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 SHORT ANSWERS (Chapter-Wise) Chapter-1 ================================================================= Short answer type question: 1)     When and where was Oliver Twist born? Ans: Oliver Twist was born in the year 1837 in a local poorhouse in England. 2)     Comment on the doctor and the nurse of the local poorhouse. Ans: The doctor was paid only a small sum by the town to look after the poor, and the old poorhouse woman who acted as nurse did little to help him. 3)     What did the mother do when the doctor asked him not to talk? Ans: When the doctor asked Oliver’s mother not to talk she asked the doctor to let her see her child before she die. But it was no good. The mother shook her head, stretched out her arms for her child and the doctor gave it to her. She kissed her child desperately, then put her hands to her face and fell back dead. 4)     What was the condition of Oliver’s mother before she ...

  FOURTEEN Text Book Answers 1.   Pringle, who is the hostess of the dinner party, is shown entering the stage wearing a “lovely evening gown”. She carries with her a bouquet of flowers sent by Harper who has declined the invitation due to one of his friend’s illness. Though she admires Harper for sending the flowers but she disapproves of young men refusing dinner invitations at the eleventh hour. She looks excited as she is expecting a number of guests at her dinner party. 5.   Pringle had selected Oliver as her daughter, Elaine’s suitor. The sitting arrangement was made in such a manner that Elaine was to sit next to Oliver.   Pringle wanted her daughter to win the heart of Oliver by any means as he was a millionaire and belonged to an aristocratic lineage. When the secretary of Oliver informed Pringle over telephone that    would not be able to attend the dinner since he was to leave for Boston immediately on business purpose, Pringle got utterly ...

  SSLC ENGLISH – 2019 SECTION – C (PROSE & POETRY)   7. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow: a)    He started, made a short run, and stopped, and looked over his shoulder. “There, Sir!” I timidly explained. “Also Georgiana. That’s my mother.”           Ans: These lines are an extract from the story ‘Great Expectations’ written by Charles Dickens. i)             ‘He’ is referred to the convict here. When the convict asked Pip where his mother was, Pip pointed to the direction where his mother’s tombstone laid. The convict acted in such a manner because he felt that Pip’s mother was around. So he stopped and looked over his shoulder. ii)            Pip pointed out timidly to his mother’s tomb. iii)          The boy, Pip said ‘A...