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Class 12 Vistas English Evans Tries an Olevel, Q1.What request did the Secretary of the Examination Board receive from the Governor of Oxford, Prison?, Ans. The request was to create an examination centre in the prison for one candidate named James Roderick, Evans. He had started night classes in O-Level German last September. He was the only one in the class and, said that he was keen to get some sort of academic qualification. The Secretary agreed to give him a chance, and promised to send all the forms and stuff., Q2. What enquiry did the Secretary of the Examination Board make about Evans? What did the, Governor tell him about Evans?, Ans. The Secretary wanted to know if Evans was a violent sort of person. The Governor told him that there, was no record of violence. He was informed that Evans was quite a pleasant fellow—an amusing person. He, was good at imitation and hence h star at the Christmas concert. He suffered from the desire to steal. He had, this disease from birth., Q3. Who visited Evans on the morning of the Examination? What did they visit him for?, Ans. Mr Jackson and Mr Stephens visited Evans. Jackson was the senior prison officer on D Wing and, Stephens was a burly, surly-looking, new recruit. They visited him to ensure that he did not retain any, potential weapon with him. Mr Stephens was asked to take away the razor after Evans had shaved himself., Q 4. What evidence do you get from the text to show that Mr Jackson and Evans “had already become, warm enemies” ?, Ans. Jackson nodded curtly. He addressed Evans as “little Einstein” and mockingly enquired about him. He, felt annoyed as Evans pointed out his ignorance about Einstein. Jackson genuinely loathed about the long,, wavy hair of Evans. He had taken away the nail-scissors and nail-file of Evans. He used the word ‘bloody’ too, often while addressing Evans., Q6. How was the Reverend Stuart McLeery dressed and why ?, Ans. He had put on a long black overcoat and a shallow-crowned clerical hat. His spectacles had thick lenses., It was a chilly day for early June and the steady drizzle, which had set in half an hour earlier still continued. In, his right hand he was carrying a small brown suitcase., Q 7. How did the Governor, who was listening-in, react to these numbers at that time and later on after the, escape of Evans?, Ans. Initially, the Governor took them as innocuous, routine information and did not pay much attention. Later on,, when Evans had escaped, he consulted the Ordnance Survey Map for Oxfordshire. He found that the six-figure, reference 313/271 pointed to the middle of Chipping Norton—the place of hiding for run away Evans., Q 8. What request did Evans make about half an hour before the end of the examination? How did McLeery and, Stephens react to it?, Ans. Evans made a polite request if he could put a blanket round his shoulders as it was a bit chilly there. McLeery told, Evans to be quick about it. A minute later, Stephens was surprised to see a grey blanket draped round Evans shoulders., Q 9. What did the Governor tell Detective Superintendent Carter when he enquired about the injured, “McLeery”?, Ans. Carter wondered who had hit “McLeery”. Before the Governor could explain anything, McLeery told the officer to, go to Elsfield Way, where Evans… The Governor told Carter to take “McLeery” with him if he thought he would be all

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right. He was the only one who seemed to know what was happening. Thus, injured “McLeery” left the prison in police, car as a witness., Q 10. Why was the Governor angry with Jackson?, Ans. Jackson had spent two hours in Evans’s cell the previous evening. He had confidently reported that there was, nothing hidden away there. Yet Evans had concealed a false beard, a pair of spectacles, a dogcollar and other material of, a priest. He also had a weapon with which he hit McLeery across the head., Q 11. What truth did the enquiries about injured “McLeery” from (i) Carter and (ii) the Radcliffe reveal?, Ans. Carter said that he was in the Radcliffe. He was really groggy near the Examination offices. They rang for the, ambulance from there. The accident department of the Radcliffe informed him that there was no parson named McLeery, there. They had sent an ambulance to Elsfield Way, but the fellow had vanished from there by then., Q12. Where did they find the Reverend S. McLeery and in what condition? What can you deduce from it?, Ans. A quarter of an hour later they found the Reverend S. McLeery in his study in Broad Street. He was bound and, gagged securely. He said that he had been there since 8.15 a.m. when two men had called and… It is obvious that the, two men were helpers of Evans and one of them acted as the Reverend S. McLeery during the Exam., Q13. What did the inmates of the prison come to know by tea-time?, Ans. They came to know what had really happened. Earlier, it was presumed that Evans had impersonated McLeery and, walked out of the prison. The truth was that Evans, impersonating McLeery, had stayed in., Q14. “How did you know which Golden Lion it was? There’s imdreds of ’em,” said Evans. How did the, Governor of Oxford Prison locate the hiding place of Evans?, Ans. The Governor told Evans that he used the same method as Evans had done. The six-figure reference 313/271 was, formed by two hints—Index number 313 and Centre number 271. If one takes an Ordnance Survey Map for, Oxfordshire, this number lands one bang in the middle of Chipping Norton, Q 15. “Must have been a tricky job sticking a couple of pints.” “Nah! you’ve got it wrong, sir. No problem about, that.” In the light of the above remarks, explain what problem regarding blood Evans faced and howjt was, solved?, Ans. Storing blood in the rubber ring was not the problem. It was clotting that was the big problem. They got pig’s, blood from slaughter house in Kidlington. But to stop it clotting actual blood has to be mixed with one-tenth of its, volume of 3.8 per cent trisodium citrate., Q 16. How did Evans manage to plan the escape from, prison?, Ans. The Governor had taken enough precautions. Evans had no visitors. He had no letters. Evans told the Governor, that he had got lots of friends. He gave the example of his German teacher. The Governor said he was from the, Technical College. Evans seemed to enjoy all this and asked if he had checked it. Reluctantly, the Governor had to, admit that far more was going on than he thought or imagined.