Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Hen Questions & Answers.
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The Hen Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. Jane Martlet usually stayed at Mrs Sangrail’s house for
a. less than a fortnight.
b. a fortnight.
2. Mrs Sangrail could not put Dora off because she
a. was a good friend.
b. had already postponed her visit once.
3. Clovis told Jane that Sturridge was
a. excellent.
b. a nuisance.
4. Clovis told Jane that Sturridge believed she was
a. Queen Anne.
b. the ghost of Queen Anne.
Question 2: Read the sentences and answer the questions.
1. “On the contrary, the difficulty will be to get them to leave off.”
a. Who said these words and to whom?
Answer: Clovis said these words to his mother, Mrs Sangrail.
b. Who are the ‘them’ referred to here?
Answer: The ‘them’ referred to here are Jane Martlet and Dora.
c. Why would it be difficult to get ‘them’ to ‘leave off’?
Answer: Dora had sold Jane Martlet an exotic breed of hen at a very high price. Jane had thought she would get chickens of good breed out of it, but the hen did not lay any eggs. This became a matter of dispute between the two friends. Therefore, it would be difficult to get ‘them’ to ‘leave off’.
2. “It would upset her dreadfully.”
a. Who said these words and to whom?
Answer: Clovis said these words to Jane Martlet.
b. Whom is the speaker referring to as ‘her’?
Answer: Clovis was referring to his mother, Mrs Sangrail, as ‘her’.
c. What would upset ‘her’ and why?
Answer: Clovis told Jane Martlet that Sturridge got delusions about their guests. In her case, he thought she was the dead Queen Anne. Clovis said he even caught him glaring at Jane and murmuring that she should have been dead. However, he did not want his mother to know of this as Sturridge had been with them for many years and his mother relied on him very much.
3. “I wish you’d take it to her; my hands are all over in oil.”
a. Who said these words and to whom?
Answer: Clovis said these words to Sturridge.
b. What was the speaker doing that his hands were all over in oil?
Answer: Clovis was busy removing rust spots from his putter or golf stick, therefore his hands were all over in oil.
c. What thing does ‘it’ refer to in this sentence?
Answer: In the sentence, ‘it’ referred to an old basket-hilted sword hanging on the wall.
d. Whom did the speaker wish the thing to be taken to? Why?
Answer: Clovis wanted Sturridge to take the sword to Jane Martlet. He told Sturridge that Jane wanted to copy the inscription on the sword.
Question 3: What had Dora sold to Jane? How had it spoiled their friendship?
Answer: Dora had sold Jane Martlet an exotic breed of hen at a very high price. Jane thought that she would get good value for her money in the form of a large number of chickens of good breed. However, the hen did not lay any eggs and this issue spoiled their friendship.
The Hen Questions & Answers
Question 4: According to Clovis and Jane, what would make one go mad?
Answer: According to Clovis and Jane, if a person was too orderly and did the correct thing, in the correct manner, in the same surrounding for a long time, it would make the person go mad.
Question 5: What, according to Clovis, was wrong with Sturridge?
Answer: According to Clovis, Sturridge was such an orderly person that he had become a nuisance, who would get delusions about any guest that visited them.
Question 6: According to Clovis, who did Sturridge think Jane Martlet was? Why did it bother him?
Answer: According to Clovis, Sturridge thought that Jane Martlet was Queen Anne, who should have been dead long ago. He said it bothered him because he saw Sturridge glowering at Jane and muttering that she should be dead.
Question 7: What did Clovis tell Sturridge to do? What happened as a result of it?
Answer: Clovis told Sturridge to take an old basket-hilted sword, hanging on the wall, to Jane Martlet. He also told Sturridge that Jane wanted to copy the inscription on the sword, and it would be helpful, if he took it without the sheath. However, as soon as Sturridge went to Jane with the sword drawn, she ran out of the room with great swiftness, and later cut her visit short.
Question 8: It was in the hall the next morning after a late breakfast that Clovis had his final inspiration. What final inspiration did Clovis have? How was it effective in achieving what Clovis wanted?
Answer: Clovis had already told Jane Martlet that Sturridge was delusional and thought she was Queen Anne, who should have been dead. However, his final inspiration to cut short Jane’s visit came when he saw Sturridge the next morning crossing the hall. He asked Sturridge to take an old basket-hilted sword, hanging on the wall, to Jane because his own hands were all over in oil. He told Sturridge that Jane wanted to copy the inscription on the sword and also instructed him to carry the sword without the sheath as it would be ‘less trouble’. The plan was effective as Clovis had expected — as soon as Sturridge entered the morning-room with sword drawn, Jane fled the room with lightning speed and later cut her visit short.
Question 9: The elaborate plan of Clovis to drive out Jane ultimately proved to be unnecessary. Why?
Answer: The whole plan proved unnecessary since Dora wrote the very same day that she had postponed her visit to Mrs Sangraill.
So, these were The Hen Questions & Answers.