: He asked chips to give his zeal of youth to Brookfield and it would give him something in return. He
asked him not to allow anyone to play tricks with him. He asked him to take up firm attitude to keep
discipline.
Q.4. What was the name of Chips’ doctor and how often did he visit Chips?
Ans: The name of chips` doctor was Merivale. He called upon chips every fortnight.
Q.5. For how much time did Chips work at Melbury School and why did he not like it?
Ans: Chips worked at Melbury School for a year. He did not like it because he had been a bit tired and
anxious there.
Q.6. How did Chips measure his time when he live at Mrs. Wickett’s house?
Ans: Chips measured his time by the signals of the past. He lives his life according to the bells of
Brookfield.
Q.7. What did Chips’ doctor say about Chips?
Ans: The doctor said that he was fitter than he. He would not get any horrible disease. He would die a
natural death. He called chips a matchless old boy.
Q.8. What did Chips do after the last bell of Brookfield when he lived at Mrs. Wickett’s House?
Ans: After the last bell of Brookfield, chips wound up the clock, put the wire guard in front of the fire,
turned out the gas and carried a detective novel to bed.
Q.9. How did the boys look when Chips took his first class at Brookfield?
Ans: The big hall was full of five hundred wicked boys. They looked like lusty barbarians ready to attack
him.
Q.10. What kind of fellow was Mr. Wetherby?
Ans: Wetherby was the headmaster of Brookfield in 1870. He was ill then when chips joined it. He liked
and respected chips. He was very gentle and cooperative. He had vivid eyes.
Q.11. How did Chips enjoy sleep?
Ans: Sleep came to him swiftly and peacefully. His days and nights were equally full of dreaming.
Q.12. What mischief was made in the very first class of Chips at Brookfield and who made?
Ans: A boy dropped a desk lid. His name was Colley.
Q.13. When was the structure of the building of Brookfield rebuilt and extended?
Ans: The main structure of the building of Brookfield was rebuilt and extended, in the reign of the
George I.
Q.14. Was Chips an ambitious teacher?
Ans: In his early twenties, he wanted to get a headship or a senior mastership. It was after many repeated
failures that he realized the unfitness of his qualifications.
Q.15. When did Chips retire and what was presented to him on the day of his retirement?
Ans: Chips retired in 1913 at the age of sixty-five. At the time of retirement, he was presented with a
cheque, a writing desk and a clock.
Q.16. What was the social and academic status of Chips?
Ans: Chips in social and academic sense was respectable; but he was no more brilliant.
Q.17. What was Chips’ status at Brookfield at sixty?
Ans: At sixty, he was Brookfield in his person. He was the guest of honor at Old Brookfieldian dinners.

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Q.18. How did Brookfield look?

Ans: Brookfield lay behind a line of ancient elms. It looked reddish brown. It consisted of a group of
eighteenth century building.
Q.19. What kind of people did Brookfield supply?
Ans: It supplied judges, members of parliament, peers and bishops, merchants, etc.
Q.20. Did Brookfield enjoys a good repute?
Ans: There had been rise and fall in its luck. However, it remained a good school of the second rank.
Q.21. What kinds of books did Chips have in his room?
Ans: The books were chiefly classical. There were a few books of history and detective novels.
Q.22. How was Chips’ room decorated at Mrs.Wickett’s house?
Ans: His room was furnished simply and with school masterly taste. There were a few bookshelves, a
mantelpiece, easy- chairs and the some pictures.
Q.23. What was the condition of Mrs. Wickett’s house?
Ans: The house itself was ugly and affected but comfortable. It was situated near Brookfield.
Q.24. With what did Chips serve the boys?
Ans: He served the boys with walnut-cake tea and crumpets soaked in butter.
Q.25. What did Chips tell Mrs. Wickett about Major Collingwood?
Ans: He told her that once he had punished Collinwood for climbing on to the gymnasium roof to get a ball
out of the gutter. He might have broken his neck.
Q.26.How did Chips feel in the company of women?
Ans: Chips did not care for women. He never felt at ease with them. He considered the new woman of the
nineties such a monstrous creature that filled him with horror.
Q.27. How did Katherine Bridges look?
Ans: She had blue flashing eyes and freckled cheeks and smooth straw- colored hair.
Q.28. What did Katherine think about women’s right?
Ans: She believed that women ought to be admitted to the universities. She even thought that they ought to
have a vote.
Q.29. Why did Chips not like Bernard Shaw and Ibsen and cycling?
Ans: Chips was a conventional person. He did not like Bernard Shaw and Ibsen for their disturbing plays.
He did not like women taking up bicycling because he was against the freedom of
women.
Q.30. What did Chips see while climbing on Great Gable?
Ans: One day, climbing on Great Gable, he saw a girl waving excitedly from a dangerous-looking edge.
Q.31. Why did Katherine begin to like Chips?
Ans: She began to like Chips because he had gentle and quiet manners. She liked his honest views though
they were out-dated. She also liked his brown charming, eyes.
Q.32. What was the profession of Katherine?
Ans: She was a governess out of job but she had already saved a little money.
Q.33. What were the political views of Katherine?
Ans: In politics, she had radical views. She was impressed by the people like Bernard Shaw and William
Morris. She thought that women ought to have a vote.
Q.34. Where and with whom did Chips go during the summer vacation of 1896?
Ans: He went up to the Lake District in 1896 with his colleague Rowden.
Q.35.What did Katherine say to Chips on the night before wedding?
Ans: She said that she felt like a new boy beginning his first term with Chips. She asked if she should call
him ‘Sir’ or ‘Mr. Chips’ would be right. Then she said, “Good-Bye Mr. Chips”.

