NCERT Solutions Class 8 English (It So Happened)
The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 8 English (It So Happened) Chapter – 7 The Open Window has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.
NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English (It So Happened)
- Chapter – 1 : How the Camel Got His Hump
- Chapter – 2 : Children at Work
- Chapter – 3 : The Selfish Giant
- Chapter – 4 : The Treasure Within
- Chapter – 5 : Princess September
- Chapter – 6 : The Fight
- Chapter – 8 : Jalebis
- Chapter – 9 : The Comet 1
- Chapter – 10 : The Comet 2
- Chapter – 11 : Ancient Education System of India
Chapter – 7 (The Open Window)
Comprehension Check
1. Why had Framton Nuttel come to the “rural retreat”?
Answer – Framton Nuttel was suffering from some nervous disorder and worry. So he decided to spend a few days in some village and relax in peace.
2. Why had his sister given him letters of introduction to people living there?
Answer – His sister had given him letters of introduction to people living there as he did not know anyone there. She knew that he would not speak to anybody and his nerves would be worse from moping. That is why she gave him letters of introduction to all the people she knew there.
3. What had happened in the Sappleton family as narrated by the niece?
Answer – His sister knew that Framton would meet very few people in the countryside. He would feel lonely and bored. His condition could grow worse. So she gave him letters of introduction to all people she knew there. One was addressed to Mrs. Sappleton.
Comprehension Check
1. What did Mrs. Sappleton say about the open window?
Answer – Mrs Sappleton said that her husband and brothers would be entering the house any time. The window was kept open till it was dark. They would enter through the open window.
2. The horror on the girl’s face made Framton swing around in his seat. What did he see?
Answer – Framton swung around to know the reason for the girl’s horror. Soon he saw three figures coming towards the window.
Comprehension Check
1. Why did Framton rush out wildly?
Answer – The niece had told Nuttel that her aunt’s husband and brothers had been missing, for three years. When Framton saw them coming, he thought they were ghosts. So he rushed out wildly in fear.
2. What was the girl’s explanation for his lightning exit?
Answer – The girl explained that Framton had a bitter experience of the dogs. So he made a sudden exit on seeing the dog.
Exercise
Discuss in small groups.
1. Is this a mystery story? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer – The open window is not truly a mystery story. It shows the fertile imagination of a young girl. She plays a practical joke on Framton and tells a cooked up story. Poor Framton falls a prey to her prank and runs out of the house hurriedly.
2. You are familiar with the ‘irony’ of the situation in a story. (Remember the cop and the Anthem in Class VII Supplementary Reader!) Which situations in ‘The Open Window’ are good examples of the use of irony?
Answer – Irony refers to a situation in which something which was supposed to have a particular result, on the contrary, it has an opposite or different result. In the story, ‘The Open Window’, Mr. Framton Nuttel goes to visit the countryside with the hope to find a cure for his nerve ailment. But when Mrs. Sappleton’s niece plays a prank on him, he could not deal with fear and makes a lightning exit from that place. He mistakes Mrs. Sappleton’s husband and her two young brothers to be ghosts and leaves the house without bidding a goodbye to her.
3. Which phrases/sentences in the text do you find difficult to understand? Select a few and guess the meaning of each. Rewrite a simple paraphrase of each.
Answer –
Masculine habitation – This implies that some male persons used to live in the room.
Bertie, why do you bound – The word bound means to jump or leap. But in the story, it refers to Ronnie, Mrs. Sappleton’s youngest brother who would often say this to scare her.
Came into the nice division – This refers to nice people.
