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Good-bye Mr Chips

CHAPTER NO. 1 - Read and mark the questions given in the bubble worksheet below: 

When one gets on in years time seems to pass like lazy cattle moving and grazing indolently. Mr. Chips still measured his time by the signals of the past just some old sea captain while living at Mrs. Wickett. (Chips’s landlady 1933). For his days and night were equally full of dreaming. Both Mr. Chips and his landlady kept Brookfiled time far more than Greenwich Time. They followed the school bells for their daily routine. Where both had spent their time. Mr. Chips always wound up the clock, put the wire guard in front of the fire, turned out the gas, and carried a detective novel to bed after the last bell clanged at Brookfiled. Scarcely had he read more than a page of the detective novel than sleep came to him peacefully like a mystic. He entered into another world. For his days and night were equally full of dreaming. Mr. Marivale was Chips’s family doctor. He was a jolly person. He visited Chips every fortnight or so. He would often say that Chips was fitter than he was. He called Chips a remarkable old boy. He said that Chips had got no disease except old age. He said that Chips would die a natural death. Dr. Marivale, a family doctor of Chips, used to visit Mr. Chips every fortnight or so and consoled him by saying, “My dear fellow, you are fitter than I am. You have passed the age when people fall a prey to fatal diseases.” He was a jolly sort of person.

Dr. Marivale said that there was really nothing the matter with Chips. Chips was fitter than he was. He had  passed the age when people got those horrible disease. Chips was one of the few lucky ones who were going to die really natural death. Mr. Chips remembered his preliminary interview. It was a bright sunny day of July, 1870. The air was full of flower scents and the plick-plock of cricket on the pitch. A match between Brookfiled and Barnhurst team was being played outside. Mr. Wetherby was a very fatherly, kind and courteous by temperament.  He died in 1870 during the summer vacation before the first term started. He served Brookfield about thirty years. He joined Brookfield in 1840 and restored its fortune somewhat. Mr. Wetherby was a fatherly, kind and courteous person. He advised Mr. Chips to take up a firm attitude from the beginning. That’s the secret of maintaining discipline. He asked him to work with enthusiasm and Brookfield would give in return. Mr. Chips’s first tremendous ordeal at Brookfield was to take up his prep class. It was a class of 500 uncivilized ruffians, just pitiless and implacable. It was a great fun for them to tease and make fun of the new teachers, and something of a tradition at Brookfield. Colley senior was the first boy whom Mr. Chips punished in his first prep class at Brookfield in 1870. He had dropped a desk lid on the floor and Mr. Chips assigned him to write hundred lines. Mr. Chips also punished the son of Colley senior.  Colley junior was the grandson of the Colley senior. Mr. Chips also punished by assigning him to write hundred lines and called him the biggest fool of the lot. The waves of humour and sadness swept over him very often until tears fell. So that when she When Mrs. Wickett came in with his cup of tea she did not know whether he had been laughing or crying. And neither did Chips himself. 

Mrs. Wickett was a kind and caring lady. She was the landlady of Chips. She took much care of him and his frequent visitors. She had been in charge of the linen-room at Brookfield.

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1. How did Mr Chips measure his time?

A) by the signal of the future
B) by the signal of the post
C) by the signal of the past
D) by the signal of the lighthouse

ANSWER= C) Chips measured his time by the signal of the past just like a some old sea captain,  living at Mrs Wickett.

2. What did Mr Chips do when the last bell rang?

A) He went to his bed.
B) He took his dinner.
C) He wound up the clock.
D) He went for a walk.

ANSWER= C ) He wound up his clock when the last bell clang in Brookfield.

3. When did Dr. Marivale visit Mr. Chips?

A) Every week
B) Every month
C) Every three weeks
D) Every fortnight

ANSWER= D) Every fortnight Dr. Marivale visited Mr Chips.

4. What did Dr. Marivale say about Chips's health?

A) Chips is fitter than Mrs Wickett
B) Chips is fitter than Marivale
C) Chips is fitter than Wetherby
D) Chips is fitter than Meldrum

ANSWER= B) Chips is fitter than Marivale.
Explanation: 

5. How were the boys in Chips's first lecture?

A) very decent
B) politer ruffians
C) uncivilised ruffians
D) civilized ruffians

ANSWER= C) Uncivilised ruffians, pitiless and implacable.

6. What did Colley do during his lecture?

A) dropped a desk lid on the grass
B) dropped a desk lid on the door
C) dropped a desk lid on the table
D) dropped a desk lid on the floor

ANSWER= D) He dropped a desk lid on the floor.

7. How was Colley punished by Mr Chips?

A) assigned to write three hundred lines
B) assigned to write hundred lines
C) assigned to write five hundred lines
D) assigned to write two hundred lines

ANSWER= B) He was assigned to write hundred lines.

