CHAPTER

07
Packing by Jerome K Jerome

Chapter Sketch Summary of the Chapter

The chapter 'Packing' is taken frum the
novel Three Men in a Boat written by The Narrator (Jeromel Boasts of Being
Jerome K Jerome. The story is about
the art of pocking. The chapter is
the Master of Packing
about a humorous incident which The narrator was going on a trip with his friends, George and Harris. He told
happened when the narrator and his
them that he would do the packing. They accepted his offer and relaxed while
other two friends were packing for a
boat trip.
he packed the bag.
The narrator's real intention was to supervise his friends in packing. He wanted
to teach his friends how to pack. However, they misinterpreted him and as a
About the Characters result narrator had to do the packing.
Jerome The narrator, who considers
himself to be the master of packing.
Harris A friend of the narrator who
Haphazard Packing by the Narrator
iritates him by raising his legs on the The narrator started packing. It took him a bit longer than he had expected. He
table when the narrator was packing packed the bag but forgot to put the boots inside. So, he had to reopen the bag
the bag.
and put them in. He forgot whether he had put his toothbrush in the bagor
George Another friend of the narrator not. So, he had to open the bag again and empty its contents. He put
who sat on a chair while the narrator the
contents back in the bag by shaking them one by one and found his toothbrush
was packing the bog.
inside a boot. He had to reopen the bag once
Montmorency He vwas a pet dog of again as he had forgot his
the narrator. He irritated George and spectacles in the bag.
Harris by sitting on fhings that were to
be packed. He was chased down by
Harris.
George and Harris Do the Rest of the Packing
George asked the narrator whether he had packed the soap or not. rator

The na
had already opened and packed the bag a
got extremely angry hearing this as
he
few times. So, George and Harris took the task of
completing the rest of t
packing
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Situation Becomes Worse Word Meanings

George and Harris commit a lot of mistakes while The given page nos. correspond to the pages in the þrescribed
packing. They broke cups, put things behind them textbook.
and couldn't find them when they needed them,
Word Meaning
packed heay things on top of light things and PAGE 82
stepped on things.
trip an outing. journey
Monimorency Joins the Packing discovered found out
and detailed account
Montmorency (Narrator's pet dog) came sat description -

down on things, put his leg into the jam entirely Completely
and scattered the teaspoons. He went into uncanny strange; weird
the hamper and attacked three lemons thinking cocked Clfted

them to be rats. He was shooed away by Harris. intended thought

boss supervise
End of Packing potter
move in a leisurely or aimless way
Finally, the packing ended late in the night directions instructions

12:50 AM. The three friends and

at very
were
decided to sleep. Before sleeping they had an
tired impress the fact upon to make someone understand or be familar
with the importance or value of something.
Someone
argument about when to wake up in the morning. PAGE 83
irritated made angy

Chapter Highlights loll

messing
sit or stand lazily
creating confusion
1 The narrator Jerome' boasted of being the master of
working like a slave
packing slaving
2 His two friends George and Harris relax while the narrator supervise; to be in charge of something
superintend
packs the bag. filled with energy
energetic
3 The narrator packed the bag but missed so many things.
strapped tied with straps
4 The narrator searched for his toothbrush and found it in a
wild uncivilised
boot.
5 The narrator reopened the bag and repacked it many times. horrible fearful
6 George and Harris undertook the task of packing of the OCCurred happened
to keep coming back to the mind of
hamper
7 They messed up things and took a long time in packing.
haunt
someone to make him sad or upset.
8The dog Montmorency came and created trouble. trouble; great unhappiness
misery
9 He sat on things that were to be packed, squashed lemons sweat
perspiration
and disturbed everything. solded within
10 Finally,, the packing ended late at night and they all got Wrapped up
of course n reality
tired and decided to sleep.
11 Before going to sleep they had an argument about when to
mo al OTainary
wake up in the morning. search unsystematically through something
rummage

