CHAPTER # 16
Q.No.1: What season did Chips like the most and why? OR Why did Chips not like winter?
Answer: Summer was the favourite season of Chips. He liked this season because he was afraid of getting cold in winter. He had to sit by the fire.
Q.No.2: Why did Chips like Brookfield?
Answer: Actually, he got great success as a teacher at Brookfield. He was considered part and parcel of Brookfield school. That’s why, he liked Brookfield.
Q.NO.3: How did Brookfield serve during the general strike of 1926? OR What event took pace in 1926 in England?
Answer: Economic crisis in England caused strike in 1926. The teachers and the students of Brookfield maintained the supply line and protected the private and government property.
Q.No.4: How did Chips earn the reputation of a jester? OR Write a note on Chips’ humour?
Answer: Chips was a witty and humorous fellow. He often made jokes. At some meeting, the people anxiously waited for jokes from Chips. This won him the title of ‘jester.’
Q.NO. 5: When did Chips make his will? OR What was Chips’ will?
Answer: In 1930, Chips made his will. He gave some of his belongings to Mrs. Wickett and mission school and the rest of his property for the school entrance scholarships.
Q.No.6: Who was Gregson? OR What did Chips tell Gregson?
Answer:Gregson was an old pupil of Chips. Chips said to him that he was always late in everything. He would also be late in getting old.
Q.No.7: Why did Chips not attend the old boy’s dinner in London in 1929?
Answer: Chips did not attend the old boy’s dinner in London in 1929 because he was afraid of chill. He was afraid of getting cold.
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