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The Address Extra Questions Short Type
The Address Extra Questions Short Type
Directions:- Answer the following The Address Extra questions in about 30-40 words each.
Q.1. Why did the narrator ask the woman, ‘Do you still know me?’ What could be the relationship between the woman and the girl who stood outside the door?
Ans. She asked this question because the woman saw the narrator after many years. The woman, Mrs Dorling, was an old acquaintance of the narrator’s mother.
Q.2. The woman had opened the door a chink. What does the word ‘chink’ mean? Why do you think the woman did so? (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. Chink means a little space through a half-open door. She did so as a security measure-first to find out who was at the door.
Q.3. Soon after, the narrator began to wonder if she had knocked at the right door. She was sure she was right. What made her so sure?
Ans. She wondered whether she was at the right address because the woman pretended to be indifferent. But the girl recognised the green knitted cardigan of her mother. She was sure she had not made a mistake.
Q.4. The woman appeared uncomfortable. How did her actions signal this discomfort? (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. The woman refused to recognise the narrator and did not let her in. She talked to her through the half- open door. When she recognised her, she refused to talk to her saying she had to leave urgently.
Q.5. Why is the narrator’s answer, ‘Only me’ significant? (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. The mother did not survive the war; only the daughter came back. This gave a chance to Mrs Dorling to pretend that she didn’t know the narrator and she refused to talk to her.
Q.6. Why did the woman ask the girl, ‘Have you come back?’ Why did she not want to let her come in?
Ans. During the war, the Jews had either left their homes or had been taken away by the Germans. Most of them did not return. So the woman was surprised to see the girl. She did not want to help the girl or return her mother’s belonging to her.
Q.7. The girl’s mother had explained the circumstances under which she had allowed Mrs Dorling to take away the household goods. What were those circumstances?
Ans. The mother was grateful to Mrs Dorling to take her precious possessions and keep them safe in her house. She offered to do so by putting herself at a great risk. If she hadn’t done so, the mother was sure they would lose them, as the Jews were fleeing to safe places.
Q.8. What is the importance of the question: ‘Have you agreed with her that she should keep everything?”
Ans. The question is important. The daughter wanted to know whether Mrs Dorling had made an agreement to keep their things during the war.
Q.9. What did the mother mean by saying ‘As if that’s necessary’? (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. The mother fully trusted Mrs Dorling who she thought was doing her a great favour. She did not want to insult her by making her give a guarantee.
Q.10. What memories did the girl have of Mrs Dorling?
Ans. She remembered Mrs Dorling as a lady with a broad back, who wore a brown coat and a shapeless hat, carrying a heavily loaded suitcase full of her possessions.
Q.11. From the account that you have just read what could have been the relationship between Mrs Dorling and the girl’s mother?
Ans. Mrs Dorling had suddenly started coming to their place during the war. She seemed to be an old acquaintance, who renewed the friendship for selfish and dishonest reasons.
Q.12. The narrator says she was initially not interested in procuring old possessions because they were things. Why does she use the word ‘things’?
Ans. ‘Things’ are lifeless possessions that can be stored in cupboards and saved. They are not important as dear and loved ones who are lost during the war, like the narrator’s mother, who didn’t survive.
Q.13. The girl was determined to get back her things. What action of hers tells us about her resolute decision?
Ans. She decided to go to the address and meet the lady who took away her mother’s possessions. She was so determined that she went again after her first rebuff.
Q.14. How did Mrs Dorling’s daughter receive the narrator? (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. She was friendly; she let the narrator in and asked her to wait for her mother. She even offered a cup of tea to the narrator.
Q.15. Why did the narrator feel horrified and oppressed once she was in the living room?
Ans. The narrator saw the living room full of all her mother’s belongings. This horrified her. She was horrified after seeing her belongings in a strange room arranged tastelessly.
Q.16. ‘My mother says it’s antique. We’ve lots more.’ What was the girl talking about? From where had all the things come?