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Word Meaning Word Meaning
PAGE 84 exclaimed to cry out or speak suddenly or with stro
confusion, disorder feeling. trong
chaos
reigned ruled indignantly angrily
moving around
didn't care a
hang didn't care at all spinning
slammead still quiet
banged
roared spoke at a high pitch
hampers small boxes for storing food,
Wine etc ambition keen desire

light-hearted in a leisurely way Squirm in to crawi or wriggle into something

evidently clearly nuisance annoyance
intending thinking PAGE 87
PAGE 85
stumble fall over
Comment remark
steadily firmily
piles a number of things lying one
upon the other accomplishing fulfilling
pies eating things Conceit pride
PAGE 86 unbearable something which can't be tolerated

exciting thrilling damp wet

strawberry a juicy red fruit pretended (here) thought

squashed Crushed PAGE 88
trod walk over with heavy feet encouraged inspired, motivated
edge margin original inborn, by birth
nervous
tense,uneasy reflection thought
smashed break into pieces tossed threw something lightly
scrape it out remove with difficulty
Odd strange
stuckfirmly attached, glued
row
quarrel
oath pledge
tumble fall
Staring lookingintently
pence plural of Penny which is a unit of money equal
extraordinary very unusual or remarkable
to one-hundredth of a British Pound.
mysterious full of mystery
spinning moving
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ue havecovered questions given in the NCERT textbook along with their answers.

ing abou out the Text (Page 89,

toothbrush?
Dsceus
in pairs andaanswer each question below Where did Jerome t1nauy find the
1 for
na short paragraph (30-40 words). A7s.
Jerome finally found the toothbrush inside a boot
which he has to take out everything and shake it.
characters are there in the narrative?
lHOW many
Name them.
(Dont forget the dog!).
s There are four characters in the narrative. They are the
Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag?
Ans. Jerome packed the bag after finding his toothbrush.
nagatorhimselfJerome, George, Harris and the dog But, unfortunately, he had packed his spectacles in
named Montmorency.
it. So, he had to reopen the bag to take it out.
What did George and Harris offer to pack and
2Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the
packing?
why?
A71S. George and Harris offered to pack the hampers as
narrator volunteered to do the packing
sThe they had to start
they weren't packed yet andhours.
their
because he was proud of his packing skills. journey in less than
twelve
According to him, it was one of those things
which he knew more about than any other T0 While packing the hamper, George and Harris

living. But, as it turned out, he was not do a number of foolish and funny things.
person
very correct.
Tick the statements that are true.
i) They started with breaking a cup.
How did George and Harris react to this? Did
Jerome like their reaction? (i) They also broke a plate.
Is.
accepted Jerome's
George and Harris at once himself (ii) They squashed a tomato.
George spread the over easy-chair
suggestion. (iv) They trod on the butter.
and Harris cocked his legs on the table. Jerome didn't
like their reaction and was irritated. (V) They stepped on a banana.
(vi) They put things behind them and couldn't find
4What was Jerome's real intention when he them.
offered to pack? (vii) They stepped on things.
When Jerome had made the suggestion that he would (vii) They packed the pictures at the bottom and put
pack, he actually intended that he would supervise heavy things on top.
Harris and George in the packing. He thought that he (ix) They upset almost everything.
would push them aside every now and then and tcacn
tnem how to (x) They were very good at packing.
do the packing properly.
Ans. Statements (i), (ii), (iv), (vi), (vii) and (ix) are true.
What did Harris say after the bag was shut and
then to
oUpped? Why do you think he waited till
ask?
Il. Discuss in group and answer the following
questions in two or three paragraphs (100-150

er the was shut and

bag Harris asked
strapped, word s),
rome, if he had put the boots in. It seems that it was
What does Jerome say was Montmorency's
habit not to say a word until the job was finished.
ambition in life? What do you think of
0, he didn't say a word until Jerome had shut and Montmorency and why?
strapped the bag. Ans. According to Jerome, Montmorency's ambition in
horrible idea' occurre to Jerome a little life is to get in the way and get scolded. He would
later? always be present at a place where he wasn't wanted,
Ns. Afrer
idea be a perfect nuisance and make people mad. He
ccu Jcrome was done with packing, "horrible a
enjoyed things thrown at its head. His day is not
to him. The horrible idea was if he ha
completed without all these activities.
packed his othbrush or not. He had to reopen
the

bag and
rearrange it.
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His highest aim in life was to get somebody to when he says that he wants to do the
stumble over him and curse it stcadily for an hour Next, the narrator claims that he has akn
packin
He was surely a nuisance. He created a ruckus when packing. The way he unpacks and repacks
George and Harris were packing. He sat down on thing three times surely tickles the funny
things that were to be packed, put his leg into the jam one.
His friends are far worse than him. They
and attacked the lemons in the hamper thinking that c

