"Never eat more than one thing" || chapter - 6 || class - 7 || Question and answer

Chapter 6

NEVER EAT MORE THAN ONE THING

Never eat more than one thing

Today we are going to read and write"NEVER EAT MORE THAN ONE THING" for class 7 English Chapter 6  explanation with question answer.

EXERCISE 

A. The lady had a number of things for her luncheon. Number them in the correct sequence. 

Ans.

1.      a salmon

2.      caviar

3.      half a bottle of champagne 

4.      giant asparagus 

5.      ice cream and coffee 

6.      a peach 

 

 

B.Write whether the given statements are true or false. 

1. The writer met the lady for the first time at a theatre. 

Ans. False

2. Twenty years back, the writer was very rich. 

Ans. False

3. The lady wanted to have lunch with the writer at the Luxembourg. 

Ans. False

4. The writer did not expect to spend too much for the luncheon. 

Ans. True

5. The lady wanted to have white wine but it wasn't readily available.

Ans. True

6. The writer has compared the peaches to the blush of an innocent girl. 

Ans. True

 

C.  Answer the given questions. 

1. How did the lady manage to get an invitation for a luncheon from the writer? 

Ans. She sent him a letter telling him she had just read his new novel and would like to have a little chat with him if he would give her a little luncheon.

2. It is evident that the writer was disappointed by the appearance of the lady. How do we learn this? 

Ans.  The writer was disappointed by the appearance of the lady because she was not so young as he expected. She was a woman about forty.

3. The writer says "Panic seized me." When and why did this happen?

Ans.  Panic seized him because it was not a question how much money he would have leftover for the rest of the month, but whether he had enough money to pay the bill.

4. "Oh, no, I'm not hungry, you see, I don't eat luncheon. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner, but I never eat more than one thing for luncheon. I was speaking for you." Who said this? What is ironical in this statement? 

Ans.  This is dramatic irony. It based on the strong contrast between what the woman keeps saying and what she actually does.

5. "Today, she weighs twenty-one stones." Why is the writer happy that the lady is overweight?