Test: Chapter - 2, Three Men in a Boat - Class 9 MCQ

In the given passage, it is mentioned that George and Harris thought they suffered from fits of giddiness.

In the given passage, it is mentioned that the narrator consulted a medical dictionary and was convinced that he suffered from every disease mentioned in the dictionary.

It is mentioned that the chemist refused to give him the prescribed medicines by saying that he was only a chemist. The narrator read the prescription and the medicines prescribed were “one pound beefsteak, with one pint bitter beer every six hours, a ten-mile walk every morning and sleep at 11 sharp every night.”

The friends planned to start from Kingston on Saturday and George would join them at Chertsey in the afternoon.

Harris objected to camping out at night because it was tedious and hopeless to attempt to make wood fire and the bread would be soaked in rainwater.

They took the decision that they would sleep out for five nights in a hotel or a pub when it rained.

Montmorency was the dog's name and he looked like a fox-terrier having a gentle look in his eyes.

"When the narrator had owned the dog he had thought that he would not live long." This suggests that the narrator initially had low expectations for the dog's lifespan. Therefore, option a) is the correct answer.

The narrator became poetic about the sun setting in the evening and suggested they camp out at night. He went into a nostalgic mood and described how they would tie their boat in a corner and pitch their tent and eat a small meal. They would listen to the song of the flowing river and lie down under the starry sky.

Harris objected to camping out in rainy weather because it was tedious and hopeless to attempt to make wood fire. So they would have to light a stove to cook food. The bread would be soaked in rainwater, and the pie, jam, butter, and salt would become rich with rainwater.