Ans. The girl was talking about the ‘nice box’ which had narrator’s silver cutlery in it. The box had all come from the narrator’s house.
Q.17. Mention some of the precious possessions that Mrs Dorling had carted to her place. (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. A woolen table-cloth with a burnt mark, the silver cutlery, a white teapot with a gold border, and a Hanukah candle-holder.
Q.18. The same objects/things for which the girl had made a second visit suddenly lost their value for her. Why was she no longer interested in procuring them back?
Ans. The tasteless use of her mother’s possessions, the ignorance about their value, plus the fact that she lived in a small rented house, made her lose her desire to have them back.
The Address Extra Questions Long Type
The Address Extra Questions Long Type
Directions:- Answer the following The Address Extra questions in about 120-150 words each.
Q.1. War brings drastic changes in the life and destiny of people. Discuss this with reference to some of the facts given in the lesson. (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. War brings drastic changes in the life and destiny of people. The narrator is one of the war victims. She and her mother had lived a comfortable life in a comfortable house. They had to abandon the house and flee. Before leaving, the mother gave all her precious belongings to Mrs Dorling, who offered to keep them in safe custody.
After the war got over, the daughter returned alone. She tried to retrieve their old possessions but discovered the change in the attitude of Mrs Dorling. Since the narrator resembled her mother, Mrs Dorling got confused but even after recognising her, refused to open the door. Everything that belonged to the narrator’s mother was lost. The narrator lost her mother during the war. The world war had a huge impact on the narrator’s course of life.
Q.2. Describe the narrator’s meeting with Mrs Dorling after the war was over. (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. The narrator received an extremely cold and unfriendly reception at Mrs Dorling’s place. When the narrator asked Mrs Darling if she knew her, Mrs Dorling looked at her closely without showing any sign of recognition. She did not open the door fully, and kept her hand on it to prevent the narrator from entering the house. Even when the narrator said that she was Mrs S’s daughter, she kept staring at her in silence.
She opened the door only when the narrator stared at the knitted green cardigan Mrs Dorling was wearing. It belonged to the narrator’s mother. When the narrator asked her if she knew her mother, Mrs Dorling said that she thought no one had come back after the war. This clearly proved that she knew the narrator, but she refused to help her and pretended that she was busy. She closed the door on the narrator’s face. Obviously, she did so because she had no intention of returning the narrator’s possessions.
Q.3. “… in the midst of things I did want to see again but which oppressed me…” Elucidate the contradiction in the narrator’s remark. (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. When the narrator entered Mrs Dorling’s living room at the invitation of her daughter, she was horrified to see it full of things which belonged to her and her mother. All her mother’s precious possessions, which Mrs Dorling had taken away in suitcases, were there. She saw the white pot with gold lining, the silver cutlery in an antique box, the woollen table-cloth with a burnt mark on it. All the things were there which she wanted to see, to touch and take away.
But the strange atmosphere of the room, the way their priceless possessions were being used and arranged, oppressed her. Mrs Dorling and her family did not know the value of the things they were using. They had arranged them tastelessly and carelessly. The narrator lost all desire to get them back. Seeing it in the new, unfamiliar setting her mother’s possessions lost their value and she no longer desired to have them.
Q.4. Old memories are not always pleasant. Discuss in relation to the story. (The Address Extra Questions)
Ans. The narrator and her mother led a very comfortable life before World War II. During the war, they had to abandon Holland and flee because they were Jews. Before leaving, they kept all their valuable possessions with Mrs Dorling.
When the war ended, the narrator returned to Holland. In order to revive the memories of her mother, who did not survive the war, she went to Mrs Dorling’s place to retrieve her mother’s valuable possessions. But the cold attitude of Mrs Dorling and the way her mother’s priceless possessions were kept, made the narrator lose her interest. She decided to forget about everything connected with her past as the memories are not always pleasant.
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