8. Who was Mrs Wickett?

A) Wife of Mr Chips
B) A landlady of Mr Chips
C) Neighbour of Mr Chips
D) A colleague of Mr Chips

ANSWER= B) Mrs Wickett was the landlady of Mr Chips. She had in charge of the linen-room in Brookfield.

9. Who was Junior Colley?

A) Father of Senior Colley
B) Grandson of Senior Colley
C) Uncle of senior Colley
D) Son of senior Colley

ANSWER= B) Junior Colley was the grandson of senior Colley.

10. What was Chips doing when Mrs Wickett brought a cup of tea for him?

A) Whether he had been reading or sleeping
B) Whether he had been watching or crying
C) Whether he had been writing or crying
D) Whether he had been laughing or crying

ANSWER= D) When she came in with his cup of tea she did not know whether he had been laughing or crying.

11. How was the Chips's preliminary interview?

A) It was sunny July, 1860
B) It was sunny July, 1840
C) It was sunny July, 1870
D) It was sunny July, 1848

ANSWER= C) It was a bright sunny day of July, 1870. The air was full of flower scents and the plick-plock of cricket on the pitch.

12. Why did Chips leave Melbury Public School?

A) He was not much active there.
B) He was not paid much there.
C) He was disappointed by the students.
D) He was rgged a great deal there.

ANSWER= D) He was rgged a great deal there.

13. What is Ablative Absolute?

A) A Noun clause
B) Past Participle and Present Participle.
C) Present and Past Continuous
D) Noun and Adjective clause

ANSWER= B) Past Participle and Present Participle

14. What is the synonym of 'tremendous'

A) starlwart
B) lively
C) immense
D) healthy

ANSWER= C) Immense, Huge, Colossal, Jumboo

15. What is the synonym of 'implacable'

A) unyielding
B) yielding
C) nice
D) refined

ANSWER= A) Unyielding, adamant, dogged, headstrong, inflexible, stubborn, etc.

                                

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Good-Bye Mr Chips

Chapters 2 and 3

Brookfield Grammar School was an old foundation. It was established in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was situated across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms, russet under its autumn mental of creepers. Mr. Wetherby was the headmaster when Mr. Chips joined it in 1870.

Brookfield was a first-class school of the second rank. It mostly produced fair samples of Judges, members of Parliament, colonial administrators, peers, bishops, merchants, manufacturers, country squires and parsons. But its subsequent history never raised it to front-rank status.

Mr. Chips wanted to get the senior mastership or headship in any first class school. After repeated trials and failures, he realized the inadequacy of his qualification. He did not have any private means and family connections of any importance. 

After repeated trails and failures he came to know that the odds were heavily against him to better himself by moving elsewhere. He realized the inadequacy of his qualification. At forty he was rooted, settled and quite happy at Brookfield. 

In 1913 Mr. Chips turned sixty-five got retirement. He was presented with a cheque, writing desk and a clock at farewell party. A decent career ended quite decently at Brookfield.

Although, Chips was past the age people got horrible diseases and was fitter than his physician. Dr. Marivale. However, he needed care in Autumn and winter because his chest put strain on his heart. This was the only problem with him.

Mrs. Wickett let Mr. Chips a room. It was a small, luxurious and sunny room.  It was furnished simply and with schoolmasterly taste. The house itself was ugly and pretentious, but that didn’t matter; it was convenient to him.

When the weather was mild, Mr. Chips liked to stroll across the playing fields in the afternoon. There he watched the games of the boys. He also liked to smile and exchanged a few words with them when they touched their caps to him.

The room was decorated with a few bookshelves and sporting trophies; a mantelpiece crowded with fixture cards and signed photographs of boys and men; a worn turkey carpet; a big easy chair; pictures on the wall of the Acropolis and the Forum. 

Mr. Chips used to invite the new boys & teachers to tea. He served them with tea and a walnut cake with pink icing from Raddaway’s. His guests enjoyed seeing him making tea and mixing spoonfuls from different caddies.  

Mr. Chips once thrashed Collingwood for he was climbing onto the gymnasium roof to get a ball out of the gutter in a very dangerous way. He might have broken his neck.

Major Collingwood was the uncle of Young Branksome. Major Collingwood was killed in Egypt. He was awarded with D.S.O (Distinguished Service Order)

The books found in Mr. Chips’ room were chiefly classical. However, there were books of history, belles-letters, great literature and cheap editions of detective novels. He used to read Virgil and Xenophone for sometime. 

