THE DAFFODIL CASE – CHAPTER 1 EXTRA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – ICSE CLASS 7 ENGLISH

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EXTRA ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS

1. Acquaint me with the dress and look of the narrator.

=The narrator was idling along Baker Street with a hand on his pocket, a scarf wound around his neck, and two pairs of socks on his feet.

2. What task did BBC assign to the narrator?

=The BBC had commissioned Bond to give a talk on village life in India.

3. What thought did the narrator have about his talk?

=The narrator was remembering the smell of cow-dung smoke and the scent of jasmine, and the floodwaters lapping at the walls of mud houses but he did not know much about village electorates and that sort of thing.

4. Where was the narrator going back? What did he realize suddenly about Baker Street?

=The narrator was turning back and was walking away to India House to get a few facts and figures.

He suddenly realized that he wasn’t on Baker Street anymore, he had wandered into Reagent’s Park.

5. Where was the narrator wandering and what was his confusion about the park?

=The narrator was wandering into Regent’s Park and he wasn’t sure of the way out of the place anymore.

6. Who did the narrator see over there and what did he look like? Who was he actually?

=The narrator saw a tall gentleman wearing a long grey cloak, stooping over a flower bed.

The tall gentleman wore a peaked hunting cap and in one hand he held a large magnifying glass. He possessed a long steely jaw and his eyes had a fierce expression.

The gentleman was Mr. Sherlock Holmes in actuality.

THE DAFFODIL CASE – CHAPTER 1 EXTRA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – ICSE CLASS 7 ENGLISH

7. What did Mr. Holmes know about the narrator?

= Holmes knew that Bond is just out of India, unemployed, and due to give a lecture on the radio.

8. How did Holmes know that Bond was about to give a talk on BBC?

=The BBC newspaper in the hands of Bond, on which he had been scribbling, revealed his intentions to give a talk.

9. How did Holmes know that Bond was unemployed and was from India?

=When Holmes saw Bond in the morning at ten o’clock with a BBC newspaper envelope which he hold upside down behind instead of sitting in an office, thought that he is employed.

10. Why did Holmes stop Bond from going? What did he say about Watson?

=Holmes’ stopped Bond from going as he needed help from him.

Holmes’ asked Bond to stay and said that his friend Watson was late to that place.

11. Why was Bond flattered? What did Holmes tell Bond to look at?

=Bond was flattered as the great man Mr Sherlock Holmes had condescended to take his help.

Holmes’ asked Bond to look down on his knees near the flower bed.

12. What happened to the daffodils? Who according to Bond did this?

=Somebody was pulling out the daffodils every day.

According to Bond, it was a human with a dog who was helping him to dig up the bulbs.

13. Why was Holmes astonished with Bond? Why was Holmes called to the park? What did he plan to do?

= Holmes astonished Bond as he was a quicker observer than Holmes thought him to be.

As somebody was stealing daffodils from the park for the past few weeks the park authorities have asked Holmes’ to deal with the matter.

Holmes’ planned to catch up with the culprit that afternoon.

THE DAFFODIL CASE – CHAPTER 1 EXTRA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – ICSE CLASS 7 ENGLISH

14. What did Holmes say about the Ruritanian princes and duchesses?

=Holmes’ told that in the olden days, Ruritanian princesses and duchess who lost their diamonds and tiaras would go to private detectives for help but now they don’t exist anymore and duchesses could no longer afford tiaras.

15. What did Holmes say about criminals, east end, and cretins at Scotland yard?

=Holmes’ told that the most successful criminals had legalized their activities and the East end which had once been notorious for crime, had been cleaned up.

16. What did Sherlock Holmes guess about the dog and the woman?

=Holmes’ guessed that it might be someone who owns a dog and who takes a dog out regularly for a morning walk and had been pulling out the daffodils every day.

17. What did Sherlock Holmes suggest Bond?

=Holmes’ suggested that they both concealed themselves behind the bushes, and wait for the culprit to come along.

18. How did they catch the woman?

=Both Holmes and Bond crept behind the bushes and settled down to a long wait for catching the thief.

19. What was the reaction of the woman after being caught? What happened to Bond at that time?

=The woman was frightened upon being caught and began weeping.

Bond sprang out after Holmes, by his efforts were rewarded by a nip in the leg from the outraged Pomeranian.

20. Why was the woman afraid? Why did Holmes turn rough on the woman? Was it as per Bond’s expectation?

= Woman was caught on being pulled out the daffodils and Holmes sprung up on her swiftly.

Holmes turned rough on the woman as the woman was caught pulling out the daffodils.

Yes, everything was as per Bond’s expectation. They successfully caught the thief who was pulling out the Daffodils.

THE DAFFODIL CASE – CHAPTER 1 EXTRA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – ICSE CLASS 7 ENGLISH

21. What did Holmes ask Bond to do? What did Bond do then? What did the gardener tell and do?

= Holmes asked Bond to notify the parking attendant about the thief.

Bond hurried off towards a greenhouse and after a brief search found a Gardner.

They did not believe what Bond was saying and he thought Bond must have made up the story or was trying to play a prank.

22. On coming back to the spot what shock did Bond have? How did the gardener make fun of Bond?

= On coming back to the spot Bond found neither Holmes nor the thieving lady. They only found a few daffodils scattered around the spot.

The gardener told that Sherlock Holmes’, eh? And you will be Dr Watson, I suppose?’. He did not believe what Bond was saying and he thought Bond must have made up the story or was trying to play a prank.

23. Where did Bond see Holmes again? What was Holmes doing? Why couldn’t Bond meet Holmes last time?

=While crossing Baker Street, Bond thought he saw Holmes on the opposite curb, alone.

Holmes’ was curb-alone looking up at the lightened room.

Homes could not meet Bond as when Bond came back with the gardener, he saw neither the woman nor Holmes was present there.

24. Do you think Bond was having a figment of imagination? Give reasons to support your answer?

=Yes, Bond was having a figment of imagination.

He by taking a look for once at the down of the knees on the flower bed understood that somebody have been pulling out the daffodils. It was a human with a dog who was helping him to dig up the bulbs.

25. Evaluate Bond and Holmes’ detective skills.

=Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective. Both Bond and Holmes have the power at using logic and astute observation to solve cases. They both concealed themselves behind the bushes, and wait for the culprit to come along.

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