CLASS XII ENGLISH CORE (LITT AND LONG READING TEXT NOTES)THE INVISIBLE MAN:FILL IN THE BLANKS:CHAPTER ONE

1. The stranger came early in ……………..,walking from ……………… railway station, carrying a little black ……….. in his gloved hand.

2. Mrs. Hall lit the fire and was resolved to show herself ………..Of her good ………….

3. While she herself finished mixing the mustard, she gave…………A few verbal ………… for her excessive …………… .

4. She unfolded the ………… and hung his ……….. on a corner of the horse. She turned around ‘…………..’, she said “ ain’t you done them………….yet,…………?”

5.The stranger was sensitive on the topic of………. and ………. . But His ……… way had irritated her and ……….. had a hot time of it that …………. .ANSWERS:

1. February, Bramblehurst,Portmanteau2. Worthy, fortune3. Millie, stabs, slowness4. Clothes-horse,muffler. “Bless my soul alive”5. Operations, bandages, snubbing, Millie, afternoon.

CHAPTER TWO1. Good afternoon said the …………., regarding him as Mr. Henfrey

says with a vivid sense of the dark spectacles “like a lobster.”2. Certainly sir one minute more. I overlooked. And Mr. ………….

Finished and went.3. Mrs Halls recovering from the sudden shock of seeing a strange

visitor in her Inn, wanted to seek permission from the visitor for Mr. ………. To look at the clock to repair. By I. Jacob

4. Teddy trudged on his way with his mind considerably relieved because …………………………………. .

ANSWERS 1. Stranger 2. Henfrey 3. Teddy Henfrey 4. he had already informed Mr. Hall about the arrival of a strange Visitor at the Inn.

CHAPTER THREE Fill in the blanks:

1. The stranger, muffled in hat, coat, gloves and wrapper, came out impatiently to meet …….. ………, while Hall was having a word or so of gossip.

2. ……….. went straight upstairs and the stranger’s door being ajar, he pushed it open. But he was struck violently in the chest, hurled back and the door slammed in his …………………………………. .

3. Fearenside, the cart driver, describes the stranger as ‘’piebald” which means ……………….. .

4. When the dog ripped off the stranger’s trousers, he rushed swiftly up the steps into the Inn to change in order to …………………. .

ANSWERS 1.Fearenside’s cart 2. Mr. Hall, face 3. horse with areas on it of two colour, usually black and white 4. hide his hollowness

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CHAPTER FOUR1. ……………………… was in the habit of talking to himself in a low voice

and it grew steadily upon him and though ………………… .2. Teddy Henfrey, tumbling out of the “Scarlet Coat” one night, at

half past nine, was scared shamefully by the …………………………. Skull like head (he was walking hat in hand) lit by the sudden light of the ……………………… .

3. The village folks of ……………… had their superstitions and they felt that acts of the …………….. man were part of superstitions.

4. The popular song “………………….,” which Miss ………….. sang at schoolroom concert in aid of the church lamps was used by children to call the stranger “ ………………………….. .”ANSWERS

1. The stranger, Mrs Hall2. Stranger’s, opened inn door3. Sussex, supernatural4. “The Bogeyman”, Miss Statchell, “Bogey Man”

CHAPTER FIVEFill in the blanks:

1. Mrs. Bunting distinctly heard the pad, pad, pad, of bare feet coming out of the adjoining dressing room and the moment she felt assured of someone walking the passage towards the staircase, she aroused her………… Mr. ………….., the ……….. . He too heard quite distinctly a …………………. Going on at his study desk.

2. They peered under the desk , turned back the window curtains, looked up the chimney and probed it with the poker. Then both …………………………………. and ……………………. Stood aghast with eyes …………………….each other.

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3. Overhearing the violent …………………….. in the passage. Both heard a sound of …………………………. Being hastily shot back.

4. The burglary at the vicarage was quite unheard of as it was committed by the ………………….. .

ANSWERS1. Rev. Mr. Bunting, fumbling2. Mr. Bunting, Mrs. Bunting, interrogating3. Sneeze, bolts4. Invisible man

CHAPTER SIXFill in the blanks:

1. In the early hours of Whit Monday, Mr. Hall and Mrs. Hall rose and moved noiselessly down in to the ………… . The business there was of ………….. nature.

