Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: Question 4 "I tell you what, Jones," one of them said, "I shall never forget my first few years in this town. When I first struck this place. I hadn't more than fifteen cents to my name, hadn't a rag except what I stood up in, and all the place I had to sleep was an empty tar barrel. "My dear Robinson," replied Jones, "if you imagine I've had no experience of hardship of that sort, you never made a bigger mistake in your life. When I first walked into this town I hadn't a cent, sir, not a cent, and as for lodging all the place Thad for months and months was an old piano box up a lane, behind a factory. "My dear Jones," Robinson broke in, "You merely show that you don't know what a tar barrel is like. Why, on winter nights, when you'd be shut in there in your piano box just as snug as you please, I used to lie awake shivering with the wind running in at the hole at the back." 10 20 t. [10] dumping of refuse English-IX "Wind!" sneered Jones! "Don't talk to me about winds. This piano box had a whole darned plank off it. I used to sit there studying in the evenings, and the snow would blow in a foot deep. And yet, sir," he continued "I don't mind admitting that some of the happiest days of my life were spent in that same old box. I'd wake up there in the mornings and shout with high spirits. Of course, you may not be able to stand that kind of life. "Not stand it!" cried Robinson fiercely! "By God! I am made for it. I just wish I had a taste of the old life again for a while. What a grand old life it was! I can remember evenings when I'd have two or three fellows in, and we would sit round and play cards by a candle half the night." "Two or three!" laughed Jones; "why, my dear fellow, half dozen of used to sit down to supper in my piano box, and have a game of cards afterwards. Mighty good suppers they were too! By God, Robinson, you fellows have ruined your digestions with high living." Then the waiter appeared with the question: "What may I bring you for dinner, gentlemen?" "Dinner!" said Jones. Oh, anything, nothing I never care what I eat-give me a little cold porridge, if you've got it, anything you like, it's all the same to me." The waiter turned with an impassive face to Robinson."You can bring me some of that cold porridge too," he said, with a defiant looka There was a pause. Jones sat back in his chair and looked hard across at Robinson Robinson turned slowly round in his seat and beckoned to the waiter, who was t off with the muttered order on his lips. "Here, waiter," he said, "I guess I'll change that order a little. Instead of the porridge I'll take a cheese sandwich. And you might as well bring me an omlete a mouthful of soup and perhaps you might fetch along a dab of fish, and a grape walnut." The waiter turned to Jones. "I guess I'll take the same," he said.
In no more than 50 words, state why both the buisnessman changed their order for dinner. what does this action show about their character
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questions that follow: Question 4 "I tell you what, Jones," one of them said, "I shall never forget my first few years in this town. When I first struck this place. I hadn't more than fifteen cents to my name, hadn't a rag except what I stood up in, and all the place I had to sleep was an empty tar barrel. "My dear Robinson," replied Jones, "if you imagine I've had no experience of hardship of that sort, you never made a bigger mistake in your life. When I first walked into this town I hadn't a cent, sir, not a cent, and as for lodging all the place Thad for months and months was an old piano box up a lane, behind a factory. "My dear Jones," Robinson broke in, "You merely show that you don't know what a tar barrel is like. Why, on winter nights, when you'd be shut in there in your piano box just as snug as you please, I used to lie awake shivering with the wind running in at the hole at the back." 10 20 t. [10] dumping of refuse English-IX "Wind!" sneered Jones! "Don't talk to me about winds. This piano box had a whole darned plank off it. I used to sit there studying in the evenings, and the snow would blow in a foot deep. And yet, sir," he continued "I don't mind admitting that some of the happiest days of my life were spent in that same old box. I'd wake up there in the mornings and shout with high spirits. Of course, you may not be able to stand that kind of life. "Not stand it!" cried Robinson fiercely! "By God! I am made for it. I just wish I had a taste of the old life again for a while. What a grand old life it was! I can remember evenings when I'd have two or three fell
(a) Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage. One word answers or short phrases will be accepted.
Ans. sneered- to show that you have no respect for somebody/something by the expression on your face or the way that you speak
(ii) defiant (line 29)
Ans. defiant- full of or showing a disposition to challenge, resist, or fight
(iii) muttered (line 32)
Ans. muttered to speak in a low, quiet and often angry voice that is difficult to hear
(b) Answer the following questions briefly, in your own words:
(i) Describe the type of life Jones had in the piano box.
Ans. The snow would blow in almost a foot deep as the box had one whole plank missing. But still Jones considered the time he spent living in the piano box as the happiest phase of his life and each morning he woke up in the box in high spirits.
(ii) What was the condition of Robinson when he arrived in the city?
Ans. When Robinson came to the city he had only fifteen cents in his pocket, no clothes except the ones he was wearing and he slept in an empty tar barrel.
(iii) How did Robinson suffer in the tar barrel?
Ans. It was extremely cold in the tar barrel at night and Robinson would lie awake shivering due to the cold wind blowing infrom the hole at the back in the tar barrel.
(iv) What recreation facilities were there in the tar barrel and in the piano box?
Ans. Sometimes in the evening Robinson would have two or three friends over and they would sit and play cards in the candle light in the barrel. Jones too would entertain half a dozen of his friends in the piano box and they would all have supper and play cards.
(v) Why do you think that these businessmen say that they led a life of utter poverty?
Ans. They say that they led a life of utter poverty because they had no roof over their heads and no food or comforts. One lived in an empty tar barrel and the other in a piano box.
(c) In not more than 50 words state why both the businessmen changed their order for dinner? What does this show about their character?
Ans. Both the businessmen changed their order to include a cheese sandwich, fish, soup and some fruit because they were no longer poor and could order a meal of their choice. It shows that they valued their new found success and money and believed in enjoying the fruits of their labour.
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