Class: 8 (SR) L-3 A Slight Misunderstanding (Notes)
Q1. Annotate the following:
No, there was nothing for it but to drive out and try to find this farm place and
make a clean breast of it. So that’s what I did. It took a bit of finding too. It was at
the end of a mud lane, just off a side road.
(i) Whose farm house is mentioned here?
a. Sheila’s b. Arthur’s c. the narrator’s
(ii) Why did the speaker decide to drive out?
Ans. He decided to drive out to return the car and dog to its owner.
(iii) How was he going to make a clean breast of it?
Ans. He was going to ‘make a clean breast of it’ by confessing to the farmer that he
had got into the latter’s car by mistake.
(iv) How was he feeling when he made this decision?
Ans. He felt relieved when he made this decision as he was the one who had made
the mistake and didn’t want to be behind bars for this confusion.
(v) Only the speaker’s carelessness was responsible for the events in the story.
True/False
Answer briefly:
Q2. What did the speaker find in the cubbyhole? What did he think on seeing
the items?
The speaker opened the cubby hole to find a woman’s handbag that he had never
seen before. The speaker found himself in an awkward situation and realized that
he was in the dog’s car and not vice versa.
Q3. Why is the story titled as a ‘A Slight Misunderstanding’?
The story is called A Slight Misunderstanding as it is an anecdote depicting the
speaker’s failure to understand the situation properly. It is not a ‘slight’
misunderstanding as the speaker makes errors not once, but thrice, leading to many
twists and turns in the story and an unexpected ending.
Q1. Annotate the following:
No, there was nothing for it but to drive out and try to find this farm place and
make a clean breast of it. So that’s what I did. It took a bit of finding too. It was at
the end of a mud lane, just off a side road.
(i) Whose farm house is mentioned here?
a. Sheila’s b. Arthur’s c. the narrator’s
(ii) Why did the speaker decide to drive out?
Ans. He decided to drive out to return the car and dog to its owner.
(iii) How was he going to make a clean breast of it?
Ans. He was going to ‘make a clean breast of it’ by confessing to the farmer that he
had got into the latter’s car by mistake.
(iv) How was he feeling when he made this decision?
Ans. He felt relieved when he made this decision as he was the one who had made
the mistake and didn’t want to be behind bars for this confusion.
(v) Only the speaker’s carelessness was responsible for the events in the story.
True/False
Answer briefly:
Q2. What did the speaker find in the cubbyhole? What did he think on seeing
the items?
The speaker opened the cubby hole to find a woman’s handbag that he had never
seen before. The speaker found himself in an awkward situation and realized that
he was in the dog’s car and not vice versa.
Q3. Why is the story titled as a ‘A Slight Misunderstanding’?
The story is called A Slight Misunderstanding as it is an anecdote depicting the
speaker’s failure to understand the situation properly. It is not a ‘slight’
misunderstanding as the speaker makes errors not once, but thrice, leading to many
twists and turns in the story and an unexpected ending.