Mr. Chips had some peaceful enjoyments, such as reading, talking remembering, taking tea, and receiving callers, making correcting in Brookfieldian directory and writing occasional letters at Mrs. Wickett. He also watched the matches when the weather was mild.

Mr. Chips taught Greek and Latin languages at Brookfield. However, he thought them as dead languages. He was not a very profound classical scholar; indeed, he taught such classical languages. 

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21. What did Chips teach in Brookfield? 

A) German and French
B) Greek and Latin 
C) Latin and German
D) French and Greek

ANSWER= (B) Greek and Latin
Explanation: Mr. Chips taught Greek and Latin languages in Brookfield.

22. What sort of room has Mrs. Wickett let to Chips?

A) well painted and showy
B) ugly and pretentious 
C) well decorated
D) ugly and spacious

ANSWER= (B) ugly and pretentious
Explanation: It was a small, luxurious, and sunny room.  It was furnished simply and with schoolmasterly taste.

23. How was the room decorated?

A) was decorated with sporting trophies and turkey carpet
B) was not decorated with different things
C) was decorated with wooden furniture
D) was decorated with cutlery and utensils

ANSWER= (A) 
Explanation: The room was decorated with a few bookshelves and sporting trophies; a mantelpiece crowded with fixture cards and signed photographs of boys and men; a worn turkey carpet; a big easy chair; pictures on the wall of the Acropolis and the Forum. 

24. What did Chips read? 

A) books of geography and poetry
B) books of history and detective novels
C) books of mathematics 
D) books of Physics and Chemistry

ANSWER= (B) books of history and detective novels
Explanation: Chips read books of history, belles-letters, great literature, and cheap editions of detective novels.  

25. What poets did he read? 

A) Keates and Collergide
B) Virgil and Xenophone
C) Shelley and Stallworthy
D) John Peter and W.H. Davies

ANSWER= (B)  Virgil and Xenophone
Explanation: He used to read Virgil and Xenophone for some time.

26. When and what was presented to Chips on his retirement?

A) a cheque, a writing desk, and a clock
B) a cheque, a writing desk, and a clock
C) a cheque, a writing desk, and a clock
D) a table and a motor bycke 

ANSWER= (C) a cheque, a writing desk, and a clock
Explanation: He was presented with a cheque, a writing desk, and a clock at the farewell party.

27. He is too tired to walk, ___ he went home. 

A) as if
B) if
C) so
D) as 

ANSWER= (C) as
Explanation: He is too tired to walk, so he went home. 

28. He had spent the whole money he ____ before I asked him. 

A) have had
B) had
C) had had
D) has had

ANSWER= (B) had had
Explanation: He had spent the whole money he had before I asked him.

29. ____  clothes he has are not worth wearing. 

A) A few
B) Few 
C) The few
D) A little

ANSWER= (C) The few 
Explanation: The few clothes he has are not worth wearing. 

30. Passive voice of "She has made a new plan". 

A) A new plan has been made by she
B) A new plan has been made by her.
C) A new plan has been made by hers.
D) A new plan have been made by she. 

ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation: A new plan has been made by her. 

31. Passive voice of "She has made new plans."  

A) New plans have been made by hers. 
B) New plans have been made by her.
C) New plans are being made by she. 
D) New plans had been made by her. 

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: New plans have been made by her.

32. The child is ____ pretty. 

A) too 
B) much
 C) many
D) so

ANSWER= (A) too
Explanation: She is too pretty. 

33. Two girls were talking to ____. 

A) and each other
B) another
C) one another
D) each other

ANSWER= (D) each other 
Explanation: Two girls were talking to each other. 

for two nouns, each other, and more than two, one another

34. If you ____ the bill, you would not be punished.

A) to pay
B) be paid
C) paying 
D) paid

ANSWER= (D) paid
Explanation: If you paid the bill, you would not be punished.  

35. Passive voice of "I have bought a new car."  

A) A new car have been bought by me.
B) A new car has been bought by me.
C) A new cars has been bought by me.
D) A new car's has been bought by me. 

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: A new car has been bought by me

36. If I am here, I ____ to see you.

A) would come
B) shall come
C) be come
D) being come

ANSWER= (B) shall come
Explanation: If I am here, I shall come to see you.

38. The higher we go ____ it is.

A) cooling
B) cooler
C) the cooler
D) the cool

ANSWER= (C) the cooler
Explanation: The higher we go the cooler it is 

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39. They will ___ the job tonight. 

A) be finish
B) will have finished 
C) has finished
D) finishing

ANSWER= (B) will have finished
Explanation: They will have finished the job tonight. 

40. The sun ___  when we reached the border.  

A) arose
B) rose
C) was rising
D) arisen

ANSWER= (C) was rising 
Explanation: The sun was when we reached the border.