Chatper - Foot print without feet
Extract - Suspicion grew even stronger when he suddenly produced some ready cash, though he had
admitted not long before that he had no money.
Question & Answer
(a) Who is ‘he’ in the above extract?
(b) What was ‘he’ suspected of?
(c) Find a word / phrase from the extract that means the same as ‘money‘.
(d) Give a synonym of ‘suddenly’.
Answers
Answer:
(a) ‘He’ in the above extract is Griffin, the invisible scientist.
(b) ‘He’ was suspected for having a role in the burglary at the clergyman’s home.
(c) The phrase is ‘ready cash’.
(d) Its synonym is ‘immediately’.
Answer:
(a) 'He' in the above extract is Griffin, the invisible scientist.
(b) 'He' was suspected of having a role in the burglary at the clergyman's home.
(c) The phrase is 'ready cash'.
(d) Its synonym is ‘immediately’.
Explanation:
The people became suspicious of the invisible man because of his strange and unusual ways. Everything about him was peculiarly strange. His appearance was glaringly unusual; his face was covered with bandages, and the goggles he kept on his eyes all the time gave rise to suspicion in people's minds. Suspicion grew even more vital when he suddenly produced some ready cash, though he had admitted not long before that he had no money. The lesson gives a message that misuse of science and its great discoveries can make even a brilliant scientist like Griffin a monster and a threatening lawless person.