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UNCLE PODGER HANGS A PICTURE, Comprehension, Answer the following questions briefly:, What was Uncle Podger about to do?, Ans: Uncle Podger was about to hang a picture in the dining room., What did he tell Maria to do?, Ans: He told Maria to leave the task of hanging the picture up to him and not to worry about it., Briefly described the different jobs Uncle Podger assigned to the members of the family., Ans: Uncle Podger assigned each and every member of the family different tasks. He told Will to bring his hammer, Tom to bring him a ruler,a stepladder and a kitchen chair; Jim was given the task to run over to Mr. Googles house to send his regards and Maria was given the task of holding the light., What would happen the minute Uncle Podger picked up the picture?, Ans; The minute Uncle Podger picked up the picture, he would drop it and it would come out of the frame and he would cut himself trying to save the glass; and he would spring around the room looking for his handkerchief., Why did everyone had to grovel on the floor?, Ans: The entire family had to grovel on the floor in order to search for the nail that Uncle Podger dropped., The charwoman stood around? Why did she do so?, Ans: The charwoman stood around with the other members of the family in order help Uncle Podger with his task., What did Aunt Maria say she would do the next time Uncle Podger planned to hang a picture?, Ans: She told him that the next time he plans on hanging a picture ‘she hoped he would let her know in time, so she could make arrangements to go and spend a week with her mother while it was being done’., After the picture was finally hung, everyone reacted different from Uncle Podger . How were their reaction different?, Ans: Everyone in the family were extremely tired and wretched except for Uncle Podger., Did uncle Podger realise the foolishness of his own behaviour? Pick out a sentence from the passage that tells you so., Ans: No, he doesn’t since it is apparent when he says, “Why, some people would have had a man in to do a little thing like that!”., Ans: Hung means to suspend or be suspended. While hanged on the other hand means killing someone by tying a rope., Eg. Hung- We hung all our wet clothes in the balcony., Hanged - He was hanged to death for his heinous crime., Answer the following questions in detail:, Write a character sketch on Uncle Podger., Ans: Uncle Podger is an absent minded and messy person who isn’t able to do things in an orderly fashion. He is also hard to please and likes to do all things all by himself and even makes a big deal out of the little things. As evident in the lesson, he involves every member of the family in the simple task of hanging a picture. In the end, he creates a mess as he ruins the entire wall and the picture is hung in a crooked manner., 3 Is Mrs. Maria Podger like her husband? Support your answer with suitable arguments and examples from the text., Ans: No, Maria Podger isn’t like her husband as she is well aware of his nature of making a big deal out of simple things. She comments in a sarcastic and humorous tone when he consumes a lot of time while putting up the picture. She even says that she would not allow the children to stand round and hear such language, 4 .How did Uncle Podger go about hanging the picture?, Ans: He went around making mistakes here and there and would blame the entire family if something was missing. He involved each and everyone in his simple task and gave orders to them. And when he was done he acted in a proud manner as if it wasn’t much of a big deal., What similarities does the narrator find between Harris and Uncle Podger? Explain with illustrations from the text., Ans: There is a lot of similarity between them as the narrator believes that Harris will grow up to become someone like Uncle Podger. As both have the habit of taking the responsibility , burden upon themselves and putting it on the backs of other people. As shown in the story of Uncle Podger hanging up a picture., Do you find some of the descriptions exaggerated ? Why do you think has the author used this technique? What is the effect on the story?, Ans: Yes, there are moments of exaggeration in the story telling but it only adds more humour to the narrative. It is justifiable on how Uncle Podger also has a habit of exaggerating over the little things in life, ___________________________________________________________________________