2. The most extraordinary thing that happened to the furniture was, the chair and …… seemed to be executing a …… of triumph for a moment and the abruptly …………. Was still.

3. Mr. Sandy Wadgers, the blacksmith, Mr. Huxter, the general shop owner and the Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government insisted that before reacting to the presence of the ……….., they should have the ….. first.

4. Before every one could plan and react, the stranger appeared and in a tremendous voice said, “…….. ...... ………. ……. .”

ANSWERS1. CELLAR, PRIVATE2. Bed, dance, everything3. Ghost, facts4. ‘Shut the door after you.’

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CHAPTER SEVENFill in the blank:

1. Mr. Hall assisted by ………. went off to find …… the magistrate to take advice un the matter of imperfect rumour of the burglary at the vicarage.

2 Mrs. Hall was waiting for the ……….. from the stranger which he had not paid for past …….. days.3. Mrs Hall fainted because the invisible man had stepped forward and handed over to her his ………. Face.

4.Jaffers marched in …….. next, ……… last. 5. Mr. Hall received a resounding kick in the …… that disposed of him for a moment and Mr. ………. Seeing the decapitated stranger had rolled over and got the upper side of Mr. …… .ANSWERS:

1. Mr. Wadgers, Mr. Shudleforth2. Money, five3. Metamorphosed4. Hall, Wadgers5. Ribs, Wadgers, Jaffers

CHAPTER EIGHTFill in the blanks:

1. Gibbons, the amateur naturalist of the district while lying out on the spacious open downs, hears close to him ……….. coughing, sneezing and swearing savagely.

2. The voice was …… as he was very sure of it.3. The voice seemed to be going in the direction of …………. .4. The phenomenon was so striking and disturbing that his ………..

…………… vanished.5. He hurried down the …….of the hill towards the village.

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ANSWERS1. The sound of2. Indisputable3. Adderdean4. Philosophical tranquility5. Steepness

CHAPTER NINE1. Marvel, an ……… bachelor and a local ………, did everything in a

…….. manner.2. The ‘voice’ looking at Marvel deeply engrossed in his own

thoughts and trying on a pair of boots, uttered the words, “It’s a ……. Of a country, and …… for people.

3. The ‘’voice’’ of the man, in order to make Marvel believe that he was real, threw …….. at Marvel, which missed Marvel’s ……………….By a hair’s breadth.

4. The voice needed help from Marvel in form of ……….., ………….. and then with …………………… .

5. The voice, chose Marvel to help him because it knew that Marvel is the only man who knows that there is such a thing as …………. .

ANSWERS1. Essentially, who, leisurely2. Beast, pigs3. Flint, shoulder4. Clothes, shelter and other things5. Invisible Man

CHAPTER TEN1. The festivities of Whit Monday had dyed the whole of Iping village

into its colour. Almost everyone was present except Mr. …….., who was presently missing having retired behind the bolts and bars of his own house and Mr. ………, who was lying stunned in the parlour of the “Coach and Horses

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2. The people who were sceptic about the Invisible Man, found it easy not to believe in him and for those who had not seen him, it made no difference. So ….. was happy with Bunting.

3. ………….has used ….…… to get his belongings out of the “Coach and Horses Inn”.

4. Mr. Huxter saw ……. Walking in an oddly furtive manner towards the gates of the yard.

5. Chasing the mysterious man, running with a big bundle wrapped in a blue table cloth in one hand and three books tied together, Huxter had a peculiar experience. His ….. was caught in a mysterious fashion and instead of walking, he was flying with …….. through the air.

ANSWERS1. Sandy Wadgers, Jaffers2. Iping Village3. Griffin, Marvel4. The stranger5. Shin, inconceivable rapidity.

CHAPTER ELEVEN1. Mr. Bunting felt that first he wanted to have the general

impression of the script written in ……….and ……. and then he would look for clues.

2. While both, Bunting and Cuss, were trying to make head or tale of the script, Mr. Bunting suddenly became aware of the …….. at the nape of his neck.

