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H. G. Wells

CHAPTER 1

MCQ

1) Bramblehurst is the name of

a) Airport c) bus stand
b) Railway station d) mall
2) What is the other name for “port manteau”?
a) Bag c) suitcase
b) Luggage d) sac
3) What was prominent of the stranger?
a) Whiskers c) nose
b) Tummy d) cheek
4) “Coach and Horse” is a/an
a) Shop c) cab
b) Carriage d) inn
5) The name of the maid- servant was
a) Liza c) Daisi
b) Millie d) Rosy

QUIZ

1) Who managed the inn efficiently?

2) Where was the luggage of the guest?
3) Who did not want to reveal his identity?
4) After finding a customer who feels lucky?
5) What does ‘scythe’ mean?

MCQ Answers QUIZ Answers

1) b 1) Mrs. Hall
2) c 2) railway station
3) c 3) the stranger
4) d 4) Mrs. Hall
5) b 5) a tool

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CHAPTER 2
MCQ’s

1) Teddy was asked to repair

a) The pocker c) clock
b) Wrist watch d) tap
2) When Mrs. Hall went to the room to get the clock repaired, she
found the stranger
a) Sleeping on the sofa c) dozing in the armchair
b) Eating his food d) washing his bandages
3) The visitor was a
a) Teacher c) investigator
b) Scholar d) experimenter
4) What stirred the fancy of the stranger in Iping?
a) Solitude c) a laboratory
b) Hustle and bustle d) a clinic
5) When the clock is repaired, what did the stranger demand?
a) An omelette c) lunch
b) A tea d) complete rest

QUIZ

1) Who is a credulous fellow?

2) Whom does Mrs. Hall use as a tool to know about the stranger?
3) Who formed a negative view about the stranger?
4) Who is Mr. Teddy?
5) What does “humbugging” mean?

MCQ ANSWERS QUIZ ANSWERS

1) C 1) Mr. Hall
2) C 2) Teddy
3) C 3) Teddy
4) D 4) clock repairer
5) B 5) deceiving

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CHAPTER 3
MCQ

1. When did the stranger come to Iping village?

(a) 28 Feb (b) 29 Feb (c) 30 Feb (d) None of the above

2. How did Fearenside’s dog react on seeing the stranger?

(a) It ran away (b) It licked his hand
(c) It barked loudly (d)It bit the stranger

3.”Carriers’s darg,” he said “bit en.” Who said that to whom?

(a) Fearenside to Mr. Hall (b) Mr. Hall to Mrs. Hall
(c) Mrs. Hall to the Stranger (d) Fearenside to the Stranger

4. What came out of the crates?

(a) Bottles, Books, Utensils (b) Bottles, Books, Test tubes
(c) Bandages, Books, Boots (d)Bandages, Bottles, Test tubes

5. How much did the stranger pay Mrs. Hall for making the room dirty
by carelessly littering straw?
(a) Two Shillings (b) One Shilling
(c) No Shilling (d) Three Shilling

Answer Key 1 (b) 2 (d) 3 (b) 4 (b) 5 (b)

Quiz

1. What was strange about the stranger’s luggage?

2. Whose dog bit the stranger?
3. How was Mr. Hall received when he entered the stranger’s room without
knocking?
4. What did the stranger give Mrs. Hall when she protested the straw?
5. What reason did Mr. Hall give for the stranger being all covered up?

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Quiz Answers

1. Contained many glass bottles

2. Fearenside’s dog
3. Kicked out
4. A shilling
5. He is piebald

SA
1. How did the stranger react when Fearenside’s dog bit him?
2. How can you say that Mr. Hall was an uneducated countryman
having very limited knowledge?
3.How could Mrs. Hall say that the stranger was busy with himself
and at times frustrated and at times self absorbed.

CHAPTER 4

MCQ

1. How did the stranger spend his Sunday?

(a) He went to Church (b) He changed his dress or costume
(c) He did not go to Church (d) None of the above.

2. When did the stranger go out for a stroll?

(a) Twilight (b) Dawn (c) Afternoon (d)Night

3.Who put forward the idea of the stranger being a criminal?

(a) Mrs. Hall (b) Mr. Silas Durgan
(c) Mr. Gould (d) Mr. Teddy Henfrey

4. How did the people in Iping feel about the stranger?

(a) They loved him
(b) They feared him
(c) They disliked him
(d)They worshipped him

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5. “Do I look like an insane person?” Who said that to whom?

