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1. How many characters are there in the narrative? Name them. (Don’t, forget the dog!)., , 2. Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing?, , 3. How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their, reaction?, , 4. What was Jerome’s real intention when he offered to pack?, , 5. What did Harris say after the bag was shut and strapped? Why do, you think he waited till then to ask?, , 6. What “horrible idea” occurred to Jerome a little later?, 7. Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush?, 8. Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag?, , 9. What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?
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1. There are four characters in the narrative. They are Jerome (the, narrator), George, Harris and Montmorency (the dog)., , 2. The narrator volunteered to do packing because he thought he was, the best packer. He felt proud of his packing and wanted to show it., , 3. George and Harris readily accepted Jerome’s suggestion. George, smoked a pipe and “spread himself over the easy-chair”, while, Harris put his legs on the table and lit a cigar., , No, Jerome irritated by their reaction., , 4. When Jerome offered to pack, his real intention was to supervise, the work. He wanted to show his ability through the supervision.
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5. After the bag was shut and strapped, Harris mentioned that Jerome, had not packed the boots., , He had waited till then to ask because he wanted to make Jerome, realise his mistake and ridicule his packing skills., , 6. The "horrible idea" that occurred to Jerome a little later was wether, he had packed his toothbrush or not. Whenever he travelled he, could never remember if he had packed his toothbrush or not. This, thought haunted him and made his life a misery., , 7. Jerome finally found the tooth brush inside a boot when he was, , putting the things back one by one after turning them out of the, bag., , 8. Jerome had to reopen the packed bag twice owing to his, forgetfulness. Once he had to reopen the bag as he had forgotten to, pack the boots. The next time, he unpacked when he realised he, had packed his tobacco-pouch in., , 9. George and Harris offered to pack the hampers because It was, getting late and they thought that Jerome had taken too much of, time. They also wanted to show their skill to Jerome.