3. The voice whispered, “Don’t move,little men”, “or I’ll ……….. .”4. The strange voice, was none other than the ………… ……… .ANSWERS1. CYPHER AND FIGURES 3. BRAIN YOU BOTH2. STRANGE FEELING 4.INVISIBLE MAN

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CHAPTER TWELVE1. Mr. Hall and Teddy Henfrey, standing behind the bar and

Involved in a discussion, were disturbed by ……………… .2. Down the street, outside the “Coach and Horses” Inn people

rushed to see someone …………. .3. Mr. Marvel was vanishing round the corner of the church but

everyone concluded that probably …………….. ………. .4. At the end of the lesson, the Invisible Man leaves for ever and

………… .ANSWERS1. A SUDDEN VIOENT THUD AGAINST THE PARLOUR DOOR2. WHO WAS CAUSING A NOISE IN THE PARLOUR AND IN THE

STREETS3. HE WAS THE INVISIBLE MAN4. PASSED OUT OF HUMAN PERCEPTIONS, NEVER TO COME BACK

TO IPING VILLAGE.CHAPTER THIRTEEN

1. The man with his rubicund face, packed with fatigue was Mr. ………… .

2. The Invisible Man wanted to make use of Mr. Marvel despite of the fact that he was a poor …………. .

3. The Invisible Man was scared of being in the news, in the papers because ………….. .

4. “I shall keep my hand on your shoulder,” said the Voice. This shows the Invisible Man was very keen regarding ……….. .

ANSWERS1. MARVEL (2). TOOL. .(3.)THEN EVERYBODY WILL BE

LOOKING FOR HIM; THEY WILL BE CAREFUL. .(4).HIS BOOKS WHICH WERE CARRIED BY MARVEL, HE DID NOT WISH MARVEL TO ESCAPE.

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN1. The bundle consisting of books that Mr. Marvel was carrying had

been abandoned in the pine-woods by …………… in accordance with …………………………….. .

2. As the mariner was approaching Mr. Marvel sitting on the bench outside a little Inn on the outskirts of Port Stove, he heard……………………….. ………………….

3. While the mariner was narrating the newspaper story about the Invisible Man to Mr. Marvel, the latter said, “It did not say the Invisible Man had any pals,did it?” This he asked the mariner In order to know if the newspaper …………. …….. ……… .

4. It was only after ten days that the mariner collated the facts and realized how ……………… ……………… …………. .

ANSWERS 1 .The Invisible Man, With a change in the plans of the Invisible 2 .a sound like the dropping of the coins into a pocket 3.had mentioned anything on his friends 4.close he had been to the Invisible ManCHAPTER FIFTEEN

1. Dr. Kemp, while sitting in his study, had kept the blinds of the room up because …………. ………. ………….. .

2. There was a short little man, wearing a high hat, running over the hill so fast that his legs ………… …………. .

3. Dr. Kemp hoped, that the work he was upon, would earn him the ……………… ……………………….. ……………… .

4. As Mr. Marvel was running, he chinked like a ……………. ………….. .5. The people in the streets were shouting before Mr. Marvel was

halfway there. They knew that the ……. ………. ….was coming.ANSWERS1. He did not feel it an offence to keep peeping toms away2. Were shaky BY I. JACOB

3. Fellowship of the Royal Society4. A thing tossed to and fro5. The Invisible Man

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

1. Mr. Marvel enters the Jolly Cricketers ………….. for help. He is scared that The Invisible Man is behind to kill him. Everyone in the pub is sure that The Invisible Man is definitely there, because they can feel someone ………………… .

2. The barman hides Mr. Marvel in the ……. . The bearded man faces the …….. with his pistol …… him, waiting for the man ……. As the devil. Suddenly they hear the parlour door slamming and the key turning. They rush out of the bar.

3. It was sure that Mr. Marvel was in the grip of The Invisible Man as he could be heard ……….. like a caught animal. The cabman ………. Something and the barman’s red hands could feel himself ……. At the unseen. But actually they were all struggling with the ………… .

4. The ……… fires five times carefully into the ….. and is sure he hit the Invisible Man. He tells everyone to go out with the ………. And see his body.

ANSWERS1. Shouting violently, breaking windows2. Backroom, unbolted doors, behind, artful3. Squealing, hit in the face, collared, clawing, empty air4. Man with a black beard, twilight, lantern

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN1. As he was feeling thirsty, he went down to the dining room in

search of a ……….. . He was startled to see a clot of …….. on the linoleum and walked up to his room. To his surprise, the door knob too was blood-stained. Frantically he enters the room and finds his bedspread smeared and sheet torn.

2. No sooner had he come out of his astonishment, than he heard some ……..calling him. He heard distinctive movement …… and near the ……. Stand. The …… hanging in the mid-air gave him a severe shock. He could see that it was properly tied but yet …….. of belonging to any hand.

