CHAPTER # 7

Q.No.1: What memories of Katherine haunted Chips?

Answer: Chips saw her rushing along the stone corridors and taking part actively in all school functions. He also saw her laughing at some howler in some essay he was marking.

Q.NO.2: How did Katherine advise Chips in the affairs of the students?    

Answer: She always advised Chips to be kind and polite to the students. However, she did not always support leniency. She advised him to take strict action against them when it needed.

Q.NO.3: What services did Katherine perform at the school?

Answer: She took part actively in all school activities. She participated in all the school functions. She was a good musician. She also gave suggestions and made arrangements for the school functions.

Q.NO.4:Was Chips able to write a book on the memories of his life? OR What title did Chips suggest for his book? OR Why could he not write book? OR What was Chips’ desire regarding his memories? 

Answer: Chips had a desire of writing a book on his memories. He gave it the title of “Memories of Rod and Lines” but he was unable to write because writing tired him.

Q.No.5: Who was Ogilvie? 

Answer: Ogilvie was an old fellow. He was a choirmaster at Brookfield school. He taught a choir to sing together.

Q.No.6: Who was Dunster?

Answer: Dunster was a Brookfieldian. He was a naughty boy. Chips remembered that Dunster put a rat in organ-loft while Ogilvie was busy in taking choir-practice. He remembered that Dunster was drowned in Jutland.

Q.No.6: What did Chips remember about Ogilvie and Dunster?

Answer: Chips remembered that Dunster put a rat in organ-loft while Ogilvie was busy in taking choir-practice. He remembered that Dunster was drowned in Jutland and Ogilvie had died.

Q.No.8: What was the name of the old fifth-form room?

Answer: The old fifth-form room was called “the pit.”

Q.No.9: Who was Rushton? What memory did Chips have about him?

Answer: Rushton had been a Brookfieldian. He had been one of Chips’ students. He was very naughty fellow. His famous joke of the sack of potatoes was still fresh in Chips’ mind.