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Q # 1: Who was Mr. Chips and what was his ideal name? OR what do you know about Mr. Chips?

Ans: Mr. Chips was a Cambridge graduated and he joined brook field as a teacher. His real name was
chipping .He had no scholarly ambition.

Q#2: When did he start teaching in book field? OR when did chips join brook field?

Ans: Chips joined Brookfield in 1870 before summer vacation.

Q #3: What type of school was brook field? OR What do you know about Brookfield public school?

Ans: Brookfield was an old foundation. It was established during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was a
school of second rank. It was not as famous school as Harrow.

Q #4: Why was Mr. Chips popular among the students as well as parents?

Ans: Mr. Chips’ sense of humor and behavior made him popular among the students as well as their
parents.

Q#5: Where did chips live after retirement?

Ans: Chips lived at Mrs. Wicket’s house just across the road from the school after his retirement.

Q#6: What do you know about Mrs. Wicket’s? OR write a note on Mrs. Wickkte’s.

Ans: Mrs. Wicket’s was a widow. She was ex-in charge of linen room at Brookfield. She always treated
chips nicely.

Q# 7: Who was Mr.Wetherby and what treatment did he do to Mr. Chips? OR what kind of person
Wetherby was?

Ans: Wetherby was a master of Brookfield. He was very fatherly and polite. He was very good and vise
administrator. He advised Mr. Chips to improve his discipline. He died in 1870.

Q#8: Who were Ralston and what kind of person he was?

Ans: Ralston was new head of Brookfield. He was a ruthless person. He had a very powerful personality
but not very pleasant and friendly.
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Q#9: Why did Ralston ask Mr. Chips to get retirement? OR what did Ralston ask chips when he was 60
years old?

Ans: He asked Chips to get retirement because he was fed up from old teaching method of chips.

Q#10: How did Mr. Chips read when he was asked to retirement by Ralston? OR what did chips reply
to Ralston when he asked him to get retirement?

Ans: Mr. Chips annoyed and declared that he did not want to retire.

Q#11: Who was Katherine Bridges? How did he come across Mr. Chips? OR How did Mr. Chips meet
Katherine Bridges?

Ans: She was beautiful girl with blue eyes. She was 25 years old. She was expert climber. She met Mr.
Chips in Lake District.

Q#12: What was the influence of Katherine on Mr. Chips?

Ans: Katherine bridges had great influence on Mr. Chips. She made him completely a change man. She
broadened his views and thinking.

Q#13: Why did Mr. Chips go to German?

Ans: He went to German for his treatment.

Q#14: When did Mr. Chips die?

Ans: Mr. Chips died of a natural death in 1933.

Q#15: How did Mr. Chips measure time after retirement?

Ans: Mr. Chips measured time like some old sea- captain by signals of the past.

Q#16: Why did Mr. Chips punish Colley and what was the punishment?

Ans: Mr. Chips punished Colley for his act of mischief and asked him to have a hundred lines.
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Q#17: What was the condition of Mr. Chip’s room at Mrs. Wicket’s house?

Ans: it was very simple room with school masterly inside. There were few book shelves, sporting
trophies mental piece, a big easy chair in the room.

Q#18: What did Mr. Chips do with the new students to form good relation with them? OR how did Mr.
Chips welcome the new students?

Ans: Mr. Chips always invited the new comers to tea. He entertained them with biscuits and farmed
good relation with them.

Q#19: How did Mr. Chips spend his time at Brookfield throughout his service?

Ans: Mr. Chips spent 40 years as a teacher in Brookfield. Once he discharged his duty as acting head
master. All the students offered him great respect so he had a very nice time.

Q#20: What was Mr. Chip’s ambition as young man?

Ans: As a young man he was very ambitious person. He wanted to get headship or senior mastership at
Brookfield.

Q#21: Was Mr. Chips able to shake off the memories of Katherine after her death?

Ans: Mr. Chips was never able to forget Katherine after her death. He always remembered her.

Q#22: What did Mr. Chips received on 1 April?

Ans: He received a lot of letter of condolence containing black sheet of paper.

Q#23: What changes does his wife’s death bring to Chips’ life? OR How does Katherine’s death change
his life?

