The Girl on the Train
1.
What advice did the girl’s parents
give her? Did she follow all the advice?
Ans:
The girl’s parents gave her advice not to lean out at the window and to avoid
talking to the strangers.
No,
she didn’t follow all the advice.
2.
How did the man give the girl the
idea that he was able to see?
Ans:
The man was blind and he was pretending to the girl as if he is a man with
normal eyesight. At that time the window was open and the man had faced it and
making a pretense of studying the landscape. Moreover, he also told that the
trees seem to be moving while
they seem to be standing still. Thus the man gave
the girl the idea that he was able to see.
Or,
The
man gave the girl the idea of his being able to see by describing the beauty of
Mussooorie in October in vivid term as if he saw those. He also pretended to
examine the landscape and told her that she has an interesting face.
3.
What description does the man give
of Mussoorie ? How is he able to do so?
Ans:
From his memory the man gave a graphic description of Mussoorie to the girl.
When he was able to see then he visited there and from his memory the man
described about it. According
to the man – “The hills are covered with wild
dahlias, the sun is delicious, and at night you can sit in front of a log fire
and drink a little brandy . Most of the tourists have gone and the roads are
quiet and almost deserted”.
4.
What mistake did the man make? Why
was it a mistake?
Ans:
The girl’s mistake was to ask the girl what it was like outside the train
window. It was a mistake because the girl would now think that the man could
not see.
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5.
What remarks does the make about
the women’s voice?
Ans:
The man likes the sound of the girl’s voice from the beginning. He is ready to
sit in the train for any length of time just to hear her speaking. Moreover he
says that her voice has a
sparkle of mountain stream and the memories of the
encounter would stay in his mind for a long time.
6.
Does the new fellow- traveler notice that
the man is blind? Which remarks of his tells us so?
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