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Q.36. What did Chips remember about the time he spent with Katherine in Lake District?
Ans: He remembered the evening strolls with her. He remembered her cool voice and gay laughter. She had
always been a happy person. They had been so eager, planning a future together, but he had been a bit
serious about it, even a little awed.
Q.37. Where was Katherine married from?
Ans: She had no parents. She was married from the house of an aunt in Ealing.
Q.38.Was Katherine pleased with Chips being a teacher?
Ans: She enjoyed living among the boys. She was happy that Chips was a teacher and not a lawyer or a
broker or a dentist or a big businessman. She liked teaching profession.
Q.39. What influence did Katherine Bridges exercise on Chips?
Ans: Katherine exerted a great influence upon Chips. She made him a new man. She broadened his views
and opinion. Before marriage, Chips was a dry person. She made him affectionate and kind. His eyes gained
sparkle. His humour became mature. He became popular.
Q.40. Describe the quarrel between Ralston and Chips?
Ans: One day, Ralston asked Chips to retire. He said that Chips’ methods of teaching were slack and old-
fashioned. His habits were slovenly. He disobeyed him. His pronunciation was wrong. He was slack and
obstinate. Chips flamed up to hear this. He refused to retire.
Q.41. Write a note on Chips’ humour?
Ans: Chips had a keen sense of humour. He amused people with his little witty jokes. Everybody waited for
his new joke. His humour was harmless.
Q.42. What was Chips performance as a teacher before marriage?
Ans: The teacher feel bore in teaching the same lesson for years. So was the case with Chips before
marriage. He worked well. He gave service, satisfaction, and confidence, everything except inspiration.
Q.43. What kind of fellow was Mr. Chips before marriage?
Ans: Before marriage, he had been a dry a natural sort of person. He was liked in general in Brookfield but
he had nothing to be popular and loved.
Q.44. How much popular was Katherine in Brookfield?
Ans: She was very popular with boys and masters alike. She won Brookfield as she had won Chips.
Q.45. Was Katherine more intelligent than Chips?
Ans: She was sharper than he. He could not reject her ideas even when he disagreed to them.
Q.46. What changes did Katherine bring in Chips?
Ans: She made him a new man. His eyes gained sparkle. His humor became rich and mature, He began to
feel strong. His discipline improved. He became popular.
Q.47. Did Katherine always pleads Chips for leniency?
Ans: No, on rare occasions, she urged him on strictness when he inclined to be forgiving. She asked him to
punish the rude and arrogant type of boys.
Q.48. What memories of Katherine haunted Chips?
Ans: In his memory, he saw Katherine rushing along the stone corridors, laughing at some mistake in the
essay he checked, taking part in the concerts, and tending him her good advice.