Ans: He wanted to resign his mastership and appeared to be really an old man.

Q#24: How did students and parents come to know about quarrel between Ralston and Mr. Chips?

Ans: A small boy overheard all the discussion between Ralston and chips, he told other students.
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Q#25: How and who settled the quarrel between Ralston and chips?

Ans: Sir john Rivers, the chairman of the Governors visited to settle down the issue. He told Mr. Chips
that he could stay here as much as liked.

Q#26: How did Mr.Chattris behave with Mr. Chips?

Ans: Mr.Chattris had a great respect for chips and he recognized the Brookfield to chips.

Q#27: Why did Mr. Chips decide to resign?

Ans: He was caught by the disease bronchitis and could not able to perform his duty, so he decided to
resign.

Q#28: What did Mr.Chips’s farewell speech contain?

Ans: His speech was about numberless incidents and jokes. Listeners enjoyed each and every word of his
speech.

Q#29: Why did Chattris request Mr. Chips to resign?

Ans: He requested Mr. Chips as he knew that chips were the only person who could guide him.
Moreover, Chips was still very popular at school.

Q#30: What did Governors asked Mr. Chips after the death of Mr.Chattris?

Ans: The governors asked Mr. Chips if he wanted to continue Head Master.

Q#31: What type of a novel is Mr. Chips?

Ans: It is a beautiful novel. I can say that it is a character novel or biographical novel or detective novel.

Q#32: What did Dr.Mervale say about chips or What did the Dr. Marvale say to chips about his health?

Ans: He called that Mr. Chips a matchless boy. Moreover he said that he would not get any serious
disease and would die a natural death.
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Q#33: When was Mr.Wetherby appointed as head master?

Ans: He was appointed as head master in 1870. He was old then.

Q#34: How did Mr. Wetherby advise chips on interview day at Brookfield?

Ans: He asked him to give his zeal of youth to school. He asked him not to allow anybody to play tricks
and violate discipline.

Q#35: What kind of books did chips read?

Ans: He had mostly classical and detective novel, sometimes he read Xenophon.

Q#36: What did Mr. Chips think about Latin and Greek?

Ans: He thought Latin and Greek for more as dead language and the living language spoken by living
people.

Q#37: Why did Katherine like chips?

Ans: She liked him for his good manners and she also liked him when he smiled.

Q#38: What kind of idea Chips had about life?

Ans: He was orthodox man. He did not like the freedom of woman. He loved to live in the past.

Q#39: What kind of retire life did Mr. Chips live?

Ans: He had a peaceful retired life. He often spent his time in reading books. He helped the needy
students.

Q#40: What was presented to Mr. Chips on the occasion of retirement?

Ans: He was presented a cheque, a reading desk and clock on the day of retirement.

Q#41: What were Katherine’s political views?

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Ans: She had radical and revolutionary thoughts; she was in the favor of the freedom of woman.

Q#42: Who were the favorite authors of the Katherine?

Ans: George barnad Shaw, William Morris and Ibsen were her favorite authors.

Q#43: Who was Cooling wood?

Ans: He was an old student of Mr. Chips at Brookfield. He became the major in army. He was killed in
Egypt.

Q#44: What was the idea of Mr. Chips about women?

Ans: He thought them mysterious creature of nineties. He thought that women should be shy and
delicate.

Q#45: Who was Rowden and where did he go with chips?

Ans: He was colleague of Chips. He went with Mr. Chips in Lake District during summer vacation.

Q#46: Why was spring in 1896 important for chips?

Ans: He met Katherine bridges in spring 1896 Later she became his beloved wife and left great influence
on Chips life.

Q#47: When did the row take place between the Ralston and Chips?

Ans: The row took place between Chips and Ralston in 1908.

Q#48: Who was Forrester?

Ans: He was the smallest boy of the Brookfield about four feet high.

Q#49: What were the weaknesses of Chips?

Ans: His teaching method was old. He cannot maintain the discipline.
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Q#50: What was row between Mr. Chips and Ralston?

Ans: Mr. Ralston wanted to banish Mr. Chips because of his old teaching method and he did not want to
be retired.

