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  Poem Chapter 2 The Grumble Family The Grumble Family Textual Questions A. Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given below. 1. There’s a family nobody likes to meet; They live, it is said, on Complaining Street (a) Where does the family live? (b) Why do you think the street is named as ‘Complaining Street’? Answer: (a) The family lives in Complaining Street. (b) The street is named as Complaining Street because a family which is never satisfied lives there.. 2. They growl at that and they growl at this; whatever comes, there is something amiss; (a) What does the word ‘growl’ mean here? (b) Why do they find everything amiss? Answer: (a) The word ‘growl’ means shouting or snarling at everything. (b) They find everything amiss or quite wrong because they are never satisfied with anything. They shout and complain about everything. 3. Nothing goes right with the folks you meet Down on that gloomy and Complaining Street. (a) What is the opinion about the folk...

Prose Chapter 2 The Night the Ghost Got in The Night the Ghost Got in In Text Questions a. Where was the author when he heard the noise? Answer: The author had just stepped out of the bathtub, when he heard the noise. b. What did the narrator think the unusual sound was? Answer: At first, he thought it was his father or his brother Roy. Next, he suspected that it was a burglar. Later on, he thought that it was a ghost. c. What were the various sounds the brothers heard when they went downstairs? Answer: The brothers heard like a man running and started up the stairs towards them. They thought that they were coming two at a time. They saw nothing, but only heard the steps. d. Who were the narrator neighbours? Answer: The narrator’s neighbours were a retired engraver named Bodwell and his wife. e. How did the Bodwells react, when a shoe was thrown into their house? Answer: Mr. Bodwell was shouting, frothing a little and shaking his fist. Mrs. Bodwell wanted to sell their house and go bac...