(a) Cuss to Bunting
(b) Bunting to Cuss
(c) Cuss to Hall
(d) Hall to Teddy

Answer Key 1 (a) 2 (a) 3(d) 4 (c) 5 (a)

Quiz

1. Who is Bunting?
2. Who is Cuss?
3. What did Cuss see when he went to meet Invisible Man?
4. What did the stranger do to Cuss’s nose?
5. What did Cuss demand from the invisible man?

Quiz Answer

1. Vicar
2. General Practitioner
3. An empty sleeve
4. Nipped it
5. Subscription for the Nurse Fund

CHAPTER 5
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTUIONS:-

1. To what thing was the Whit-Monday devoted in Iping?

a) Church prayers b) Club festivities
c) Drinking and merry making d) Playing outside

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2. What did Mr and Mrs Bunting see in the study early morning?
a) The drawer was opened. b) There was rustle of paper
c) A match was struck and a candle lit on the desk d) all of these.

3. At what time did Bunting wake up suddenly hearing the door of their
bed room open and close?
a) 4: oo pm b) 4: oo am c) 10: oo pm d) 1:00 am

4. What was Mr Bunting holding in his hand for their safety?

a) Pistol b) Hammer c) Poker d) Axe

5. What was surprising for Mr and Mrs Bunting in the whole episode of
robbery?
a) No money was gone
b) Money was taken out from the drawer but no one was found in the
house
c) Doors were not at all opened and closed.
d) None of these.
Answer Key 1 (b) 2 (d) 3 (a) 4 (c) 5 (b)

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1.What did Mr Bunting see through the crack of the door?

2.What did Mr Bunting observe when he opened the kitchen door?

QUIZ

1. What was the medium of burglary?

2. When was it occurred?
3. What did Mr Bunting hear?
4. What was the fear for Mrs Bunting Mr Bunting?
5. When Mr Bunting opened the kitchen what did he find out?

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Quiz Answer
1. Vicar and his wife
2. In the small hour of the whit Monday
3 Fumbling in the study desk.
4. Burning of the candle
5. The back door was opening

CHAPTER 6

MCQ

1. What made Mr. Hall surprised on the landing?

a) The stranger’s room was closed.
b) The stranger’s room was opened wide.
c) The stranger’s room was lit in white light.
d) All of these.
2. On entering the stranger’s guest room Mr. Hall observed that the
(a) Bed and room were empty
b) Garments and bandage lay strewn all around
c) Guest’s big slouch hat was cocked over the bedpost
d) All of the above
3. What pushed the Hall couple out of the guest’s room?
a) Chair
b) The visitor himself
c) Sneeze of the ghost
d) None of these
4. Mr and Mrs Hall sent Millie across the street to call Mr Sandywadgers,
who was a _________
a) Priest
b) Blacksmith
c) Doctor
d) None of these

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5. When Mr Hall knocked the door of the stranger and got as far as ,
“Excuse me-“ the reply he got was __________
a) Go to the church!
b) Go back to your room!
c) Go to the devil
d) Go to the doctor

Quiz
1. Where did Mr Hall and Mrs Hall go in the early hours of Whit-Monday?
2. By what name did Mr Hall address Mrs Hall?
3. Who said to whom "I'd go in and ask'n 'bout it"?
4. What did Mrs. Hall hear close behind her as she went out of the cellar?
5. Why was Mrs. Hall in fainting position?

Quiz Answer
1. Cellar
2. Janny
3. Wadgers, to Mr. Hall
4. Sniff
5. She thought she saw a ghost

CHAPTER 7
MCQ Questions

1. Who were arguing about money?

(a) Mrs Hall and Stranger (b) Mrs Hall and Mr Hall
(c) Mr Hall and Stranger (d) None of the above

2. What was the stranger waiting for since last three days at the inn
of Mrs Hall?
(a) His bills (b) His remittance (c) His luggage (d)All of these

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3. Who came to arrest the stranger?
(a) Constable Jaffers (b) A police man
(c) Superintendent of Police (d) None of the above

4. The Invisible Man starts to beat ________ and they all panic
(a) People (b) Boys and girls (c) Crowd (d)All animals

5. Finally what did the invisible man take off?

(a) His boot (b) His hat (c) His clothes (d) All the above

Answer Key 1() 2 () 3 () 4() 5()

Quiz
1. Who was Mr. Bobby Jaffers?
2. Who was Mr. Shuckleforth?
3. What was the colour of the jersey’s worn by the gentlemen?
4. What did the invisible man give to Mrs. Hall?
5. Who said, ‘Why that’s not a man at all! It’s just empty clothes. Look!’

