What would have happened to Matilda if s | Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet Chapter The Necklace, The Necklace NCERT Solutions

Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?

“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.

Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?

“Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)

How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it. What makes it a convincing story?

What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?

What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of commonsense?

Bholi’s story must have moved you. Do you think girl children are not treated at par with boys? You are aware that the government has introduced a scheme to save the girl child as the sex ratio is declining. The scheme is called Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Save the Girl Child. Read about the scheme and design a poster in groups of four and display on the school notice board.

The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.

How does he treat the dog?

What curious episode occurs in the study?

Bholi’s real name is Sulekha. We are told this right at the beginning. But only in the last but one paragraph of the story is Bholi called Sulekha again. Why do you think she is called Sulekha at that point in the story?

Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?

Did you begin to suspect, before the end of the story, that the lady was not the person Horace Danby took her to be? If so, at what point did you realise this, and how?

Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?

How has Max got in?

What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of commonsense?

What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?