3. The voice introduced itself as Griffin, Dr. Kemp’s ………, who had made himself invisible. He said that the night was …………. Without clothes and demands for drawers, socks and slippers. He asked for food and whiskey as he was very hungry. Dr. Kemp stared at the ………….. as the Invisible Man kept on drinking and eating.

4. The Invisible Man promised …… his whole story but insisted that he must let him sleep first as he had not slept for almost …….. .

ANSWERS1. SYphon and whiskey, blood2. Voice, across the room, wash-hand, bandage of linen rag, quite

empty3. University collegemate, chilly to a man, devouring dressing gown.4. To tell Kemp, three days

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN1. Griffin examines the ………….. with speculation and does not

resign to sleep until he has confirmed ………. That a retreat by them would be possible.

2. Kemp could do nothing but laugh at his position on being ……… . He thought he was dreaming, but the …… on his neck made him realize of the ……………………….. .

3. Many questions raised up in his mind when he came to know that the Invisible Man was ………. …. . Too excited ……… , Kemp opened the ……….. to confirm all details of the event that occurred the previous evening.

4. When he recalls the …….., he realizes that Marvel, a mere tramp, was being ………………. . He suddenly realizes that Griffin is insane to the point of being ……… .

ANSWERS1. Windows, Kemp’s statement2. Barred out of his own bedroom, slight bruises, undeniable fact3. Chasing the tramp, to sleep, morning newspaper4. Behavior of Marvel, pursued by Griffin, homicidal

CHAPTER NINETEEN1. Griffin explains to Kemp how he became………….. . he tells that he

had been a medical student, but had dropped medicine to take up Physics as light ……………………… .

2. After experimenting with ………….. for three years, he discovered that ………….. could be made transparent. He was continuously trying to hide his work from ……………………….. .

3. He was finally brought to a halt in his experimenting due to ……… .A problem he solved by …………….. . As the money did not belong to him, his father ………… himself.

ANSWERS1. a demonstrator in the Physics Department fascinated him2. matters concerning light, an animal tissue Professor Oliver3. lack of sufficient funds, robbing his father, killed

CHAPTER TWENTY1. Griffin was not sorry for his father and rather thinks that his father

had been a victim of his own ………………… . He is happy that now there was scarcely a …………………………………………. Left in conducting the experiment that are beyond the planning of details.

2. The things that Griffin needed to remember, were written in ………. ……… in those books that ……… had hidden. He was desperate to ……….. down and get those books again.

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3. Griffin tested his experiment first on the ……. of his room, next on the pillow, then on the cat and finally on …………………… .

4. Inspite of extreme ……………………… and pain, Griffin finished his treatment and watched himself ………………………………… .

5. Griffin ……………………… some loose paper, straw, packing paper, etc. in the middle of his room and waving a farewell to the room set his heap ……… as this was the only way he could ………………….. .

ANSWERS1. FOOLISH SENTIMENTALITY, DIFFICULTY2. CYPHER, TRAMP, HUNT HIM3. WHITE WOOLLEN RAG, HIMSELF4. ILLNESS, GRADUALLY DISAPPEAR5. TOSSED TOGETHER, ON FIRE, ESCAPE

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE1. Griffin soon got to know that being invisible had …… too besides

being fun. People ran into him and ….. on him. To make matters worse, dogs barked at him with their pointing nose and …….. .

2. As he had to remain ……., he was soon uncomfortable. He did not know that an invisible man, however transparent, is ………….. .

3. While he waited for the marching ……. To pass, two youngsters spotted the ……. In the mud catching attention of the people around who curiously looked at the “…………. Prints.”

4. His escape at the time was aided with the distraction created by …………………… engulfing his ……………… dwelling.

ANSWERS1. Many drawbacks, stepped, curious sniffing2. Naked, thrown open to the weather3. Salvation Army Band, prints of his bare feet, ghost4. Blazing fire, former

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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO1. Griffin had gone into the ………………………., a large apartment type

store where one could buy everything from …………….. .2. He stepped in an area of …………., hoping that once the store is

closed for the night, he would be able to sleep ……… .3. In the night he procured some cash to recover his ……………, a

complete set of clothes to make himself a muffled but …………….. figure. He helped himself to food in a refreshment department, and then slept in a pile of ………………… .