Quiz Answer
1. The Head Constable
2. The Magistrate
3. Blue
4. His plastic nose
5. Huxter

LA
Describe the escape of the stranger from Coach and Horses Inn.

Ans: Value Points

Mr Bobby Jaffers tries to arrest the invisible man.
The stranger sat down and slipped out of his clothes.
The invisible man thrashed the crowd.
Mr. Jaffers was hit, he fell and became unconscious.
The invisible escaped unseen in the ensuing commotion.

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CHAPTER 7 to 9
Short Answer type questions:

1. Why did Mrs. Hall not respond to the Bells of the stranger?
2. How did Marvel first react to the invisible man?
3. Whose sounds were Gibbons listening?

MCQ

1. Mrs. Hall refers to accept the excuse that the stranger is waiting
for a remittance because:
a. He rings his bells for Mrs. Hall several times without getting any
answer.
b. He demands to know why his meals In the parlour
c. In the attic
2. Who was Bobby Jaffers?
a. A peasant
b. An artisan
c. A shop owner have not been brought to him
d. She didn’t believe him.
e. None of the above.
3. Where did the stranger remain locked all the morning in Sussex?
a. In a shop
b. In the inn
c. The village constable
4. “I will surrender”- Who said this to whom?
a. The stranger said this to Mr. Jaffers
b. Mr Jaffers said top Mr. Hall
c. The stranger said to Mr. Hall
d. The stranger said to Mr. Huxter
5. Who was Mr. Gibbons?
a. A doctor
b. A teacher
c. An amateur naturalist
d. A cultivator

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6. Why did he hurry down to the steepness of the hill towards the
village?
a. In search of unusual insects
b. To meet the villagers
c. To inform the villagers about experiencing the sound of a man
coughing and sneezing from an invisible figure.
d. None of the above.
7. Mr. Thomas Marvel has been described as a person having -------------
a. Cylindrical protruding nose
b. Fluctuating mouth
c. A beard of bristling eccentricities
d. All the above
8. What did Mr. Thomas Marvel find in a ditch?
a. A pair of shoes
b. A sharp knife
c. A pair boots
d. None of the above
9. What was the help demanded by the Invisible man from Mr.
Marvel?
a. To get clothes
b. To get shelter
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of the above
10. Why did Marvel agree to help the Invisible Man?
a. To get a great things from the invisible man in return
b. He got afraid of the invisible man
c. He liked the invisible man
d. The Invisible man praised him

ANSWER KEYS

MCQs

1 (b) He demands to know why his meals have not been brought to
him
2. (c) In the parlour

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3. (d) The village constable
4. (a) The stranger said this to Mr. Jaffers
5. (c) An amateur naturalist
6. (c) To inform the villagers about experiencing the sound of a man
coughing and sneezing from an invisible figure.
7. (d) All the above
8. (c) A pair boots
9. (c) Both (a) & (b)
10. (b) He got afraid of the invisible man

CHAPTER 11

Name the inn in which the incident happened?

Ans:Coach and Horses

2) Who went through the belongings of the invisible man?

Ans: Mr.Cus and Mr.Bunting

3) Who entered when they examined the invisible man’s belongings?

Ans: Mr.Marvel

4) What did the invisible man demand?

Ans: His belongings books and some clothes

5) Why had Jeffers gone home?

Ans: because he was partially recovered from his fall

6) What did Mr. Cuss find on the table near the window?

Ans: Three big manuscripts labelled as diary

7) Who is the Vicar mentioned in the story?

Ans: Mr.Bunting

8) According to Mr.Cuss, in which language was the manuscripts

written?

Ans: Russian and Greek.

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9)Why was Mr.Bunting nervous when Mr. Cuss told him to check the
Greek language?

Ans: He had forgotten Greek.

10) What was Mr. Bunting credited with by everyone outside the church?

Ans: Knowing Greek and Hebrew

11) What did Mr. Bunting feel when he was about to confess that he
didn’t know Greek?

Ans: He felt the grip of a heavy firm hand on his neck

12) “The Vicar and the doctor looked at one another.”- Who is the doctor
and the Vicar?

Ans: Mr.Cuss is the doctor and Mr. Bunting is the Vicar.

