Read the chapter ‘Footprints Without Feet’ from your supplementary book and
answer the following questions:
a) Who was making the footprints on the sand?
b) Why were the two boys in London surprised and fascinated?
c) Why did Griffin decide to slip into a big London store?
d) What did Griffin do in the shop of a theatrical company?
e) What was the explanation of ‘mystery’?
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Answers
Answer:
1.Why were the two boys in London surprised and fascinated?
Answer:
The two boys in London were surprised and fascinated when they saw fresh muddy footprints of a human being on the steps of a house, but no man was there making them! As they looked, a fresh footprint appeared from nowhere.
2.Why did Griffin decide to slip into a big London store? [CBSE 2011]
Answer:
Griffin decided to slip into a big London store, because the season was mid-winter, due to which it became difficult to wander around without clothes in London.
3.How was Griffin a lawless man?
Answer:
Griffin was lawless because he had committed many anti-social deeds for which he never felt guilty. He set fire to his landlord’s house and ran away, he stole ‘ foodstuffs and clothes from a London store, stole other goods from a theatrical company and also stole money from a clergyman’s house to pay his bills.
4.What did Griffin do in the shop of a theatrical company? [CBSE 2012]
Answer:
The second time Griffin tried the stock of a theatrical company in the hope of finding not only clothes but also something like side whiskers, glasses, false nose, bandages, hat etc that would hide the empty space above his shoulders.
5.What was the explanation of ‘mystery’? (Footprints Without Feet)
Answer:
The two boys followed muddy footprints being made fresh without seeing anybody making the prints, which was a ‘mystery’ for them. The explanation was that the bewildered boys had been following a scientist who had just discovered how to make the human body transparent, and thus invisible, by swallowing certain drugs.