they were rats. total mess. They broke things, sat on them
then tried to find them. Things get and
2 Of the three, Jerome, George and Harris, who funnier
Montmorency decides to play his part. The when
do you think is the best or worst packer?
Support narrator describes how
Montmorency thoughtt that
your answer with details from the text. lemons were rats and got into the
h
hamper and
killed' three before Haris could land a
Ans. In my opinion, all the three friends, fryingpan
Jerome, George at him.
and Harris prove to be bad at packing things. But
Jerome seems to be a bit less worse than the other
two. Jerome
thought that he had a knack of packing Thinking about Language (Page 90)
things and he took pride in his skill. However, his
I. Match the words/ phrases in column A with
packing skills are not very good.
their meanings in column B.
He forgot to pack the boots. He, himself, said that he
could not remember if he had packed his toothbrush A
1. Slaving 0) A
or not.
Finally, when he is done with the packing, he quarrel or an
argument
2. Chaos (i) RemOve something from inside
realises that he has accidentally packed his
He
spectacles. another thing using a snarp tcol
kept packing and unpacking the bag a number of
3. Rummage
times. ii) Strange, mysterious, difficuit to
explain
George and Harris proved to be a lot worse than 4. Scrape out (iv) Finish successfuly. achieve
Jerome. They createda mess. They broke a cup; 5. Stumble over, (v) Search for something by
packed heavy things on top of light items; put things tumble into moving things around hurriedly
behind them and then couldn't find them when or carelessly
they
wanted, stepped on things, and upset almost 6. Accomplish (vi) Complete confusion and
everything disorder
7. Uncanny (vii) Fáll or step awkwardly while
3 How did Montmorency contribute' to the walking
packing? 8. To have or get (vii) Working hard
Ans. Montmorency contributed' in the packing by intoa r o
creating a ruckus. It was his ambition to come into
Ans. 1. (vi), 2. (vi), 3. (v), 4 (ü),
people's ways and be cursed. He always tried to be
the perfect nuisance. He 5. (vii), 6. (iv), 7. (i), 8. (i
actually liked when people
got mad at him and threw things at him. His day was
wasted if somebody didn't stumble over him as he l. Use suitable words or phrases from Column A
got
a chance to curse him for an hour. to complete the
paragraph given below.
However, Jerome said chat Montmorency did not A Traffic Jam
require any encouragement. He had a natural and
original sin that he was born with. He came and sat During power cuts, when traffic lights go of,
down on things just when is utter at crossroads. Drivers add
they were about to be
packed. Whenever Harris or George reached out their there
to the
..
confusion by ..Over their right of
hand for anything, it was his cold
hands met. He put his leg into thedamp nose their way and nearly come to blows. Sometimes
the
jam and scattered
passers-by, seeing a few policemen
teaspoons. He went into the hamper and attacked . d
lemons thinking them to be rats. regulating traffic, step in to help. This gives
them a feeling of having. . . Something
4 Do you find this story funny? What are the
Ans. During power cuts, when traffic lights go ott, the
humorouS elements in it? ISutter chaos at crossroads. Drivers add to
(Pick out at least three, think about what theht of
contusion by getting into a row over their
happens, as well as how it is described.) rig
way and nearly come to blows. Sometimes
Ans. The story is indeed a humorous one. The way three passers-by, seeing a few policemen slaving at
grownups, accompanied by a dog, make a fool out of Tegulating trattic, step in to help. This gives thent
themselves is really hilarious. The fun begins from the feeling of having accomplished something.
starting when Jerome is misunderstood by his friends
 Exam Practice
[4 Marks each]
Extract Based Questions

extracts carefully and choose the correct option.

Read the following
and Harris (i) Why did the narrator get annoyed? Harris
1 I impressed the fact upon George (a) He was not helped by George
and
and told them they had better leave the whole eThey were relaxing while he was packing

matter entirely to m e . They fell into

the
(c) His dog was troubling
suggestion with a readiness that
had
(d) He did not pack properly
something uncanny about it. George spread (ii) In reality what did the
narrator want?

himself over the easy-chair, and Harris Only do the supervision of packing
cocked his legs on the table. a
(b) To relax completely
asked by the narrator less without any help
Which matter was
(i) (c) To pack everything
to leave to him? Not to pack at all
(b) To cook
(d)
(a) To collect money (iii) Which word in the passage e a n s the same as