4. He failed to awaken before the …………had entered and was forced to …………and run, naked, back out into the cold.

ANSWERS1. Omniums, groceries to clothing2. Bedsteads, on the mattresses3. Books and parcels, acceptable, down quilts4. Morning crowd, shed the clothing

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE1. Griffin had no clothes or shelter. He couldn’t eat anything due to the

fear of the “………………….”in his stomach being weirdly visible. He also realizes that walking through the streets of London will result in the …….. on his skin, making him visible in a ………… way.

2. He made his way into a …….., hoping to grab some……… . In that room, he had to stand and watch the hunched man …… which was exasperating.

3. The Invisible Man is glad that no one on the street pays him any ……. .He enjoys the idea that he has “……………..”whatever he chooses. Whatever the consequences of his actions might be, he can get away with it by simply discarding his ……….. and ………… .

4. He goes to a …… and orders “a ……….. feast”, but is irritated to discover that he cannot eat it ……. His invisible face.

5. On his way back to ……….., he had been hampered in his journey by a ………, among others. Recalling his encounter with the …….., he

says that every conceivable sort of ……… that has ever been created had been sent to cross him.

ANSWERS1. UNASSIMILATED MATTER, ACCUMULATION OF DIRT, GROTESQUE2. COSTUME SHOP, CLOTHES AND DARK GLASSES, EAT HIS BREAKFAST3. ATTENTION, IMPUNITY TO DO, GARMENTS, VANISHING4. HOTEL, SUMPTUOUS, WITHOUT EXPOSING5. IPING, CONSTABLE AND A GROCER, TRAMP, SILLY CREATURE

TWENTY-FOUR1. Griffin shares that though his original plan had been to get his

books and get out ………, that plan had changed upon meeting ……..and he thinks that together they can set up a “…………………” to take full advantage of the invisibility.

2. Griffin does not realize that Kemp has already …….. and is only trying to indulge him in the long ……. To keep him busy until the police arrived, Kemp stands in front of the window to keep Griffin from ……., but Griffin soon hears them and realizes that he has been ………… .

3. The key, that dropped …… while closing the door, spoils the effort and Griffin shoves Kemp aside. He ………. At Colonel Adye who is approaching ……….. and moves lout slamming the front door violently upon the ………who shout and run after him.

ANSWERS1. Of the country, Kemp, Reign of Terror2. Betrayed him, conversations, seeing the police, deceived3. On the carpet, hurls his weight, on the stairs, two policemen

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

1. Standing on the landing, Kemp tried to articulate to make Colonel Adye understand that the ……………could cause a reign of terror.

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2. Kemp feels that the Invisible Man is a danger, a disaster, unless he is …….. . It is frightful to think of the things that may happen. Kemp is giving these comments with certainty because………….. ………………………………. .

3. When Colonel Adye was leading the way downstairs, they found the front door open and the policemen standing outside, seeing him he commented,”…………………..”.

4. Colonel Adye ordered his men on duty to go to the Central Station to get ……………… .

5. Kemp suggested Colonel Adye to ………………every thicket, every quiet corner and put all weapons away, so that ……………………… .

ANSWERS1. Invisible Man2. Caught, Griffin had narrated his evil intentions to Kemp and sought

his cooperation. 3. That the Invisible Man had got away.4. A cab to come up and meet him and Dr. Kemp quickly5. Search for Griffin in, he would not be able to snatch up and

strike men with them

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX1. The Invisible Man seems to have rushed out of Kemp’s house in a

state of blind fury because ……………….. .2. Griffin had evidently counted on Kemp’s co-operation in his brutal

dream of a terrorized world because Kemp was his ……………….. .3. Kemp spread the news that people must lock up their houses and

needed to keep the Invisible Man from eating or ……………… .4. The position in which Mr. Wicksteed’s body was found suggests

that………….. .5. The little girl going to her afternoon school,was the last person who

saw Mr. Wicksteed trotting in a peculiar manner across a field towards the ………………………………… .

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ANSWERS 1. he was followed by the police2. former college mate3. sheltering in their homes4. driven into a corner between a drift of stinging nettles and the

gravel pit 5. gravel pit

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN1. The Invisible Man calls Kemp amazingly energetic and clever

because Kemp had………………………. .2. Griffin had no intention to kill Colonel Adye because he had no

……….. …….. with him.3. Kemp, a cool headed character, tries to organize a plan to use

himself as bait to trap the Invisible Man but the note that he sends to Colonel Adye through his housekeeper is taken away by …………. .

