Chapter - 9
A Walk through Fire A. D. Smith
Q 1. What was the
narrator’s profession and where was he posted when he witnessed the
entertainment show?
Ans. The narrator was a soldier. When he had seen the
entertainment program, he was posted at Sapper Camp in Begumpet, Hyderabad.
Q 2. Where did the
narrator eat a nice meal one evening and how did he feel after eating?
Ans. The narrator ate good food in a nearby Chinese
restaurant in the nearby town of Secunderabad. After eating good food, he felt
peace.
Q 3. Where and in
what condition did the narrator meet the old man while driving back to the army
camp in the evening?
Ans. The narrator found that old man at a place from where
the road was divided for a small village called Ferozaguda. The old man looked like a bundle of white clothes.
Q 4. Whom did the
narrator see dissolving in the darkness of the night why did they seem to be in
a hurry?
Ans. The storyteller saw a shadowed shape dissolving in the
darkness of the night. Because of the arrival of the British army’s vehicles
and soldiers they seemed to be in a hurry.
Q 5. What did the
object lying on the fork road look like? What did it turn out to be on the
narrator’s reaching there?
Ans. The object lying on the fork road looked like a bundle
of white clothing. When the narrator reached there, he found an elderly Indian.
Q 6. Who were the
assailants, according to the wounded man?
Ans. According to the injured person, the attackers were two
Anglo-Indian youths.
Q 7. What did the
writer do instantly to help the wounded old man? What his condition as serious
as the narrator had thought of?
Ans. To help the injured person, the writer came out of his
handkerchief from a pocket and cleaned the injured person’s face.
The person was not in a serious condition as much as the
author thought.
Q 8. When and where
the entertainment show was organized?
Ans. The entertainment show was organized at the night
before the narrator was to leave for his new posting place. The show was at
sapper camp.
Q 9. Name three
important feats performed in the show.
Ans. The first important feat was to bend the iron rod on
the neck. Second, a five-ton truck was to pass on the chest above the railway
sleeper. Third, walk in the fire.
Q 10. How was ‘the
next meeting’ between the old man and the narrator big surprise for the latter?
Where was it?
Ans. The old man showed the feat of walking barefoot through
the fire at sapper camp. He returned the narrator’s handkerchief. So the
meeting between the writer and the old man was surprising.
Long question answers
Q 11. Describe the
narrator first meeting with the injured old man.
Ans. The narrator’s first meeting with the injured person
was at the place from where the road is divided for a small village Firozguda.
That man was being beaten. In the darkness, he was looking like a bundle of
white clothes. On seeing from nearby, the narrator saw an elderly Indian. The
narrator cleaned the wound of that man with his napkin.
The man told that this attack was done by two Anglo-Indian
youth. He did not tell the reason. The person was not in a serious condition as
much as the author thought. Narrator dropped him at Firozguda.
Q 12. Who was
Professor Rao and how did he perform two great feats of strength?
Ans. Professor Rao is the leader of the group of Indians who
performed amazing feats of strength.
Prof. Rao’s first feat was to keep an iron rod on his neck
and to get bent by volunteers into a U Shape around his neck. Professor Rao
last feat was to get an army truck full of soldiers to pass over his chest
without any harm to itself. In these ways, he performed two amazing feats of
strength.
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