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SHORT QUESTIONS AND ANSWER, 1. WHAT DID JEROME, THE NARRATOR, INTEND TO MEAN WHEN HE SAID THAT HE PRIDED, HIMSELF ON HIS PACKING ?, ANS- Jerome said so because he wanted that George and Harris would do Packing. And he, would relax. He would give instruction while they packed. But they didn’t understand his, intention. On the other hand they relaxed and the narrator did the packing., 2. What did Harris and George do when Jerome asked them to leave the matter of packing, entirely to him?, Ans – Harris and George agreed with his suggestion. They left the job of packing to Jerome, and they made themselves comfortable. George put on a pipe and spread himself over the, easy chair. Harris cocked his legs on the table and lit cigar., 3. What did Jerome do to find his toothbrush?, Ans- Jerome unpacked the bag. He searched everything for his toothbrush. He found the, toothbrushes of George and Harris eighteen times. But he couldn’t find his own. He put the, things back one by one. He held up everything and shook it. Then he found the toothbrush., 4. When did George and Harris start packing? How did they do it?, Ans- Jerome re-opened the bag to get his tobaco pouch out. He had packed inside the bag., Then George and Harris took up the rest of the packing. But they were not good packers. They, piled plates, cups, kettles, cakes, tomatoes etc. Cups were broken., 5. Were George and Harris good at packing? Support your answer with examples., Ans-George and Harris were not good at packing. In fact the three of them created confusion, only. The author himself says so of Harris as “the worst Packer in this world.” Both start, packing and there are piles of cups, kettle’s etc. around them., 6. How did butter cause great confusion while packing it by George and Harris?, Ans- George walked over the butter. George and Harris tried to put it in the kettle but what, was inside the kettle did not come out. George put it on a chair. Harris sat on it. The butter, stuck to his slipper. He scraped it out. Then they looked for it all over the room., 7. How did Montmorency add to the confusion during the packing, Ans- Montmorency came and sat on things which were to be packed .He put his leg into the, jam. He considered lemons to be rats and put those into the hamper. Harris said that the, narrator only made the dog do all that. But it was natural for a dog to do like that., 8. Montmorency “laboured under the fixed belief…” What was that ‘fixed belief’?, Ans- Montmorency laboured under the fixed belief. It meant that whenever Harris and, George reached out their hand for anything it was his cold damp nose that they wanted. He, didn't want it to be touched., 9. What did Harris think of Montmorency and Jerome when Montmorency added to the, confusion in packing?, Ans- Harris said that it was Jerome who encouraged Montmorency to add to the confusion in, packing. But Jerome didn’t encourage him. A dog like that didn't want any encouragement. It, is the natural, original sin that is born in a dog due to that he does such things.