The author feared that the whole world would laugh at him if he carried the trunk. Was the fear imaginary or real? Give reasons for your answer.
Choose one sentence from the story that best expresses the author's false prestige. Support your answer with details from the story.
What does the phrase 'opposite directions' in the last sentence suggest?
How was the story told? Were the events narrated in the order in which they had happened? Spot the sentences where the course of narration changed its directions. How effective was it?
The following ideas belong to certain paragraphs in the story. Identify the paragraphs and put these numbers against them.
The author enjoyed his married life.
The author tried to convince himself that he had not done anything wrong.
The author was ashamed of making his father carry his trunk.
The author looks at himself and his father as two travellers taking two different roads.
The following statements are false. Correct them.
The author offered to carry the trunk for some time.
The author could decide on whether to allow his father to carry the trunk or not.
The author took unpaid leave.
The father was not happy with the old shoes his son gave him.
I. Look at these words from the story:
1. newly-wed wife 2.bus stop 3.forehead
They are all compound words. A compound word is a union of two or more words to convey a specific idea or special meaning that is not as clearly or quickly conveyed by separated words. As shown above, compound words may be hyphenated, written open (as separate words), or written solid (closed). The use of compounding in English is an evolving