Question

How did private quelch managed to anger the corporal . Chapter 3 -The man who new too much. English ncert Class -9

Answer 1

Corporal Turnbull was a different kind of instructor.He was not to be trifled with.One day he was explaining the outside of a grenade.He said that it was divided into various fragments.The professor interupted "Forty-four segments .Corporal Turnbull gave the professor the granade and ask him to take the class.Professor gave the lecture.All were thunder struck.Corporal asked professor to fall with others.Corporal took his revenge by nominating him for permanent cook-house duties.

Answer 2

Answer:

Although he did not react at first and patiently let Quelch take the lecture. However, he took his revenge in the end of the class by assigning Private Quelch permanent cookhouse duties. The episode, of course, was to become a popular joke among the whole platoon.