A)To do packing
Vigorous'?
(d) To attend the school (a) Superintend (b) Still
when the
(ii) What were his friend's reaction (d) Strapped
author proposed to pack?
cEnergetic
(iv) What job was longer as per the extract?
(a) Very annoyed
(a) Supervision
(b) Very irritated
(b) Collecting things
eWillingly agreed (cPacking the bag
(d) Fought with the author (d) Removing extra items
word from the passage which means
(ii) Finda
was packing
the'same as 'strange'. Ans. ) (6) They were relaxing while he
(b) readiness (i) (a) Only do the supervision of packing
Ja Uncanny (d) excited (ii) (c) Energetic
(c) happy
offer to do the packing? iv) (c) Packing the bag
(iv) Why did author
(a) Loved packing I had to turn every mortal thing out
skills 3 Of course

b} Proud of his packing now, and, of course, I could

not find it. I
were not good packers
(c) Harris and George
the things up into much the same
(d) Wanted to do everything
on his own rummaged
state that they must have been before the
Ans. ) (c) To do packing world was created, and when chaos reigned
(i) () Willingly agreed (ruled). Of course, I found George's and
(ii) (a) Uncanny Harris's eighteen times over, but I couldn't
(Giv) (b) Proud of his packing skills find my own. I put the things back one by
to make me one, and held everything up and shook
it.
2 Ilived with a man once who used
sofa and Then I found it inside a boot. I repacked once
mad that way. He would loll on the
watch me doing things by the
hour together. more.
He said it did him real good look on at me,
to (i) What does 'It' refer here in the extract?
messing about. (a) Shoes (b) Soap
Now, I'm not like that. I can't sit still
and see I Author's
toothbrush (d) Clothes
I want to (i) Which word in the passage means to 'search
another m a n slaving and working.
get up and superintend, and
walk round with thoroughly'?
and tell him what to (al Find (b) Reigned
my hands in my pockets, K) Rummaged (d) Created
can't help it.
do. It is my energetic nature. I
but started ii) Where did the narrator find his toothbrush?
However, I did not say anything, (a) Inside his clothes
than I
the packing. It seemed a longer job
I the (b) Inside vanity case
had thought it was going to be; but got
finished at last, and I sat on it
and Je Inside a boot
bag (d) Toothbrush was missing
strapped it.
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iv) Find a word from the passage which is "I'1l take my oath I put it down on that chai.
antonym of 'orderliness'. said George, staring at the empty seat.
(a) Find (b) Turn out
"I saw you do it myself, not a minute ago."
Chaos (d) Rummage said Harris.
Ans.
() (c) Author's toothbrush (i) Why George and Harris could not locate
(ii) (e) Rummaged butter?
ii) (c) Inside a boot (a) Butter had melted
(iv) (e) Chaos
th) if stuck on Harris' back
(c) It went inside a kettle
When I had finished, George asked if the soap
(a) It was stuck to George's slipper
was in. I said I didn't care a hang whether the
(i) Find a word from the extract which means,
soap was in or whether it wasn't; andI
'remove with difficulty'.
slammed the bag shut and strapped it, and
(a) Upset (b) Stuck
found that I had packed my spectacles in it,
and had to re-open it. It got shut up finally at
Yc Scrape (d) Got it off
(iii) What does packing by Harris and George
10.05 p.m., and then there remained the
show?
hampers to do. Harris said that we should be
(a) Imperfection
wanting to start in less than welve hours' time
and thought that he and George had better do bAbsent-mindedness
(c) Intelligence
the rest; and I agreed and sat down, and they (d) Clevermess
had a go. (iv) What oath was George ready to take?
1) Why did the narrator reopen the bag? (a) Had packed it
(a) To find soap (b) Had not seen it anywhere
bTo find his spectacles e Had kept it on the chair
(c) To put more items (d) Had eaten it
(d) To get his toothbrush Ans.
() (b) It stuck on Harris' back
(ii) What did Haris offer to do?
(a) Repacking the bag
(ii) (c) Scrape
(b) Cooking food for everyonee
(ii) (b) Absent-mindedness
cPacking the hampers Civ) (c) Had kept it on the chair
(d) Making tea for author He put his leg into the jam, and he worried
(ii) Find the word which has similar meaning to the teaspoons, and he pretended that the
the word 'Shut with a bang lemons were rats, and got into the hamper
(a) Strapped ) Slammed and killed three of them before Harris could
(c) Shut uup (d) Remained land him with the frying-pan.
iv) What did narrator do when Haris and George (i) What does 'he' refer to here in this passage?
were packing?
(a) Harris (b) Georgge
(a) Went to market b) Reada book (c) The author ay Author's dog
(c) Helped his friends (aSat down to relax (ii) What did he do to the lemons?
Ans. () (b) To find his spectacles aSquashed them (b) Ate them
(ii) (c) Packing the hampers (c) Played with them (d) Rolled them
(ii) (b) Slammed (iii) Find a word from the text which means
(iv) (d) Sat down to rélax assume'.