Q#51: What were Chips will?

Ans: Chips made his will in 1930. He left all his money to the mission to Mrs. Wicket’s for school for
often entrance scholarship.

Q#52: What is the contribution of Brookfield to England?

Ans: Brookfield turned out men belonging to every walk of life and also some fair samples of the history
making men of the age.

Q#53: What is the most tragic scene of the novel?

Ans: The most tragic scene of the novel is that when Mr. Chips passes away having own child in the
world except his students.

Q#54: How did Chips go to sleep?

Ans: Chips started reading novel in his bed and sleep out before turning the page. He always enjoyed
sound sleep.

Q#55: What type of a scholar was Chips?

Ans: He was scholarly person but he had not good degree. He could not maintain the discipline but he
proved himself as a good teacher.

Q#56: Which newspaper did Mr. Chips read?

Ans: Mr. Chips used to read “The Times”

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Q#57: What was the general or physical appearance of Katherine bridges?

Ans: She had blue fleshing eyes, freckled cheeks and smooth straw colored hair.

Q#58: How did Mr. Chips remembered his married day?

Ans: He remembered those days as period of great happiness and over joyed.

Q#59: What did Katherine do to chips sense of humor?

Ans: She enriched his sense of humor and this made him very popular.

Q#60: Who was Meldrum and when did he die?

Ans: Meldrum succeeded Wetherby as head of Brookfield and he died in 1900.

Q#61: What was the ambition of Ralston about Brookfield?

Ans: He wanted to make the Brookfield an up to date school at level with harrow and Eton.

Q#62: What happened when the fatal disease German measles spread?

Ans: A large number of students fell ill and big hall of school presented the scene of a hospital.

Q#63: What did people call Mr. Chips?

Ans: People called Mr. Chips a prewar man.

Q#64: Did Mr. Chips continue his class when air raid was called?

Ans: he did not continue his class.

Q#65: When did chips resign?

Ans: Chips resigned in November 11, 1918.

Q#66: What reputation has chips earned?

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Ans: He had earned a great reputation of jester and jests that was expected by him.

Q#67: What did people often say about chips?

Ans: People said that he was a great man who always saw the funny things.

Q#68: Who was Cartwright?

Ans: Cartwright was the new head master of Brookfield. He took over in 1919.

Q#69: Who was Linform?

Ans: Linford was a small boy who said Good bye Mr. Chips to Chips a night before his death.

Q#70: Who is the writer of the Novel Mr. Chips?

Ans: James Hilton.

Q#71: What were the routine activities of Mr. Chips at Mrs. Wicket’s?

Ans: He used to read books, talked with Mrs.Wickett and remembered the past.

Q#72: How did Katherine help Chips in the matter of discipline?

Ans: advised Mr. Chips forgive boys on their first mistake and do punish them on their second
mistake.

Q#73: What were the Chips feeling on the death of Katherine Bridges?

Ans: The death of Katherine bridges shocked him very much. All the pleasure of his life came to an end.
He even refused to receive any condolence.

Q#74: What were the Katherine’s views about chips profession?

Ans: She liked Chips profession. She considered it a different and special type of profession as it
influenced those who are going to grow up.

Q#75: What did Mr. Chips do after the last bell of the school?
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Ans: After the last bell Chips used to wind up the clock, turned out the gas, took a detective novel to the
bed.

Q#76: Who was Wetherby?

Ans: Wetherby was the head of Brookfield.

Q#77: What kind of sleep did Mr. Chips enjoy in hid old age?

Ans: He always enjoyed a sound and peaceful sleep. His sleep was changeful entry into another world.

Q#78: What happened when Katherine suggested a match between Brookfield and Mission?

Ans: School staff disagreed with her because they thought it revolutionary and not ready to accept it.

Q#79: What memories of Katherine did burnt Mr. Chips?

Ans: He used to see Katherine running fast along the corridors, leading at some mistake, taking part in
the concert in his thoughts.

Q#80: What is the most interesting incident of the Novel?

Ans: The most interesting incident of the Novel appeared when chips visited the Lake District and came
across the Katherine bridges who later on became his wife.

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