10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Short Answers) chapter-8 (The Hack Driver)(Sinclair Lewis)

 

The hack driver


Important questions for board examination.


Q) What was the impression the hack driver made on the narrator when he first met him?

Ans) Narrator was disappointed when he saw the muddy streets and wooden shops in New Mullions. The only agreeable sight was the hack driver. He was very friendly with a smiling face. It appeared that he was a man who loved people.

Q) Who was Oliver Lutkins? Why were summons issued on his name?

Ans) Oliver Lutkins was a countryman. He was needed as a witness in a case by  narrator's law firm. His witness can easily solve the case.  Firm issued many summons on his name but he refused all of them.

Q) What was the deal between the hack driver and the narrator?

Ans) Hack driver promised the narrator that he would help him in searching the Oliver lutkins because it was very difficult for a city man to catch a parson like Lutkins.And narrator would pay two dollar per hour for using his cart.

Q) The narrator knew that the hack driver wanted business yet he accepted his services. Why?

Ans) The narrator knew very well that hack driver wanted business. He hired him at very high rate. Hack driver even charged him for the lunch. Yet narrator accepted his services because he was impressed by the helping nature, simple philosophy, wisdom and pleasing personality of the Bill. Narrator was happy that the money went to a good man.

Q) How did the hack driver describe lutkins?

Ans) The hack driver described Lutkins  in very good light. He told that he never stay at one place. He was always busy. He was very clever. He was very good in deceiving others. He never returned money. Hack driver appreciated him for his dishonesty.

Q) Who was the hack driver? How was he recognised? What really hurt the narrator's feelings?

Ans) Hack driver was Oliver Lutkins himself. When narrator was sent to new million again, he was accompanied by a colleague who was familiar with the Oliver Lutkins. He identified the Lutkins immediately at the railway station.

Narrator’s feelings were hurt when he saw that Lutkins was laughing at him and treated him as a boy of seven year.

More questions for practice.

Q) What job did the narrator get after graduation? Did he like his work?

Q) Why did the narrator not like his job?

Q) Why was the narrator happy with Bill?

Q) Where did the narrator have his lunch at new Mullion? What was special about the lunch?

Q) Why did the hack driver and the narrator go to Gustaff's shop? Did they succeed in their mission?

Q) Who was Oliver lutkins ? Who was Bill and who was William magnuson?

Q) How was the summons finally served on lutkins?

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