They upset salt over everything, and as for

(a) Worried oPretend
(c) Got into (d) Land
the butter! I never saw two men do more with
iv). What type ofa creature was 'he'?
one-and-two pence worth of butter in my (a) Very irritating
whole life than they did. After George had got (b) Very creative
it off his slipper, they tried to put it in the Yc Playful and sporty
kettle. It wouldn't go in, and what was in (d) Very rude
wouldn't come out. They did scrape it out at Ans. (i) (d) Author's dog
last, and put it down on a chair, and Harris (i) (a) Squashed them
sat on it, and it stuck to him, and they went ii) (b) Pretend
looking for it all over the room. (iv) (c) Playful and sporty
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Short Answer [2 Marks each]

(SA Type Questions
Ans. George and Harris were not good at packing so
1 What happened when the narrator offered to do
the packing? they messed up everything. They broke up cuys,
Ans. The narrator offered to do the packing with the squashed tomatoes and stepped on things. The
intention that he would supervise the job and the two packing became 'exciting as they didn't have any
idea of how to pack things.
friends got it the wrong way and stretched themselves
on the sofa and table. Describe the incident related to the butter

2 What was Jerome's intention behind his offer of in the story.

Ans. The butter caused great confusion while packing
packing? How was Jerome caught into his own
words in Packing'?
Ans. Jerome offered to do the packing because he wanted to
supervise his friends while they packed, but they didn't
realise his intention. On the other hand, they sat while
Jerome did the packing. This way Jerome was caught
into his own words in 'Packing
3 What did Jerome do to find his toothbrush?
Ans. During the packing, Jerome couldn't find his
toothbrush and he wanted to make sure that he had
packed it. Jerome opened the bag to find his toothbrush
and took everything out but could not find it. Then, he
them and
put everything inside one by one by shaking
found it inside a boot.
4Why did George and Harris undertake to do the
rest of the packing?
Ans. Jerome did most part of the packing while the two
because George walked over it and after
putting it off the slipper, they tried to put it in
the kettle.
it
George put it on the chair and Harris sat on
due to which it stuck on his back. They looked
for it all over the room.
How did Montmorency, the dog, add to
the excitement and confusion in packing?
Ans. Montmorency, the dog of Jerome, created a
great conftusion in packing as he sat on the things
that were to be packed. He put his leg into the
jam, scattered the teaspoons and squashed the
lemons assuming them to be rats.
8When did the three friends complete the
packing and what did they do after it?

the hamper was not Ans. The three friends completed the packing at
friends were stretched out. But, still
rest of 12.50 AM. After that they got extremely tired
packed. George and Harris undertook to do the
the packing because Jerome got irritated as he had to and decided to sleep. Before sleeping they had an
re-open the bag so many times and
none of them helped argument regarding when to wake up in the
him. morning. Finally, they were agreed to a time but
one of the friends feel asleep before it did
What happened when George and Harris started happen.
packing and how did it become 'exciting'?

(Long Answer (LA) Type Questions [8 Marks each]

What did Jerome intend to do while offering enough. They sat whiletheJeromefriends
irritated him.
packed and this
his help to do packing? Do you think that he Finally, two
agreed to put
their contribution but they were not very good at
showed-off while offering his help? What
packing. In fact, they didn't show-off their packing
Would you have done if you were Jerome?
skills. They did it like a novice (unexpert) and
uS,
The three friends going on a trip and they
were created chaos during
packing 5
intended to packing in advance. The narrator
do the IFI were Jerome, I would not have the work
himself, offered to pack with the intention that he accepted
just to show-off my skill or to instruct my friends.
WOuld supervise the proceedings. Jeromehefeltknew
pride would have
accepted the work to help them without
his skill of packing and thought that
on thinking of any reward or words of praise.
about packing more than any other person. He just

