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THE ADDRESS CLASS 11 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

THE ADDRESS BY MARGA MINCO CLASS - XI (HORNBILL) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ---------------------------------------- 1. ‘Have you come back?’ said the woman. ‘I thought that no one had come back.’ Does this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it? Answer:  The statement shows that the woman and the narrator already knew each other. The story is about a girl who wants to get back her mother’s old belongings from an older woman called Mrs. Dorling. Before the war, the girl’s mother had moved her valuable things to the house of Mrs. Dorling, a trusted acquaintance. But after her mother died in the war, Mrs. Dorling thought no one would come to claim them. When the girl finally went to collect the items, she was shocked. The statement makes it clear that Mrs. Dorling is selfish, as she wants to keep the antiques even though they are not hers. She pretends not to recognize the girl and refuses to let her enter the house. 2. The story is divided into pre-War and post-...
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1.  Pringle, who is the hostess of the dinner party, is shown entering the stage wearing a “lovely evening gown”. She carries with her a bouquet of flowers sent by Harper who has declined the invitation due to one of his friend’s illness. Though she admires Harper for sending the flowers but she disapproves of young men refusing dinner invitations at the eleventh hour. She looks excited as she is expecting a number of guests at her dinner party.

5.  Pringle had selected Oliver as her daughter, Elaine’s suitor. The sitting arrangement was made in such a manner that Elaine was to sit next to Oliver.  Pringle wanted her daughter to win the heart of Oliver by any means as he was a millionaire and belonged to an aristocratic lineage. When the secretary of Oliver informed Pringle over telephone that   would not be able to attend the dinner since he was to leave for Boston immediately on business purpose, Pringle got utterly disappointed and started throwing tantrums on Oliver for having spoiled all her dinner plans and most importantly her plan to get her daughter married to him. She considered it as the only chance for her daughter to meet the young man and leave an impression on him.

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