CHAPTER 12 to 14

1.Huxter called the running man

(a) A loafer (b) A rascal

(c) A thief (d) An intruder

2.Windows in the “Coach and houses” was broken by

(a) The Invisible Man (b) A burglar

(c) Mr. Marvel (d) Mr. Teddy

3.Who vanished near the church wall

(a) Mrs. Hall (b) Mrs. Huxter

(c) Mr. Hall (d) Mr. Marvel

4. Who was the burly man thrown down by the invisible man?

(a) Mr. Hall (b) The owner of the shop

(c) The owner of the coconut shy (d) None

5. Who shouted--- “ He is coming back, save yourself”

(a) Mr. Hall (b) Mr. Bunting

(c ) Mr. Marvell (d) Mr. Cuss

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MCQ

1. Mr. Marvel was going towards _________ .

a. Iping
b. Bumblehurst
c. Adderdean
d. Weekly market
2. Who was with Mr. Marvel?
a. Mr. Hall
b. Mrs. Hall
c. Mr. Cuss
d. The Invisible man
3. Who threatened Mr. Marvel all the time?
a. Mr. Hall
b. Dr. Cuss
c. The invisible man
d. Mr. Teddy
4. Outskirt mean ________ .
a. outfits
b. robes
c. borders
d. away
5. Who was watching Mr. Marvel?
a. Mr. Hall
b. Mr. Teddy
c. Mr. Cuss
d. Griffin

Short ANSWER TYPE Question:

Q1. What were the excuses of Mr. Marvel for resignation?

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTION

How did Mr. Marvel upset Mr. Mariner?

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Ans:

Talked about the Invisible man between the two------ news related to the
Invisible man and his daring appeared in newspaper------- Marvel got
convinced with details------- Mariner speaks uninterrupted--- felt a grip and
physical suffering --------- Marvel opined Invisible Man as a hoax --------
Mariner felt be fooled by Marvel.

CHAPTER 15 to 21

1. Who rushed in and gripped the invisible hands that collared

marvel?
a) A policeman
b) The barman
c) The black bearded man

Ans.(b)

2. For how many days had the Invisible man not slept?
a) nearly one week
b) nearly 5days
c) nearly 3 days

Ans. (c)

3. To whom did Dr. Kemp write the notes in the morning ?

a) To Col. Adye
b) To Dr. Cuss
c) To constable Jaffers

Ans. (a)

4. The Invisible man was awarded a medal in-

a) Chemistry
b) Medicine
c) Physics

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5. After giving shelter to the Invisible man Dr. Kemp decidedto –
a) Kill him
b) Join in the plan of the Invisible man
c) Inform Col. Adye

Ans.(c)

MCQ (Ch. 15—21)

Answer these questions by choosing the correct options from those

given.
1) By his scientific works DR. Kemp wanted to earn
a) Money
b) Fame
c) Fellowship of the Royal Society

2.) Who helped Marvel to escape from the Invisible man at the Jolly

Cricketers?

a) The Barman

b) Dr. Kemp

c) The policeman

3) Griffin gave up the study of medicine and opted to Physics

because of his fascination for-

a) Light
b) Magic
c) Chemistry

4) When Griffin robbed his dad, what did his dad do?

a) Committed suicide
b) Handed Griffin to police
c) Expelled Griffin from his house

5) Who was Oliver?

a) A police officer
b) A doctor
c) A professor
Answers: 1. (c) 2 (a) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (c)

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S. A. Type questions

Answer the given questions in about 30 words each

1. Who was Dr. Kemp?
2. What did Dr. Kemp think when he saw someone running down
Into the town with a shabby hat?
3. What strange thing did Dr.Kemp see on his way to bed?
4. What did the invisible man tell Dr.Kemp about himself?
5. Why was Dr.Kemp not able to sleep after invisible man shelter in his
room ?

HINTS to answers:

1. A philosopher,scientist,pursuing research to earn Fellowship of Royal

Society.man of scientific temperament,
2. That it might be another fool running out of the fear of the Invisible man
3. Blood stream on door handle and floor, blood bandages, hears a
movement in room but sees none there
4. That he was Griffin of University College, Kemp’s junior, gave up study
of medicine, now fascinated in Physics and laws of light
5. Because he was worried about his sanity and also because Griffin had
taken his room

Q.3. LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTION

Write in about 125 words how Griffin, initially a man of medicine, was
fascinated by the phenomenon of visibility and invisibility?
Hints to Answer-
Gave up medicine, switched over to Physics, his fascination for the laws
of light with wonderful characteristics, miracles of Physics attracted him
curious to change the colour of substances without changing their basic
properties, curious to carry out research on new ideas –i.e. Reflection
and refraction, enchanted by phenomenon of visibility and invisibility
wanted to prove his loose theory of invisibility.

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