Mrs Adis
Mrs Adis - Std. XI
Title: Mrs Adis
The title ‘Mrs Adis’ gives us an idea that the story belongs to the
central character whose name is Mrs. Adis. She may be the dominant character of
the story. The title makes readers eager to know about this lady.
Story:
This story is about a peasant woman who finds a desperate young man at
her doorstep. He was requesting her to give him protection from the guards. He
had been stealing animals on the nearby estate, and in panic, had killed one
person. So, he needed a place to hide for some time. He wanted to escape from
that place. Whether she gives him place to hide or not and what happens at
the end is really worth to know.
Ice Breakers Activities:
1) If you meet any stranger who has a villainous look, you feel------
Answer-
I feel -
anxious
strange
scared
doubtful
2) The feelings of a person when he commits a mistake
are-----
Answer:
a) He tries to justify it.
b) He tries to conceal it.
c) He tries to influence others blaming the circumstances.
d) He becomes attacker.
e) He pretends to be innocent.
f) He tries to blame others for the mistake.
g) He feels guilty for committing the mistake.
h) He feels angry for having committed the mistake.
i) He feels sad for his mistake.
3) The person who makes a mistake or commits crime
should be punished because----
Answer:
a) he should not do the same mistake again.
b) it would ensure that the victim of the crime receives justice.
c) he would repent about his mistake.
d) it would help him transform himself into a better person.
e) it would assert that the society is governed by law and order.
f) it would make him understand his mistake.
g) others would get a lesson from his example.
h) it would bring him a good change.
i) it would prevent others to do such mistakes.
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Online lectures on Mrs Adis
By-
Prof. Tushar Chavan
Rashtriya Junior College,
Chalisgaon
Dist. Jalgaon
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Activity
No. 1
Q. Read the extract and complete the activities given below. (12)
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In north-east Sussex a
great tongue of land runs into Kent. It is a land of woods - the old hammer-
tongue of land: a long hammer woods of the Sussex iron industry and among the
stretch of land branching woods gleam the hammer ponds. Owing to the thickness
of the woods, the road that passes Mrs. Adis's cottage is dark long before
the fields beyond. That night there was no
twilight and no moon, only a few pricks of fire in the black sky above the
trees. But what the darkness hid the silence revealed. In the absolute
stillness of the night, windless and clear, every sound was distinct,
intensified. The distant bark of a dog at Delmonden sounded close at hand,
and the man who walked on the road could hear the echo of his own footsteps
following him like a knell. Every now and then he
made an effort to go more quietly, but the roadside was a mass of thorns, and
their crackling and rustling were nearly as loud as the thud of his feet on
the road. Besides, they made him go slowly, and he had no time for that. When he came to Mrs.
Adis’s cottage, he paused a moment. Only a small patch of grass lay between
it and the road, and he looked in at the lighted, uncurtained window. He
could see Mrs. Adis stooping over the fire, taking some pot or kettle off it.
He hesitated and seemed to wonder. He was a big, heavy, working man, not
successful, judging by the poverty of his appearance. For a moment he made as
if he would open the window, then he changed his mind and went to the door
instead He did not knock, but walked straight in. The woman at the fire turned quickly
round. ‘What, you, Peter Crouch!’ she said. ‘I
didn't hear you knock.’ ‘I didn’t knock ma’am. I didn’t want
anybody to hear.’ ‘How’s that?’ ‘I’ m in trouble.’ His hands were shaking
a little. 'What have you done?’ I shot a man, Mrs. Adis. ‘You?’ ‘Yes - I shot him.’ ‘You killed him?’ ‘I don’t know.’ For a moment there was silence in the
small, stuffy kitchen. Then the kettle boiled over and Mrs. Adis mechanically
put it at the side of the fire. She
was a small, thin woman with a brown, hard face, on which the skin had dried
in innumerable small, hair like wrinkles. She was probably not more than
forty-two, but life treats some women hard in the agricultural districts of
Sussex, and Mrs. Adis life had been harder than most. |
A1. True or False (2)
Rewrite the statements and
state whether they are true or false.
1)
Mrs. Adis came to the cottage of Peter Crouch.
2) Peter Crouch heard the echo of his own footsteps.
3) Peter Crouch opened the window to enter the
cottage.
4) The atmosphere was dark and there was silence.
A2. Describe (2)
Describe
Mrs. Adis.
A3. Explain
– Explain the following statements. (2)
1) Peter Crouch was not
successful.
2) Peter
Crouch was in trouble.
A4. Personal response (2)
If you meet any stranger who
has a villainous look, you feel---------
A5. Language Study (2)
1) That night there was no
twilight and no moon. (Choose the correct use of ‘neither-------nor’.)
i) Neither that night there
was twilight nor moon.
ii) That night there neither
was twilight nor moon.
iii) That night neither there
was twilight nor moon.
iv) That night
there was neither twilight nor moon.
2) He was a big, heavy,
working man, not successful, judging by the poverty of his appearance.
(Choose and write the adjectives
used in this sentence)
A6. Vocabulary (2)
Match the words given in ‘A’
with their meanings in ‘B’
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A |
B |
|
1)
Revealed |
a) Bend
over |
|
2) Pricks
of fire |
b) Very
near |
|
3) Close
at hand |
c) Showed |
|
4)
Stooping over |
d) Stars |
Answers-
A1.