4. Suddenly the house was full of the Invisible Man’s resounding blows on the ……………………….. .

ANSWERS1. Chased him for a full day2. Quarrel3. The Invisible Man4. Windows

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT1. Kemp in order to escape from the clutches of the Invisible Man ran

towards Mr. Heelas’ house for shelter. But Mr. Heelas shutting the bolts said, “…………………………………………. .”

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2. In the fight with the Invisible Man, when the Invisible Man threw a couple of his antagonists and rose to his knees,Kemp clung to him in front like a……………………………………………………….

3. In the heap of struggling men, there came suddenly a wild scream, “mercy!mercy!” when he was gripped, clutched and by …………………………………………… .

4. Griffin was the first of all men to make himself …………………………. .

ANSWERS1. “I am very sorry if he is after you, but you cannot come in!”2. Hound to a stag3. Spade4. Invisible

EPILOGUE1. After Griffin is hunted, caught and killed, it is Marvel who keeps

his name alive by opening an Inn named …………… ………… and he himself is the …………………………. Of the Inn.

2. The lawyers tried to put…………. out of the treasure found on him because they could not prove whose money was which, I’m blessed.

3. Even though Marvel does not understand anything out of the scripts of Griffin’s writing, he does not share them with anyone because ………………………………………… .

4. Every night after ten, Marvel goes into his bar parlour, sits down in an armchair and begins to study …………………………. .

ANSWERS1. The Invisible Man owner2. Marvel3. It carried subtle secrets of invisibility4. The books

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FILL IN THE BLANKS: MISCELLANEOUS1. The Invisible Man is the ……………of the novel. His name is ……………….Ans. Protagonist, Griffin 2. He was a genius in Physcis, he was a brilliant………….. and ………………

Ans. Chemist, Researcher3. The Invisible Man was ……………… …….. of Dr. Kemp.

Ans. College mate4. Griffin’s passion for pure scientific investigation accelerated to such

an extent that when he ……….. ………. he stole it from his poor father. Ans. Needed money

5. At the end of the novel poetic justice is done, ……………….. is seized, assaulted and killed by a mob.Ans. Griffin

6. The Invisible Man’s naked, battered body gradually becomes ………. As he dies.Ans. visible

7. Dr. Kemp is a ………………like …………. .He shared the same interests of science. Except Kemp was matured, does not wish to put his knowledge to cause R………… of T………..like Griffin. Kemp offered to be a bait so as to get Griffin caught by the police.Ans. Scientist, Griffin. Reign of Terror.

8. The name of the village where the whole story revolves is ………… .Ans. Iping

9. The name of the Inn is ………………… and ………… .Ans. Coach and Horses

10.The owner of the Inn is ……………… ……………… Ans. Mrs. Janny Hall11.George Hall is the ………………. Of Janny Hall. Ans. Husband

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12. Thomas Marvel is a ……………. . He is short, …… and a …….. . Ans. Tramp. Fat, loner

13. Marvel is made to ………… Griffin’s scientific notebooks and stolen money. Ans. Carry.

14.Colonel Adye is the law-abiding …….. of Police in town of Port Burdock. He follows Kemp’s suggestions and plans the ………. against the Invisible Man. But he is ……..by the Invisible Man with Kemp’s revolver.Ans. Chief. Campaign, shot.

15. Dr. Cuss is a doctor from …….. .He is scared away after Griffin …….. his nose strongly with an invisible hand.Ans. Iping village. pinches

16. J A Jaffers is a ………… in the town of .….. . He is called by Janny Hall and George Hall to ………. ………. after they suspect him of robbing Rev. Bunting.Ans. Constable, Iping, arrest Griffin

17. Rev. Bunting is the ……….. of ……… village.Ans. Vicar, Iping. BY I. JACOB

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SHORT QUESTIONS OF THEME,PLOT AND ACTION TO ASSIST PUPILS TO COMBINE AND ELABORATE TO 150-200 WORDS.

1. What is Whit Monday?Where were Mr. Hall and Mrs. Hall heading to and the reason thereof?Whit Monday refers to the day devoted to the club festivities in Iping. Mr. and Mrs Hall were heading towards the cellar downstairs to get into personal matters related to the specific gravity of their beer.

