Question 1:
What are some of the signs of approaching winter referred to in the text?
Answer:
There are certain signs to show the approaching winter. These are:
(i) Birds begin to fly south.
(ii) People start purchasing warm clothes.
(iii) Leaves start falling.
(iv) Soapy feels cold in the park.
Question 2:
Soapy did not want to go to prison.
Answer:
FALSE
Question 3:
Soapy had been to prison several times.
Answer:
TRUE
Question 4:
It was not possible for Soapy to survive in the city through the winter.
Answer:
TRUE
Question 5:
Soapy hated to answer questions of a personal nature.
Answer:
TRUE
Question 5:
What was Soapy’s first plan? Why did it not work?
Answer:
Soapy’s first plan was to have a good dinner at some fine restaurant and then say that he has no money to pay. Then the cop would be called and he would be taken to a judge. The judge would then send him to jail. Soapy’s first plan did not work because of his broken old shoes and torn clothes. The head waiter noticed his sloppy appearance and Soapy was pushed out of the restaurant.
Question 6:
‘But the cop’s mind would not consider Soapy.’ What did the cop not consider, and why?
Answer:
The cop’s mind did not consider Soapy to be a criminal. He did not think of catching him and
sending him to prison. The cop thought that if Soapy had thrown the stone on the window, he
would have run away.
Essay Type Answer: Soapy’s first plan did not work because of his poor appearance. He
therefore tried the second trick. He threw a stone on the glass window of a big shop. He
stood still and waited for the cop to arrest him. But the cop’s mind would not consider
Soapy to be a criminal. He did not think of catching him and sending him to prison. The cop
thought that if Soapy had thrown the stone on the window, he would have run away.
Question 7:
Soapy stole a man’s umbrella.
Answer:
TRUE
Question 7:
The owner of the umbrella offered to give it to Soapy.
Answer:
TRUE
Question 8:
The man had stolen the umbrella that was now Soapy’s.
Answer:
TRUE
Question 9:
Soapy threw away the umbrella.
Answer:
TRUE