Wanted toinstruct his friends in packing. But, they ZHow did George and Harris create confusion
entire
misunderstood him and made him do the in packing things? What was Jerome's
his skill
packing. It is clear that Jerome showed-off
wanted to act
reaction? What will you do if
you have friends
He
When he offered his help to them.
ike a boss before his friends but they were smarter
like them who make a situation
worse?
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AMs. Basically, there were two phases of packing in the Ans. Montmorency the pet dog of Jerome and
was

the author himself and the
story. One was by
done
other was completed by rwo of his friends. The first
phase was exciting but the second phase was
more exciting with George and Harris doing the act
Both of them did it in a way that was quite
together.
arousing. George and Harris were extremely lazy and
not good at packing. When they undertook to do the
rest of the packing, they created a chaos. They broke
cups, squashed tomatoes and walked on things.
behind them and couldn't find them
They put things
when they were needed. Jerome sat and watched them
excitedly while they packed. There is a old wise saying
'A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend'. Such
friends made the situation worse than before. Though
Jerome did a few mistakes but he was not a
bad packer. George and Harris were childish in their
packing attempts. They incurred more losses than
anything worth appreciable. If I have friends like
them, I will not leave them alone to do the task, but
help them till it gets completed.
3 Montmorency shares a special friendship with
the author. He adds confusion and chaos to the
atmosphere. It shows the company one keeps.
What values do we learn from good friendship?
shared special friendship with the author.
a
Definitely, he adds to confusion and chaos. Ac
a
even pet, it was very usual to be at all the places
its master went. As Jerome was where
packing the stuf
the pet was roaming around and finding
nothin
to do, it went all over causing endless troubles t
the doing the task of packing. He was
ones
a
troublesome dog but loves the author very much
He wanted to be a pertect nuisance and
make
people mad.
When he saw George and Harris packing, he
joined them and added a great contusion and
chaos to the atmosphere. He put his
leg into the
jam, squashed lemons and sat on things. It is
natural for a dog to create such problems, but
Jerome shared a healthy relationship with him.
good friendship teaches us to support each other
in every situation rather than being angry. All of
us have some weaknesses but friendship does not
get affected by them.
Friendship is a commonality where the drawbacks
and vices get compromised and corrected. It
doesn't matter whether the friend is a dog or a
human being. A good friendship must always be
inspiring and entertaining.
Selt Assessment
Extract Based Questions
Read the following extracts carefully and choose the correct option.
and makes my life a misery. I dreamn
My toothbrush is a thing that haunts me when I'm travelling, it.
and get out of bed and hunt for
that I haven't packed it, and wake up in a cold perspiration, and it is
and have to unpack again to get it,
And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it, to rush
and then I repack and forget it, and have
always the last thing I turn out of the bag;
it to the railway station wrapped up in myY
upstairs for it at the last moment and carry
pocket-handkerchief.
(i) What makes the life of the narrator a misery?
(b) The dog (c) His friends LdTeothbrush
(a) Packing
(ii) Mention some qualities of the narrator as packer?
(a) Very efficient (b) Very unorganised
(c) Very clumsy and forgetful cy Both 'b' and 'c'.
the 'sweat'?
(iii) Which word in the extract means same as

C Perspiration (d) Hunt

(a) Cold (b) Misery
Which peculiar quality of narrator does the incident of toothbrush show?
(iv) (d) Efficient
(a) Nervous (b) Foolish c) Forgetfulness
It irritated them than anything felt that. It made them nervous and
I could have said. I
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things, and put things behind them, and then couldn't find
themn
excited, and they stepped on
when they wanted them; and they packed the pies at the bottom, and put heavy things on top,
and smashed the pies in.

(i) Acording to the narrator what irritated Haris and George more than anything else?
(a) Packing the hampers (b) No disturbance by the dog
them (d) Walking alone
Le Narrator sitting and watching
What
(ii) happened during the packing done by Harris and George?
Put things behind (c) Search them all over ( All of these
(a) Stepped on things (b)
before packing?
(ii) What happened to pies
(a) Eaten by dog 6 ) Broken into pieces

Eaten by narrator (d) Thrown away by George

(c)
to the narrator?/
(iv) Who is the worst packer according
(a) He himself (b) George Harris (d) No one

Short Answer (SA) Type Questions

3 Montmorency and Jerome share a friendship bond. Explain it.
4 What happened to the pies while packing?
5 Why did the narrator re-open the bag many times?
How would you describe the whole incident of packing many times?
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7 Why did Jerome and Harris place a bath tub near George's bed?

Long Answer (LA) Type Questions

Imagine yourself in place of Jerome. What woula You do it your pet creates such a chaos and how
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would you handle the situation?
The packing was delayed. The argument was still on; they decided to get up at 6:30 A.M. What
do we learn from their experiences?