Very Short and Short Answers - Chapter - 2, Three Men in a Boat | English Class 9 PDF Download

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1.Is lt safe to sleep in the open at night ?
Ans. No, it’s not.

Q.2. Have you ever pitched a tent and slept In It at the hill-station ?
Ans. No, I haven’t.

Q.3.What will you do If It rains when you are returning homefrom school?
Ans. I’ll walk in the rain and get wet.

Q.4.Do you like to keep a pet dog ? Why! Why not?
Ans. I like to keep a pet dog because I love animals.

Q.5.When do you sleep at night?
Ans. I sleep at 10 o’clock at night

Q6 . Where did the narrator wish to stay at night?

Ans. The narrator wished to ‘camp out’ at night. He insisted on this because he loved the objects of nature. He loved to lie down under the starry sky.

Q.7.What decision did the friends take?
Ans. They took the decision that they would sleep out for five nights in a hotel or a pub when it rained, but would ‘camp out’ when it did not rain.

Q.8.How did Montmorency look like? What had  the writer thought of him?
Ans. Montmorency, the dog, looked like a fox- terrier having a gentle look in his eyes. When the narrator had owned the dog, he had thought he would not live long.

Q.9.When did the narrator change his opinion about the dog?
Ans. After paying for a dozen chickens that the dog had killed and rescuing him from several street-fights, and listening to the angry neighbour whose cat he had killed, the narrator changed his opinion about the dog.

Q.10. Did the debate come to an end?
Ans. No it was adjourned to the following night.