Footprints without feet

Question 1

Was the police able to catch the headless man, in the story ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 1

no

Question 2

What were the two boys surprised at in the story ‘Footprint without Feet’?

Answer 2

at the muddy footprints of a pair of bare feet

Question 3

How did you find the scientist of the story ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 3

eccentric

Question 4

Who was the headless, invisible man in the story ‘Footprints without Feet?

Answer 4

Griffin the scientist

Question 5

Do you consider Griffin’s discovery in the chapter ‘Footprints without Feet’ could be a real one?

Answer 5

Not at all

Question 6

The constable _____ came to arrest the stranger in Mrs Hall’s Inn, in the chapter ‘Footprints without Feet’.

Answer 6

Jaffers

Question 7

What happened to Jaffers & other people in the story ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 7

They were hit by blows from nowhere

Question 8

What happened to Jaffers when he tried to hold the unseen scientist, in the chapter ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 8

he was knocked unconscious

Question 9

Do you think Griffin’s acts in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’ are justifiable?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

As a lame man, do you think a human body can become invisible, as in the story, ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 10

no

Question 11

What was Griffin?

Answer 11

a scientist

Question 12

13. Whose house did Griffin set on fire?

Answer 12

the landlord.

Question 13

17. Griffin left his muddy footprints on the steps of a house in the middle of ——————

Answer 13

London

Question 14

22. Where did Griffin steal the money once more, as in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 14

From the house of a clergyman.

Question 15

23. Why were Mrs & Mr Clergyman surprised in the chapter ‘Footprint without Feet’?

Answer 15

(A)Nobody was seen coming in

(B)The room was empty

(C)The money was stolen

Question 16

24. What did the landlord and his lady find in Griffin’s room, in the chapter ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 16

(A)The room was empty

(B)Griffin’s bandages & clothes were lying on the floor

(C)Griffin wasn’t present in the room

Question 17

29. What did Griffin do out of anger in the Inn, in the chapter ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 17

(A)He quarrelled with Mrs Hall

(B)He threw off his bandages, spectacles & false nose

(C)He charged at Mrs Hall with a chair

Question 18

32. What lesson does the chapter ‘Footprints without Feet’ give?

Answer 18

(A)misuse of science and its great discoveries can make even a brilliant scientist a lawless person

(B)we should think twice before causing any harm to the society

Question 19

38. What did Griffin steal from the kitchen of the store, in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 19

Meat, coffee, sweets & wine

Question 20

49. Griffin the scientist of the chapter ‘Footprints without Feet’ committed a burglary in _______.

Answer 20

a clergyman’s house in Iping

Question 21

56. Griffin boarded a train and reached which village, as in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 21

Iping village

Question 22

57. At Iping, Griffin booked ____ rooms at an inn and paid the rent in ______, as in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’.

Answer 22

two, advance

Question 23

58. What was the name of the landlady at the Iping inn, as in the chapter, ‘Footprints without Feet’?

Answer 23

Mrs. Halls

Question 24

How did the invisible man first become visible?

Answer 24

The invisible man, Griffin first became visible when he stepped in some mud and his footprints were all over the steps of a house in the middle of London. His footprints were noticed by two boys who followed, fascinated, until the muddy impressions became fainter and fainter and at last disappeared altogether. He escaped easily enough from the boys who followed his footprints in London. As it was mid-winter, he slipped into a big London store to keep himself warm and slept there while picking up a pair of shoes, an overcoat and a wide-brimmed hat from the store. When he wore the clothes, it made him visible to the shop assistants when the shop opened in the morning. Thereafter, he had to shed all his clothes to escape from them and became invisible again.

Question 25

Why was he wandering the streets?

Answer 25

Although Griffin was a brilliant scientist, but he was a lawless person. His landlord disliked him and tried to evict him from the house. In revenge, the scientist set the house on fire. To escape from the scene, he removed his clothes and became a homeless wanderer without clothes, no money and totally invisible, roaming around the streets of London.

Question 26

Why does Mrs Hall find the scientist eccentric?

Answer 26

The arrival of a stranger with an uncommon appearance at an inn in mid-winter was an unusual event in itself. Mrs Hall tried to be friendly with Griffin, but he gave her a cold response. He rebuffed her by saying that he was not interested to talk to anyone and had come there for solitude and did not wish to be disturbed in his work. Considering all these reasons, Mrs Hall found the scientist to be an eccentric person.

Question 27

What curious episode occurs in the study?

Answer 27

In the early hours of one morning, the clergyman and his wife woke up owing to noises coming from their study. Creeping downstairs, they heard the sound of coins being taken from the clergyman’s desk. To their amazement, when they entered the study, the room was empty. He and his wife looked under the desk and behind the curtains and even up the chimney. However, they did not find anybody there. Yet the desk was found open and the housekeeping money was also missing.

Question 28

What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?

Answer 28

A series of extraordinary things happened at the inn. When Mrs Hall and her husband went into the scientist’s room, they found its door wide open. Usually it was always shut and locked and the scientist became furious if anyone entered his room. However, when Mrs Hall and her husband peeped round the door, he was nowhere to be seen in the room. His clothes and bandages that he always wore were lying about the room. Suddenly, Mrs Hall heard a sniff close to her ear and the hat on the bedpost leapt up and dashed itself into her face. Out of nowhere, the bedroom chair sprang into the air and pushed them both out of the room and then it slammed and locked the door after them. All these incidents made Mrs Hall believe that her furniture and the room was haunted by spirits, and that the stranger had somehow caused these to enter into her furniture.

Question 29

“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.

Answer 29

Griffin was indeed a lawless person as he did not refrain from harming others to fulfill his selfish interests. He set his landlord’s house on fire when he tried to evict the scientist from his house. Thereafter, he robbed clothes from shops and stole money from Mrs. Hall’s house that was kept for housekeeping purposes inside the desk in the study room. However, when the landlady encountered him at the inn, he threw a chair at her and her husband. Finally, he also escaped from the clutches of Mr Jaffers, the constable who had come to arrest him for his misdeeds. Lawless people like Griffin are very vengeful in nature and do not think about the safety and well-being of others in the society. They are only self-obsessed, thinking about themselves.

Question 30

How would you assess Griffin as a scientist?

Answer 30

Griffin was a brilliant scientist, as he discovered the scientific formula to make a human body invisible. This was indeed a big achievement in science. But he seemed to enjoy the feeling of power when he became invisible. He misused his discovery to satisfy his personal needs and got sadistic pleasure by hurting others. Although he was brilliant in his job, but he was not a noble scientist who made contribution to the larger benefit of society. His discovery of invisibility was therefore, done just for his own benefit.