Footprints Without Feet - H. G. Wells ( 10th English Core)

 Footprints without Feet by H.G. Wells 

H.G. Wells 

Textual Exercise :-

Q1 - Who was Griffin?

Ans - Griffin was a scientist. He was very intelligent , but he was a lawless person. He was an enemy of society.

 

Q2- How did Griffin become invisible?

Ans- Griffin was a brilliant scientist. He wanted to prove that human body could become invisible. He carried out many experiments. At last, he was able to discover a rare drug that made his body as transparent as a sheet of glass.

Q3-Why was Griffin wandering in the streets of London?

Ans- Griffin had set fire to his landlord's house . To escape from police , he became invisible. He was now cloth less and homeless. That is why , he was wandering in streets.

Q4- Why did Griffin slip into a big London store?

Ans- It was mid-winter. The air was very cold and bitter. He was without clothes and felling very cold. To save himself from the cold, he slipped into s store to get some warmth there.

Q5- How did Griffin escape from the London store?

Ans- Griffin ran out of the store. The store workers chased him. He started putting off his clothes one by one. Now he became invisible. Thus he was able to escape from the store.

Q6- Why does Mrs. Hall find the scientist (Griffin) eccentric?

Ans- The scientist has come to an inn of Iping village in winter. In this season nobody comes there to stay. He also wears bandages on his face. He never talks to anyone. That is why , Mrs. Hall thinks him to be an eccentric person.

Q7- What reasons does Griffin give to Mrs Hall for coming to Iping?

Ans- He says that he has come there to work in solitude and peace. He does not want to be disturbed. He also says that an accident has disfigured his face. So he keeps it always covered.

Q8- What curious episode occurs in the study of the clergyman?

Ans- The clergyman and his wife hear some noises in their study. They also hear the chink of coins. But the find nobody when they open the door. Also the money is missing. All that is a curious incident.

 

Q9- What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?

Ans- Mrs Hall can see none in the room. Yet she hears a sniff close to her ear. Then a hat leaps up and dashes on her face. After this, a chair rises up in the air. It pushes Mrs Hall and her husband out of the room.

 

Q10- What happened to the constable, Mr Jaffers? 

Ans- The constable, Mr  Jaffers, tried to catch the invisible scientist. The scientist was out of reach now. He started to hit the constable. The constable was unable to see him  and his blows. At last , the scientist hit him hard and the constable became unconscious.

 

Q11- How can you say that Griffin was a lawless person?

Ans- Griffin was a scientist. He was very intelligent , but he was a lawless person. He was an enemy of society. First of all , he set the house of his landlord in revenge. Then he stole things from a big store. After this, he broke into a theatrical shop. There he again stole many things. He also hit the shopkeeper and stole all the money from his shop. Then he went to an inn . He behaved very rudely there. He again stole the money of a clergyman and hit the constable very hard. All these shows that Griffin was a lawless person. He misused his talent and intelligence. 

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Rajender Tanwar

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