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Q.49. Did Chips take a class on the day when his wife and child died?
Ans: Yes, he took his fourth form as usual after call-over.
Q.50. What change did the death of his wife bring in Chips? (his feelings on Katherine’s death)
Ans: Just as marriage added something to his life, so did grief. After the death of his wife, Chips became
suddenly a kind of man whom the boys classed as “old”. He found himself to be in a horrifying nightmare.
He wished to die like her. He found himself to be in a continuous trance. He was totally preoccupied.
Q.51. What was the April foolery Chips faced?
Ans: On 1st April 1898, while he was staying at his desk, someone said that there were letters for him. He
opened them one by one. All the letters contained a blank sheet of paper. He thought that it was strange.
Q.52. How did Katherine urge Chips to forgive the students for their mistakes?
Ans: She urged Chips to give them a chance. She asked him to talk to them and they would be all right. She
asked him to tell them that they would be punished if they repeated the mistake.
Q.53. How did Ralston look?
Ans: He was a young man of thirty-seven. He was glittering with Firsts and Blues. He had a personality that
could reduce the Big Hall to silence by the mere lifting of an eyebrow.
Q.54. What duty was assigned to the boys of Brookfield when the railway men were on strike?
Ans: The railway men were on strike. The soldiers were driving the engines. Stones were being thrown at
trains. The boys of Brookfield were asked to guard the railway line.
Q.55. When did Chips become the acting head of Brookfield?
Ans: Meldrum had succeeded Wetherby as Head and held the office for thirty years. In 1900, He died
suddenly from Pneumonia and Chips became the Acting Head of Brookfield.
Q.56. Did Ralston knows Brookfield and its traditions?
Ans: No, he knew neither Brookfield nor its traditions. He could estimate neither the toughness of
Brookfield’s tradition nor its readiness to defend itself and its defenders.
Q.57. What sort of person was Ralston?
Ans: He was ruthless, ambitious, energetic and a fine power-transmitter.
Q.58. How did people come to know about the quarrel between Ralston and Chips?
Ans: A small boy, who was waiting outside to see Ralston, heard the entire row between the two. He told
his friends about it and the boys conveyed the news to their parents. Soon the news spread around.
Q.59. What allegations did Ralston put on Chips?
Ans: Ralston said that Chip’s methods of teaching were old and lazy and his personal habits were slovenly.
He blamed him that he ignored his instructions, which was rank insubordination.
Q.60.What did Chips say in the farewell speech?
Ans: In the speech, he made many little jokes. There were several Latin quotations in it. There was also a
reference to the Captain of the School who had overstated Chip’s services.
Q.61. Who was the successor of Ralston and what kind of man was he?
Ans: Chatteris was the successor of Ralston. He was modern, friendly and sympathetic. He wisely accepted
Chips. Chips also liked him much.
Q.62. When / why did Ralston leave Brookfield?
Ans: Ralston left Brookfield in 1911 to better himself. He was offered the headship of one of the greater
public schools.

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Q.63. What happened to Chips in 1913? OR Why did Chips retire? OR At what age chips retired?
Ans: In 1913, Chips had bronchitis and was off duty for nearly the whole of the winter term. This made him
decide to resign. Then he was sixty five.
Q.64. What were the activities of Chips after his retirement?
Ans: He invited boys to tea, watched matches, dined with the Head and the masters took on the preparation
of the new edition of Brookfeldian Directory, wrote articles and read newspaper and detective novels.
Q.66. When did Chips receive his farewell party?
Ans: At the final end-of-term dinner, in July, 1913, he received his farewell party. He also made speech
there.
Q.65. How did Chips feel when Chatteris told him about his problems and disease?
Ans: Chips had not known anything about him. When he learnt that Chatteris was ill with diabetes and over-
worked, he was shocked because Chips liked him.

