Ch. 7 Packing, 9th-Eng

 
*7. Packing (Jerome K. Jerome)*
 
 
*1. Who is the writer of the chapter of ‘Packing’?*
Ans. Jerome K. Jerome
 
*2. Who considered himself as the best packer?*
Ans. Jerome
 
*3. How many characters are there in the narrative?*
Ans. Four
 
*4. Who was Montmorency?*
Ans. The pet dog
 
*5. Who started packing first of all?*
Ans. The narrator (Jerome)
 
*6. Where did he find his toothbrush?*
Ans. In boot
 
*7. Who asked the narrator if he had packed the soap?*
Ans. George
 
*8. Who were not satisfied with the packing done by the narrator?*
Ans. George and Harris
 
*9. Who trod on the butter?*
Ans. George
 
*10. What was the name of the dog?*
Ans. Montmorency
 
*11. What is it that haunts the author?*
Ans. His toothbrush
 
*12. What did they pack at the bottom?*
Ans. The pies
 
*13. When was the bag finally packed?*
Ans. At 10.05 p.m.
 
*14. When did they finally decide to get up the next morning?*
Ans. At 6.30 a.m.

* 7. Packing (Jerome K. Jerome)*

*Short Type Q-Ans.*

 

*1. How many characters are there in the narrative in ‘Packing’? Name them.*

Ans. There are four characters in the narratives. 1- Harris 2- George 3- Jerome K Jerome 4- Montmorency (dog).

 

*2. Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing?*

Ans. The narrator thought that he knows the best way of packing. 

 

*3. What ‘horrible idea’ occurred to Jerome a little later?*

Ans. The horrible idea that occurred to Jerome a little later was that he was not sure whether he had packed his toothbrush or not. 

 

*4. Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag?*

Ans. Once he had to reopen it because he had forgotten to pack the boots. The next time he unpacked when he realized he had packed his tobacco-pouch in it.

 

*5. Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush?*

Ans. Jerome had to make a lot of effort to find his toothbrush. He had packed everything. In the end he finally found the toothbrush inside a boot.

 

*6. What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?*

Ans. George and Harris offered to pack the hampers because It was getting late and they thought that Jerome had taken too much of time. They also wanted to show their skill to Jerome.

 

*Long Answer*

*1. Of the three Jerome, George and Harris, who do you think is the best or worst packer? Support your answer with details from the text.*

Ans. There are four characters Harris, George, Jerome and Montmorency (dog). Of the three, Jerome is the best packer because he knew how to arrange things in order. Though, he often forgets to pack certain things or gets confused. The horrible idea came to Jerome that he was not sure whether he had packed his toothbrush or not. He had to make a lot of effort to find his toothbrush. In the end he finally found the toothbrush inside a boot. In the last George and Harris offered to pack the hampers because it was getting late and they thought that Jerome had taken too much of time. They also wanted to show their skill to Jerome. But they were not good packers.