Answer these questions.

What made the narrator grow suspicious?

Answer- The habit of his friends making pranks on others made the narrator suspicious because
their princely welcome made the narrator’s to think suspicious.

 Why did the narrator feel the need to be ‘watchful’?

Answer- The narrator felt the need to be watchful because his friends’ behaviour found something
suspicious and also The habit of his friends making practical jokes about others made him watchful.

 What made the narrator feel that his friends were spying on him.

Answer-When all his friends left the narrator in the room after dinner, they started laughing and
whispering outside the door in the corridor, which the narrator overheard. This is where the narrator
was convinced that they were keeping an eye on him or spying on him.

 What did the narrator do after his friends left him at the door for the night?

Answer- After his friends left him at the door for the night, the narrator first cast a glance around the
walls, the furniture, the ceiling, the hangings and the floor in order to justify his suspicion.

 What thoughts about his friends rushed through his mind as he sat in the armchair? Was
the writer angry with his friends? Give reasons for your answer.

Answer- After sitting on the armchair, the narrator started thinking that he was a fool because time
was passing and the armchair on which he was sitting was absolutely solid and intact. no, he did not
angry with his friends because his friends have not tried any practical jokes on him yet.

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 Why did the narrator painstakingly examine his bed? How did he go about it?

Answer- According to the narrator, the bed seemed more suspicious to him, that’s why the narrator
painstakingly examine his bed. First, he pulled at the curtains and then slowly drew the mattress
towards him and finally dragged it away from all the objects on the bed into the middle of the room.

 How was the narrator woken up with a start?

Answer-The narrator was woken up with a start by the fall of a heavy body tumbling right on him
and feeling a burning liquid on his face, chest and neck that caused terrible pain.

 How did the narrator become a source of amusement for his friends?

Answer- The speaker knew very well that his friends were fond of practical jokes. Whatever steps he
took to not become a laughing stock, in the end, his excessive suspicion led to laughter for everyone.

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B. Answer these questions with reference to the context-An uncomfortable bed icse class 6
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1. ‘They have something in store for you.’

a. Who are they?

Answer- they mean the narrator’s friends

Answer- Because the narrator knew very well that his friends were fond of practical jokes and they
definitely plan some prank on him.

c. What precautions does he take?

Answer-To avoid being pranked by his friends, the narrator checked the entire room carefully in
order to satisfy himself. Apart from that, he slept on the floor in the middle of the room instead of
on the bed

d. How would you describe his thoughts and behaviour at this point of the narrative?

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2. It was time to retire.

a. What does ‘time to retire’ mean here?

Answer- Time to retire means “to go to bed”

b. What fact surprised the narrator and how did it affect him?

Answer: After dinner, the whole household came to take the narrator to his room. The incident took
the narrator by surprise, who suspected that some pranks would happen to him.

c. Describe the narrator’s actions immediately after this?

Answer- After this, the narrator entered the apartment, shut the door, and remained standing with
a wax candle without moving a single step. Then he cast a glance around the walls, the furniture, the
ceiling, the hangings, and the floor to justify his suspicion.

d. Do you think the narrator was over-reacting? Present your opinion regarding this.

Answer- Yes, the narrator was overreacting. His friends used to prank but now they have all matured
and they gathered there for hunting and to have fun but not to make jokes about others.

3. I stretched out my hand to find out what was the nature of this object.

a. Where was the narrator and why was he there?

Answer- The narrator was sleeping on the floor in the middle of the room. Because he thought that
their friends were going to prank him if he go to sleep on the bed. To avoid being pranked by his
friends he decided to sleep on the floor instead of on the bed.

b. What had just stunned the narrator?

Answer-The narrator had stunned when he realized that a heavy body fall on him while sleeping and
felt some sensation of burning liquid on his mouth, neck and chest.

c. What discovery did he make about ‘the nature of the object’ and what was his immediate
response?

Answer-When he stretched out his hand to find out what it really was, he found a face, a nose, and a
whisker. His immediate reaction was to launch out a blow at the face of that stranger.
d. Why was the ‘object’ there in the first place?

Answer-The object was the valet who had come there to serve morning tea and unfortunately
collided with the obstacle in the middle of the room and fell on him.

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D. Replace the highlighted words with appropriate synonyms of your choice in An uncomfortable
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1. every article —— object, thing

2. dreadful noise — Sound

3. did not venture out – journey, travel

4. advanced with — forward, progressive

5. exaggerated fashion – overstated, excessive

6. apparently without reason – cause, motive

7. justify my suspicion — Confirm, explain

8. launched out a blow – Start, begin

9. seemed to be secure – sealed, assured

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E. Identify these sentences as affirmative, negative, exclamatory or interrogative. from An

1. Look out, old ferret! —– exclamatory

2. But what was it? — interrogative

3. I heard laughter and whispering in the corridor. — affirmative,

4. And I did not want to be caught.— negative

5. Oh, how they all laughed that day!— exclamatory

6. So I made up my mind. — affirmative,

7. I did not let a word or meaning or a gesture escape me.— negative

8. Ah certainly! Certainly! — exclamatory

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