PACKING Question and Answer

PACKING

1.     How did Harris and George irritate the speaker/Jerome?

Ans. Jerome wanted to make Harris and George work under his supervision. So, when he had to work alone while Harris and George sat easily and found faults with his packing, it irritated him. Besides, Harris reminded about the shoes only after the bag had been strapped. Moreover, George’s senseless laughter also irritated him.

2.     How did the speaker say he was different from Harris and George? Do you agree with him? Why/why not?

Ans. According to the speaker, he was the best packer in the world while George and Harris were the worst. Secondly, Jerome could not sit idle doing nothing at all but watching people work while Harris and George were doing just that. But actually, Jerome wasn’t a good packer himself. He liked to supervise and not to work himself. So, he was just like Harris and George.

3.           What kind of a packer the speaker Jerome was? Give reasons in support of your answer.

Ans. The speaker was proud of his packing skills but he forgot to pack the boots and had to reopen the bag. Then, the speaker’s anxious search for his toothbrush resulted in complete mess. Later, he had to reopen the bag to take out his tobacco pouch. Thus, he had to reopen it thrice. It shows him to be an average packer.

4.           How did Harris and George irritate Jerome while Jerome was packing the bag?

Ans. Harris and George settled themselves comfortably on the chair and the table. They watched Jerome doing the packing all alone. They were smoking and were finding faults with Jerome’s packing. They made him reopen the packing. They also made fun of him. All this irritated Jerome.

5.           What ‘horrible idea’ haunted the speaker/Jerome? Why did he call it as ‘horrible’?

Ans. Jerome had packed the bag again when he was haunted by a horrible idea if he had packed his toothbrush or not. He called it horrible because it always made him undo his packing to check it and then once again, to use it. It was always left out and was forgotten. He had to search for it at the last moment and carry it wrapped up in his pocket-handkerchief.

6.           What did Harris blame Jerome for? Why?

Ans. Harris blamed Jerome for encouraging Montmorency to disturb them while packing. He blamed him because Jerome’s constant watching their packing made them conscious, nervous and excited. It irritated them. As such he put all the blame of miserable packing on Jerome.

7.           ‘I never saw two men do more with one-and two pence worth of butter…’. Why did the speaker say so?

Ans. Harris and George had a tough time packing the butter. At first, George trod on it. Getting it off his slipper, they tried to keep it in the kettle. It won’t go in or come out of it. They scraped it out and kept it on a chair. Then Harris sat on it. It stuck to his back and could not be found. They searched for it for a long time and then they kept it in the teapot.

8.           ‘Packing’ is a humorous story about inexperienced packing. Pick up any two humorous elements from the extract to prove it so.

Ans. In the extract ‘Packing’ the inexperienced packers create a lot of confusion and mess. As a result, the tomatoes are ‘squashed’. Montmorency further amuses the readers with his antics. His ‘worrying’ the teaspoons and ‘killing’ lemons also prove it humorous.

9.           What was Jerome’s real intention when he offered to pack?

Ans. When Jerome offered to pack, he intended to say that George and Harris should do as he would say. He wanted to supervise their work, helping by touching and otherwise with his hands in his pockets.

10.      What did Harris say after the bag was shut and strapped? Why do you think he waited till then to ask?

Ans. When the bag had been shut and strapped, Harris reminded Jerome about the shoes which were left out. He waited till then to irritate Jerome, to make him open his packing and then to repack it again.

11.       What ‘horrible idea’ occurred to Jerome a little later?

Ans. The ‘horrible idea’ was whether he had packed his toothbrush in the bag or not. He used to forget it and then had to bring it to the station in his hand wrapped in handkerchief. So it was horrible.

12.       What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?

Ans. After packing and unpacking and again packing the bag for three times, Jerome was tired. Still hampers were to be packed and there was scarcely twelve hours time left. So they offered to pack hampers.

13.       What does the author pride himself on for? Does he deserve that pride?

Ans. The author prides himself on for knowing about packing much more than anyone else. He considers himself to be the best packer of all the persons living No, he does not deserve that pride.

14.       Why do George and Harris blame Jerome for encouraging Montmorency?

Ans. Montmorency disturbs packing when George and Harris are packing. He gratifies their already existing problems. They blame him to prove that they would have packed in a better way if Montmorency has not disturbed them.

15.       Give any two differences between the author’s and his friend’s packing.

Ans. The author packs the bag neatly and seriously while his friends pack the hampers roughly white laughing, playing, fighting and breaking things.