2. “It was as he expected” ---who is ‘he’ in the line? What did he expect, where and how?‘He’ refers to Mr. Hall in this context. Mr. Hall was biased against Griffin from the time Teddy Henfrey the watch repairer had poisoned his ears against Griffin, the invisible man. When he was returning to the cellar from his room with the bottle of sarsaparilla, he had noticed the stranger’s door slightly open but while coming down he found the bolts of the front door undone. He expected such behavior from the stranger. His disbelief in the stranger was cemented when he found the room and bed empty. His garments and bandages all helter-skelter and his big hat hanging from the bed-post.

3. What did Mrs. Hall resolve to do and what followed?Mrs. Hall on hearing what her husband had narrated about the stranger decided to check on the happenings herself. As they climbed the cellar steps, they heard the front door open and shut. Mrs Hall bypassed her husband and ran upstairs. They heard a sneeze on the staircase and each assumed that the other had sneezed. A sniff just behind her head made her jerk for Mr Hall was far off---this shocked the couple.

4. Who is Millie and what restoratives did she need to apply, to whom and why?Millie is the help of the Halls. As Mrs Hall had almost fainted with the fear of ‘spirits’ around, she required some immediate restorative to soothen her disturbed nerves. Some drops of beer

were administered on her at once by Millie and Mr Hall to calm her down. Millie was sent across the street to fetch Sandy Wadgers, to blacksmith, who was an expert in witchcraft.

5. Who is Sandy Wadgers? Why did Mr Hall call for him?Sandy Wadgers is the blacksmith of the village who is an expert in witchcraft. He is sent for by Mr Hall to device some way to soothen his wife’s extremely tense nerves and also to shoo away the evil spirits, to bring about peace,normalcy and order in the Inn once again.

6. What did everyone observe when the door upstairs flew open of own accord?Everyone was shocked to see the muffled figure of the stranger, with large blue glass eyes coming down the stairs, staring blankly and then stopping abruptly to pin point towards a direction of the cellar door. Then he made a sudden swift entry into the parlour, slamming the door in their faces and everything became quiet again.

7. What were the mysterious things that took place in the stranger’s room?As soon as Mr and Mrs Hall entered the stranger’s room the bed-clothes gathered and suddenly took a leap together as a peak and jumped head long over the bottom rail. It looked like somebody held them in the centre and threw them apart. Soon the stranger’s hat hopped off the bed-post and whirling in the air to hit Mrs Hall’s face. Then came the sponge from the washstand, followed by the chairs flying, throwing the stranger’s coat and trousers carelessly along with a laughing voice of the stranger. There were four legs charging against her back. By now the door was pushed violently. It seemed that the chair and bed in the room were dancing to glory.

8. Who was the second stranger to visit Iping village? What was the purpose of his visit?

This second stranger to Iping seems to be Mr Thomas Marvel and the purpose of his visit was to help Griffin, the Invisible Man, as he had committed to do anything for him.

9. Why did Marvel give a gasp when he saw Mr Huxter?Marvel gave a gasp on seeing Huxter as he was nervous and afraid that Huxter might have noticed him packing and holding a big bundle in a blue table cloth in one hand and three books tied together in the other. He became nervous and hurriedly left the place.10.While chasing Marvel Mr Huxter felt that he was no longer running but he was experiencing some mysterious acts. What was this experience?While running after the stranger,Mr.Huxter began to fly through the air along with a mysterious feeling of being in the air with unimaginable speed.

11.What was “Jolly Cricketers”? Jolly Cricketers was a pub in Burdock. 12.Why was Mr Marvel staggering? What was he carrying? Marvel was staggering because he was panic-stricken and Shrieking with terror as the Invisible Man was chasing him. He was also clutching the books, which also added to his woes. 13.”I know what country I am in.”Who is the speaker and what does He tend to suggest? The speaker is the attendant watchman in the pub Jolly Cricketers. He tends to suggest that if the Invisible Man comes There he let off a shot from his revolver at his legs. 14. Who entered with a carving knife? The barman entered with a carving knife. 15.Who went reeling backi? Why? The policeman went reeling back. He had somehow caught hold of the hand of the Invisible Man pulling Marvel’s collar, so the the Invisible Man hit him. BY I. JACOB