Question 1

Question 1: Make a word web of at least 12 words related to banking.

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 2

Question 1: Find from the lesson the antonyms of the following:

Accepted Answer

2. Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson. Question 1. Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson. Answer:

Question 3

Question 1: Using the following points frame a character sketch of the narrator. Support each character trait with instances from the lesson:

Accepted Answer

Character sketch of the author: The author was a diffident and timid person. Everything about the bank made him nervous; in fact, he was so nervous that he did not even know what he was doing and what he was signing. He behaved in an unusual manner, shambling into the bank and talking in a gloomy vo

Question 4

Question 1: What makes the narrator nervous at a bank? OR Complete the following web: (The answers are given directly and underlined.)

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Complex Factual Activity: Question 1. What word should the writer have avoided in his request to see the manager? Answer: The writer should have avoided the word ‘alone’ in his request to see the manager.

Question 5

Question 2: Why was the manager alarmed?

Accepted Answer

The manager felt that the writer had some awful secret to reveal. Hence he was alarmed.

Question 6

Question 1: Rewrite the following sentence as a simple sentence : If I attempt to transact business there, I become an irresponsible idiot.

Accepted Answer

On attempting to transact business there, I become an irresponsible idiot.

Question 7

Question 1: Have you been to a bank? If so, how did you feel about it? If not, would you like to go there?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I have been to a bank, but not alone. I have gone there with my mother, and I was completely confused. She told me to just follow her quietly, and that is what I did! of course, as soon as I am eighteen I will learn all these things and manage my own bank account.

Question 8

Question 1: Write whether the following statements are True or False:

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 9

Question 1: Who did the manager think his visitor was?

Accepted Answer

The manager thought his visitor was one of Pinkerton’s men.

Question 10

Question 2: What was the accountant’s name? What was he asked to do?

Accepted Answer

The accountant’s name was Mr Montgomery. He was asked to deal with the narrator’s business.

Question 11

Question 1: Find from the lesson the antonyms of the following: 1. withdraw 2. public

Accepted Answer

1. withdraw × deposit 2. public × private

Question 12

Question 2: Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson:

Accepted Answer

There was a huge painting kept neatly at the side of the room.

Question 13

Question 1: Rewrite using the noun forms of the underlined words: 1. He concluded now that I was the son of Baron Rothschild. 2. I propose to deposit fifty-six dollars now.

Accepted Answer

1. He came to the conclusion now that I was the son of Baron Rothschild. 2. My proposal is to make a deposit of fifty-six dollars now.

Question 14

Question 1: Why do you think the manager spoke ‘coldly’ to the narrator?

Accepted Answer

When the narrator said that he wanted to speak to the manager alone, the manager was alarmed because he thought that the narrator was a detective who had come to find out something. When the narrator said that he was not a detective but had come to open an account, the manager thought that he was a

Question 15

Question 1: Complete the paragraph :

Accepted Answer

I went up to the accountant’s wicket and poked the ball of money at him with a quick, convulsive movement as if I was doing a conjuring trick.

Question 16

Question 1: What procedure did the author have to follow to open the account?

Accepted Answer

To open an account, the author had to first give the money to the accountant. He then had to write the sum on a slip and sign his name in a book.

Question 17

Question 2: What error did the author make in the cheque?

Accepted Answer

The author wrote a cheque for fifty-six dollars instead of six dollars. This was the error.

Question 18

Question 1: Match the words in Column A with the nouns in Column B: A B 1. invalid (a) pale 2. ghastly (b) millionaire 3. hollow (c) thing 4. painful (d) voice

Accepted Answer

Question 2. Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson. Answer: Not having eaten the whole day, I was feeling dizzy, and the classroom swam before my eyes.

Question 19

Question 1: Rewrite the following sentence as a simple sentence, beginning ‘Going …’ ; I went up to the accountant’s wicket and poked the ball of money at him with a quick, convulsive movement

Accepted Answer

Going up to the accountant’s wicket, I poked the ball of money at him with a quick, convulsive movement.

Question 20

Question 1: Do you feel nervous when you have to go to a strange place and talk to strange people?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I do. I think I should get over this nervousness and learn to be calm and confident. I am trying hard to do so, because I know that this is what is needed in the world today.

Question 21

Question 1: Number the sentences correctly in their order of occurrence in the story:

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 22

Question 1: Did the author correct the error he had made In the cheque?

Accepted Answer

No. he did not.

Question 23

Question 2: Why did the author pretend to appear like a bad-tempered man?

Accepted Answer

The officials at the bank were astonished by the writer’s behaviour. The writer was terribly nervous, and he thought that if he could look as If he had been Insulted and was hence withdrawing his money, they might not laugh at him. Hence he pretended to appear like a bad-tempered man.

Question 24

Question 3: What decision has the author taken after the episode at the bank?

Accepted Answer

After the episode at the bank, the author has decided that he will not keep his money ¡n a bank any more. He will keep his money in cash in his trouser pocket and his savings in silver dollars in a sock.

Question 25

Question 1: Find from the lesson the antonyms of the following: 1. spending 2. happiness

Accepted Answer

1. spending × saving 2. happiness × misery

Question 26

Question 2: Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.

Accepted Answer

There was a roar of laughter when the comedian cracked a joke.

Question 27

Question 1: Is the author’s last decision wise?

Accepted Answer

No, the author’s last decision is not wise. It is risky to keep money in the trousers pocket or in a sock; the money could be stolen. On the contrary you will get interest on the money if you keep it in a bank.

Question 28

Question 1: Write two compound words of your own.

Accepted Answer

doorway, moonlight

Question 29

Question 2: Make a meaningful sentence using the phrase ‘in some alarm’.

Accepted Answer

The man looked at the gun in his friend’s hand in some alarm.

Question 30

Question 3: Spot the error and correct the sentence: The manager being a grave, calm man.

Accepted Answer

The manager was a grave, calm man.

A	B
1. invalid	(a) pale
2. ghastly	(b) millionaire
3. hollow	(c) thing
4. painful	(d) voice

Chapter 4.4 My Financial Career Solutions