Hi Everyone!! This article will share Pip Meets a Convict Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Pippi Longstocking, A Night in June and From a Railway Carriage so, you can check these posts as well.
Pip Meets a Convict Questions & Answers
Question 1: What was Pip’s full name?
Answer: Pip’s full name was Philip Pirrip.
Question 2: Where did he live and with whom?
Answer: Pip lived in his sister’s house with his sister and her husband, the blacksmith, Mr Joe Gargery.
Question 3: Why did Pip start to cry in the graveyard one day?
Answer: Pip started to cry in the graveyard one day because he realized that he was an orphan and felt sad. He is also made to feel sad by the grey land and sky.
Question 4: What did the convict tell Pip to get for him?
Answer: The convict told Pip to get him a file and some grub (food).
Question 5: Where and when did the convict want to meet him again?
Answer: The convict wanted to meet Pip early the next morning at the Battery.
Question 6: What did the convict say and do to frighten Pip?
Answer: The convict picked Pip up and put him on top of a gravestone. He turns Pip over and bends him backwards while holding on to him. He threatens Pip by saying that another man is hiding with him and that he will attack him and eat his innards!
Question 7: How do we know that the convict was cold and hungry?
Answer: We know that the convict was cold and hungry because he was shivering, his teeth were chattering (probably due to his wet, ragged clothes) and because he asked Pip to bring him some food. The final paragraph contains descriptions that convey that the convict was cold. We also learn, at the start of the story, that it was a cold, grey day.
Question 8: Read the line and answer the questions:
The man jumped and made a short run, but then he stopped and looked over his shoulder.
(a) Who is this about?
Answer: This is about the convict.
(b) Why did he start to run away?
Answer: He thought that Pip’s parents were close by.
(c) What did he realize that made him stop?
Answer: He realized that Pip was pointing to the gravestones which had his parents’ names on them.
So, these were Pip Meets a Convict Questions & Answers.