Chapter 8 The Case of the sharp- eyed jeweller MCQ
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Answer:
1. ‘My hobby is perhaps a little out of the ordinary’. What is the narrator’s hobby? Why does he consider it ‘out of the ordinary’?
Ans. The narrator’s hobby is to study crime and criminals. He considers it ‘out of the ordinary’ because generally people don’t have such unusual hobby. This hobby demanded keen observation and use of common sense to the full. Normally hobbies don’t have such requirements.
2. Why did the narrator find the behaviour of the woman standing outside the Regnier’s strange?
Ans. The woman had been standing in front of an undertaker’s shop staring at the display window which held two urns and some photographs of gravestones. She had been standing there for about 15 to 20 minutes looking at those uninteresting things. Her interest in such things struck the narrator as very strange.
3. ‘Her arrival at the moment struck me rather strange.’ Why did the narrator find the young lady’s arrival at that point of time strange?
Ans. The lady had been standing outside the undertaker’s shop opposite the Regnier’s for about 15 to 20 minutes but she entered at the crucial moment when the ring had disappeared. Everyone was searching for the ring. That’s why the narrator felt it strange and could accept her entry as purely co-incidental.
4. Do you think the young lady had accidentally dropped the paper in which her brooch was wrapped? If not, why did she do so?
Ans. No, I don’t think the lady had accidentally dropped the paper in which her brooch was wrapped. She did it deliberately because she was the part of the well-made plan of stealing the ring from the Regnier’s. She pretended tpo drop the paper accidentally to get time to take ring from the counter where the American had stuck it with the chewing gum.
5. Where did the narrator find the ring from? How did he know it would be there?
Ans. The narrator found the ring from the left side pocket of the woman’s coat. He knew it would be there as he had noticed that the lady had put her left hand exactly where the American had put his hand just before the ring disappeared. The narrator, being a vigilant and keen observer, found out that the lady had picked up the ring from the chewing gum very neatly and put it in her coat’s pocket.
E. What impression do you form of William Morris?
Ans. William Morris is a highly observant assistant in a reputed jewellery shop. He makes full use of his common sense. Nothing escapes his sharp eyes. He considers himself a very ordinary person which reflects his honesty, humility and modesty. He has got an unusual hobby of studying crime and criminals. He is impressed by ordinary and alert detectives. He loves to watch people. With his presence of mind and observant nature, he was able to solve the case of the disappearance of the expensive flower ring.
Explanation:
1. Who is the writer of this chapter?
2. William loves reading what?
3.William reads stories of which author?
4. What is the hobby of william?
5 The lady have put the ring in which pocket?
6. William showed how many trays to the american?
7.The lady have come to repair what?