Question1.
Why did the narrator call his work unpleasant?
Answer:The narrator called his work unpleasant because he had to go to all sorts of dirty and
dangerous places. At times, he was also beaten by those very people. That is why he called his work
unpleasant.
Question2. Describe the hack driver’s appearance in your own words.
Answer: The hack driver was a cheerful person .HE looked to be about forty years in age. His face was
red. He wore dirty and worn out clothes .
[Link] does the hack driver offer to ask about Oliver Lutkins?
Answer : The hack driver was none other than Oliver Lutkins himself. He did not wish to take the
summons and go as a witness. So, he pretended to be a hack driver. He offered to help the lawyer so
that the lawyer could not come to know about him from someone else.
Question4. The narrator was happy though he had not found Lutkins. Why?
Answer: The narrator was fed up with the city life. The ride through the village made him very happy.
He was overjoyed to meet the hack driver. So he was happy though he had not found Lutkins.
Question 5..what impressed the narrator most about Bill? Mention any two things.
Answer: The first quality that struck the narrator was that Bill was a cheerful, friendly and helpful
man. Secondly, he loved Bill for his simple and philosophical wisdom.
Question 6. How did the chief react when the narrator returned to his town?
Answer: The chief was furious at the narrator’s failure to serve summons on lutkins. He decided to
send a man who knew lutkins with the narrator next day to serve summons on lutkins.
Question [Link] does the narrator find lutkins eventually?
Answer: The narrator’s companion had seen lutkins. When the narrator pointed out the hack driver to
him, he told him that the hack driver was lutkin himself. In this way, the narrator found lutkins
eventually.
Question 8.. Why did lutkins pretend to be Bill Magnuson?
Answer : lutkins pretended to be Bill Magnuson as he did not want to accept the summons and be a
witness in the case.
Question [Link] did the hack driver tell the narrator about lutkin’s mother?
Answer : The hack driver told the narrator that lutkin’s mother was a real terror. He described her as a
large and hefty lady with a fierce temper. He also said that she was quick as a cat.
Question 10. How did the hack driver befool the lawyer?
Answer: The hack driver was able to befool him as he had not seen lutkins before. He took him around
the village on the protect of searching for lutkins.