Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
Eager to get away from crowded London he took a train to the village of Iping, where he booked two rooms at the local inn.
The arrival of a stranger at an inn in winter was in any case an unusual event. A stranger of such uncommon appearance set all tongues wagging, Mrs. Hall, the landlord's wife, made every effort to be friendly.
(a) After escaping from London, where did Griffin go ?
(b) What did he experience there ?
(c) Which phrase in the above extract means the same as 'everybody started talking about him' ?
Or
"To enhance the image of this long awaited friend in my imagination, I don't want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I'm going to call this friend 'Kitty'. Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I'd better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so."
(a) Why did Anne call her a long awaited friend ?
(b) How does she want to begin her diary ?
(c) Find out a word from the extract which means the same as to increase to improve'.

Answer 1

 (a) After escaping from crowded London, he went to the village of Iping.
(b) His uncommon appearance attracted everybody's attention.
 (c) 'set all tongues wagging'.
                                            Or
(a) Anne called 'her' so because she did not have a friend to talk to.
(b) She wants to begin her diary by giving an introduction.
 (c) 'To increase to improve' means 'to enhance'.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

(a)After escaping from crowded London, he went to the village of Iping.

(b) His uncommon appearance attracted everybody’s attention.

(c) ‘set all tongues wagging’.

(a) Anne called her so because she since long wanted to have a friend in which she could confide in kitty, her diary served her purpose.

(b) She wanted to begin her diary by giving an introduction.

(c) To enhance means to increase to improve.

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