Monday 13 April 2020

The Hack Driver Class 10 , Lesson 14 , English ,Questions and Answers

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English: Class 10
Lesson 4: The Hack Driver by Sinclair Lewis

The Hack Driver Questions And Answers Class 10

The Hack Driver Class 10 , Lesson 14 , English ,Questions and Answers


1. Who was Bill? How did he befool the lawyer? [H.S.L.C. 2015, 2018, 2020]

Answer: Bill was a hack driver in New Mullion. Actually, he was Oliver Lutkins himself. 



At the station, Bill introduced himself as Bill but not as Lutkins. If he wished he could do that in the very first instance. Then he made a lawyer hire his hack for two dollars an hour. Bill took to every possible location where Lutkin could possibly be. He moved him around the city for six hours and pocketed the fare but did not reveal his real identity. Bill did not allow the lawyer to enter the shop where Lutkins could be and asked them all by himself if they had seen Lutkins. Thus, he managed his locals to act as if they had not seen Lutkins and Lutkins might be at a different place. So, they had to follow him to a different location, and they missed him just by a few minutes. Actually, his confident behavior, support from his local friends and his cleverness made the lawyer a fool. It was quite interesting that he was such a foolish lawyer that he took an unknown man into his confidence so easily and got victimized.


2. Give a description of the first meeting between Bill and the young lawyer? [H.S.L.C. 2016]

Answer: The young lawyer was sent to New Mullion to serve a summon on Oliver Lutkins. Lutkin could be a very important witness in a case for the law firm. They sent several letters but received no response. At the station, Bill introduced himself as Bill but not as Lutkins. If he wished he could do that in the very first instance. Then he made a lawyer hire his hack for two dollars an hour. Bill took to every possible location where Lutkin could possibly be. He moved him around the city for six hours and pocketed the fare but did not reveal his real identity. Bill did not allow the lawyer to enter the shop where Lutkins could be and asked them all by himself if they had seen Lutkins. Thus, he managed his locals to act as if they had not seen Lutkins and Lutkins might be at a different place. So, they had to follow him to a different location, and they missed him just by a few minutes. Actually, his confident behavior, support from his local friends and his cleverness made the lawyer a fool. It was quite interesting that he was such a foolish lawyer that he took an unknown man into his confidence so easily and got victimized.



3. Why was the young lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he think about the place? [H.S.L.C. 2017]


Answer: The young lawyer used to work in a famous law firm as an apprentice. He had to serve a summons on various clients. He was therefore sent to New Mullions to serve a summons on Oliver Lutkins who could be an important witness in a certain case. 


5. Question is about How Lutkin duped the Lawyer. Answer: Lutkin was very deceitful. He intentionally did not took the lawyer to the required destination. In fact he did not reveal his identity so that he could befool the lawyer and the force him to hire the hack.



7. The question is about the Lawyer visiting new mullion.
Answer: The lawyer worked as an apprentice under a big law firm in the city. He was sent to New Mullion to serve to summon a person named Lutkin.
The lawyer imagined that New Mullion would be a sweet and simple country village. He would be fascinated by the landscape of the village.
But when he reached there he found that the roads of the village were muddy. The roads had wooden shops along the sides. Some of the shops were painted brown and some were without any paint. 

8. Who befriends the Lawyer? Where does he take him?
Answer: A hack driver befriends the lawyer. The hack driver introduced himself to be Bill. Actually, he was Oliver Lutkin himself.

Bill took the lawyer to every place where Lutkin usually hanged around. Firstly, he took him to the Fritz shops, then to Gustuff and to Grace. He also took him to Lutkin’s mother’s house. They also had lunch in Bill’s house