Q.66.What did Chatteris read out on every Sunday night during the war?
Ans: On every Sunday night, after evening service, Chatteris read out the names of the old boys who were
killed in the war. He also told their short biographies were a very moving sight.
Q.67. Write a brief note on Mr.Chatteris?
Ans: Chatteris succeeded Ralston. He was a young man of thirty four. He was suffering from diabetes. He
had to work till midnight. He fell ill and died in April, 1917.
Q.68. Write a brief note on Mr. Merivale?
Ans: Mr. Merivale was Chip’s doctor. He visited Chips every fortnight or so. He would often say that Chips
was fitter than he. He called Chips a remarkable old boy. He said that Chips had got no disease except old
age. He said that Chips would die a natural death.
Q.69. When / how did Chips perform as the head of Brookfield? (second headship)
Ans: He worked as Head in 1917and 1918. He handled problems and dealt with complaints and requests. He
became very kind, gentle and confident. He kept the sense of proportion.
Q.70. How did Chips feel when he rejoined Brookfield?
Ans: He felt very fit. The actual work was not tiring him. He felt very happy. For the first time in his life, he
felt himself necessary to Brookfield.
Q.71. What sort of jokes did chips make when he joined Brookfield again during war?
Ans: Besides his old jokes he also made new jokes about the O.T.C. and the food rationing system and the
anti-air-raid blinds that had to be fitted on all the windows.
Q.72. What did doctor Merivale say about Chips health?
Ans: The doctor said that Chips was fitter than he. He would not get any horrible disease. He would die a
natural death.
Q.73. Who was Mrs. Wickett?
Ans: Mrs. Wickett was a kind lady. In the past, she had been in charge of the linen-room at Brookfield.
Q.74. How did Katherine help Chips in the matters of discipline?
Ans: He was very rigid in maintaining discipline. Many times, Katherine advised Chips in the matter of
discipline. She urged his discipline improved. He became popular with students. People began to love
him.

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Q.75. What were Chips’ feelings on the death of his wife?

Ans: Katherine and her new-born child died on 1st April, 1898. It was a deep shock for Chips. On the death
of his wife Chips found himself to be in a horrifying nightmare. He wished to die like her. He found himself
to be in a continuous trance. He was totally preoccupied.
Q.76. What was Chips’ reaction to Ralston’s allegations?
Ans: He thought that Ralston was running the school like a factory to turn out a snob-cultural based on
money and machines. He thought that Ralston was lessening the old good traditions.
Q.77. How did Chatteris die?
Ans: He was suffering from diabetes. He had to work till midnight. He fell ill and died in April, 1917.
Q.78. What were Chips’ outdoor activities during the last years of his life?
Ans: He invited boys to tea, watched matches, dined with the Head and the masters, wrote articles and read
newspaper and detective novels.
Q.79. What was Chips will?
Ans: In 1930, Chips made his will. Expect for the legacies to the mission and to Mrs. Wickett, he left all he
had to found an open entrance scholarship the School.
Q.80.How did Chips face his first class at Brookfield?
Ans: The big hall was full of five hundred wicked boys. They looked like lusty barbarians ready to attack
him.

Q.81. Why did Ralston ask Chips to retire?

Ans: In 1908, when Chips had just reached sixty, Ralston asked him to retire. He said that Chips’ methods
of reaching were old lazy and his personal habits were slovenly.
Q.82. Who was Merivale?
Ans: Mr. Merivale was Chips doctor. He visited Chips every fortnight or so.
Q.83. Why did Chips join Brookfield again?
Ans: Chatteris told him that the young masters had joined the army. He had to take the classes till mid
nights. He said that he could no longer continue like that.
Q.84.What is the contribution of Brookfield school of England?
Ans: Brookfield served England in both peace and war. During peace, it gave England judges, members of
parliament, merchants, etc. During the war, its grounds were used as a training camp for the soldiers.
Q.85.What is the most thrilling incident of the Novel?
Ans: One day, climbing on Great Gable, Chips saw a girl on a dangerous ledge. He thought that she was in
trouble. He ran to help her. But he slipped and wrenched his foot. The girl came to help him. During this
period they fell in love with each other and finally married. This is the most important incident of the novel.

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Q.86. What changes did the marriage bring in Chips?

Ans: Before marriage Chips was a dry person. After marriage, he became affectionate Katherine broadened
his views and opinions. His eyes gained sparkle. His humour became rich and mature. His discipline
improved. He became popular. People began to love him.
Q.87. How did Chips come across Katherine Bridges?
Ans: One day, climbing on Great Gable, Chips saw a Katherine on a dangerous ledge. He thought that she
was in trouble. He ran to help her. But he slipped and wrenched his foot. She came to help him. During this
period they fell in love with each other and finally married.
Q.88. Why did students; teachers and parents turn against Ralston?
Ans: Ralston was not liked in Brookfield. He was feared and respected. However, after the row with Chips,
the dislike rose to the point where it conquered fear and destroyed even respect.
Q.89. Describe Chips experience at Brookfield on the first day?
Ans: The big hall was full of five hundred boys. They looked like lusty barbarians ready to attack him.
Q.90. Describe any two changes brought about by Katherine in the life of Chips?
Ans: She made him a new man. His eyes gained sparkle. His discipline improved.