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It was not possible to go to him very often-his boots lasted terribly, having something beyond the temporary, some essence of boot stitched into them.
Q. The infrequent visits by author were due to
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow. Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
It was not possible to go to him very often-his boots lasted terribly, having something beyond the temporary, some essence of boot stitched into them.
Q. The shoes making (for Mr. Gessler) was
When the author met Mr. Gessler after his brother’s death, he found him suddenly
After returning from abroad, when the speaker went to the shop one week latter , he saw –
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I had given those boots up when one evening they came. One by one I tried them on. In shape and fit, in finish and quality of leather, they were the best he had ever made. I flew downstairs, wrote a cheque, and posted it at once with my own hand. A week later, passing the little street, I thought I would go in and tell him how splendidly the new boots fitted. But when I came to where his ship had been, his name was gone.
Q. The quality of the leather was ________.
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow. Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
I had given those boots up when one evening they came. One by one I tried them on. In shape and fit, in finish and quality of leather, they were the best he had ever made. I flew downstairs, wrote a cheque, and posted it at once with my own hand. A week later, passing the little street, I thought I would go in and tell him how splendidly the new boots fitted. But when I came to where his ship had been, his name was gone.
Q. What did the author do?
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I knew him from the days of my extreme youth because he made my father’s boots. He lived with his elder brother in his shop, which was in a small by street in a fashionable part of London.
Q. Who is ‘I’ in the above lines?
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I knew him from the days of my extreme youth because he made my father’s boots. He lived with his elder brother in his shop, which was in a small by street in a fashionable part of London.
Q. With whom did Gessler live?
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The tone was not one of anger, not of sorrow, not even of contempt, but there was in it something quiet that froze the blood. He put his hand down and pressed a finger on the place on the left boot, endeavoring to be fashionable, was not quite comfortable.
Q. Who is ‘he’ in the above lines?
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The tone was not one of anger, not of sorrow, not even of contempt, but there was in it something quiet that froze the blood. He put his hand down and pressed a finger on the place on the left boot, endeavoring to be fashionable, was not quite comfortable.
Q. What did Gessler do?