1) Mrs. Adis came to the
cottage of Peter Crouch. - False
2) Peter Crouch heard the
echo of his own footsteps. - True
3) Peter Crouch opened the
window to enter the cottage. - False
4) The atmosphere was dark and
there was silence. – True
A2.
Mrs. Adis is described as a small and thin woman, having a brown
and hard face with dry wrinkled skin. She was not more than forty – two years
old. She was a woman who had to suffer hard life.
A3.
1) Judging by the poverty of his appearance,
it was clear that Peter Crouch was not successful.
2) Peter Crouch shot one man so he was in
trouble.
A4.
A5.
iv) That night there was neither twilight nor moon.
2) big, heavy, working, not successful.
A6.
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A |
B |
|
1)
Revealed |
Showed |
|
2)
Pricks of fire |
Stars
|
|
3)
Close at hand |
Very
near |
|
4)
Stooping over |
Bend
over |
See more activities with answers in the following book-
Activity Sheet No. 2
Q.
Read the extract and complete the activities given below. (12)
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‘What do you want me to do for you
Peter Crouch?’ she said a little sourly. ‘Let me stay here a bit. Is there nowhere
you can put me till they’ve gone?’ ‘Who’s they?’ ‘The keepers.’ ‘Oh you’ve had a quarrel with the
keepers, have you?’ ‘Yes. I was down by Cinder Wood seeing if
l could pick up anything, and the keepers found me. There
were four to one, so I used my gun.’ ‘‘Then I ran for it. They’re after me;
they can’t be far off now.’’ Mrs Adis did not speak for a moment.
Crouch looked at her beseechingly. ‘You
might do it for Tom's sake,’ he said. ‘You haven't been an over-good
friend to Tom’, snapped Mrs. Adis. ‘But Tom’s been a very good
friend to me; he would want you to stand by me tonight.’ ‘Well, I won’t say he wouldn’t,
for Tom always thought better of you than you deserved. Maybe you can stay
till he comes home to-night, then we can hear what he says about it.’ ‘He’ll be up at work for an hour
yet, and the coast will be clear by then - l can get away out of the
country.’ ‘Where’ll you go?’ ‘I don’t know. There is time to
think of that.’ ‘Well! You can think of it in
here, she said dryly, opening a door which led from the kitchen into the
small shed at the back of the cottage. They’ll never guess you’re there,
specially if I tell them I haven’t seen you tonight.’ ‘You’re a good woman, Mrs. Adis.
I know I’m not worth your standing by me, but may be l’d have been different
if I’d a mother like Tom’s.’ She did not speak, but shut the
door, and he was in darkness save for a small ray of light that came through
one of the cracks. By this light he could see her moving to and fro,
preparing Tom’s supper. In another hour Tom would be home from lronlatch
Farm, where he worked every day. Peter Crouch trusted Tom to help him, for
they had been friends when they went together to the National School at
Lamberhurst, and since then the friendship had not been broken by their very
different characters and careers. |
A1.
Theme (2)
Choose
the two correct statements showing the theme of this extract.
1)
It’s the confession of the criminal what he had done.
2)
It shows the character sketch of Peter Crouch.
3)
It is the description of Mrs. Adis.
4)
It gives the activities to save the criminal for the sake of son’s friendship.
A2.
Complete (2)
Peter Crouch trusted Tom because--------
A3.
Find proof (2)
Mrs. Adis did not consider Peter Crouch a good friend of Tom. Find its proof from the extract.
A4.
Personal Response (2)
Give qualities of your best friend.
A5.
Language Study (2)
1)
She did not speak, but shut the door.
(Use
the correct word to make this sentence complex.)
i)
when
ii)
though
iii)
if
iv) because
2)
‘What do you want me to do for you Peter Crouch?’ she said a little sourly.
(The
correct reported speech for this sentence is--------)
i)
She asked a little sourly to Peter Crouch what they wanted her to do for them.
ii)
She asked a little sourly to Peter Crouch what he wanted me to do for him.
iii)
She asked a little sourly to Peter Crouch what you wanted me to do for you.
iv)
She asked a little sourly to Peter Crouch what he wanted her to do
for him.
A6.
Vocabulary (2)
Match
the words given ‘A’ with ‘B’
|
A |
B |
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1) appealingly |
a) deserve |
|
2) Meal |
b) trust |
|
3) be worthy of |
c) supper |
|
4) regarded as reliable |
d) beseechingly |
Answer-
A1.
1) It’s the confession of the criminal what
he had done.
2) It gives the activities to save the
criminal for the sake of son’s friendship.
A2.
Peter Crouch trusted Tom to help him, for
they had been friends when they went together to the National School at
Lamberhurst, and since then the friendship had not been broken by their very
different characters and careers.
A3.
Mrs. Adis told Peter Crouch that he was not
good friend to Tom. She further added that Tom always thought better of him
than he deserved. This shows that Mrs. Adis did not consider Peter Crouch as
good friend of Tom.
A4.
The qualities of my friends are: - kind, good
natured, loving, handsome, caring, faithful, clever and hard working.
A5.
ii) Though she did not speak, she shut the
door.
iv) She asked a little sourly to Peter Crouch
what he wanted her to do for him.
A6.
|
A |
B |
|
1) appealingly |
a) beseechingly |
|
2) Meal |
b) supper |
|
3) be worthy of |
c) deserve |
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4) regarded as reliable |
d) trust |
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