Chapter- 7      Packing


1. What irritates the narrator the most?

Answer: The narrator is irritated by people sitting idle while he is working.

2. With whom did the narrator once live?

Answer: He once lived with a man who used to lie on the sofa and watch him work.

3. What did that man usually do while the narrator worked?

Answer: He lolled on the sofa and watched the narrator doing things.

4. What did the man say about watching the narrator work?

Answer: He said it did him good to watch the narrator messing about.

5. What kind of nature does the narrator claim to have?

Answer: He says he has an energetic nature.

6. What does the narrator want to do when he sees someone working?

Answer: He wants to superintend and tell the person what to do.

7. What did the narrator start doing without saying anything?

Answer: He started packing the bag.

8. Did the packing take more time than he expected?

Answer: Yes, it took longer than he had expected.

9. What did the narrator do after finishing the packing?

Answer: He sat on the bag and strapped it.

10. Who asked about the boots?

Answer: Harris asked whether the boots had been packed.

11. What mistake did the narrator realize after Harris spoke?

Answer: He realized that he had forgotten to pack the boots.

12. Why did the narrator feel annoyed with Harris?

Answer: Because Harris waited until the bag was closed and strapped before mentioning the boots.

13. How did George react to the situation?

Answer: George laughed an irritating and senseless laugh.

14. What effect did George’s laugh have on the narrator?

Answer: It made the narrator very angry.

15. What did the narrator do after realizing he forgot the boots?

Answer: He opened the bag again and packed the boots.

16. What sudden thought came to the narrator before closing the bag again?

Answer: He wondered whether he had packed his toothbrush.

17. Why does the toothbrush trouble the narrator?

Answer: Because he never remembers whether he has packed it or not.

18. What does the narrator say about the toothbrush when travelling?

Answer: He says the toothbrush haunts him during travel.

19. What does he sometimes dream about the toothbrush?

Answer: He dreams that he has forgotten to pack it.

20. How does he react after such dreams?

Answer: He wakes up in a cold sweat and searches for the toothbrush.

21. When does he usually pack the toothbrush?

Answer: He packs it in the morning before using it.

22. Why does he have to unpack the bag again in the morning?

Answer: Because he needs to take out the toothbrush to use it.

23. What usually happens after he repacks the bag?

Answer: He forgets the toothbrush again.

24. What does he sometimes do at the last moment?

Answer: He rushes upstairs to get the toothbrush.

25. How does he carry the toothbrush to the station sometimes?

Answer: He wraps it in his pocket handkerchief.

26. What did the narrator have to do to check for the toothbrush?

Answer: He had to unpack every single thing in the bag.

27. Could he find the toothbrush easily?

Answer: No, he could not find it easily.

28. What does “rummaged” mean in the passage?

Answer: It means searching in a hurried or careless way.

29. What does “every mortal thing” mean?

Answer: It means every ordinary or possible thing.

30. What does this passage mainly show about the narrator?

Answer: It shows that the narrator is careless, humorous, and often forgetful while packing.

Answer by Dimpee Bora