A Chameleon Question/Answer

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 A CHAMELEON { ਕਮਿਲਿਓਨ } ਗਿਰਗਿਟ

                    - ANTON CHEKHOV

SHORT Q/A

Q.1. Where was the police superintendent Otchumyelov walking? What was he carrying under his arm?

Ans. He was walking across the market square and carrying a parcel under his arm. 

 

Q.2. Who walking after him?

Ans. A red haired policeman. 

 

Q.3. What was the red-haired policeman carrying in his hands?

Ans. A sieve (filter)  full of gooseberries.

 

Q.4. Who was chasing the dog?

Ans. Hryukin was chasing the dog. 

 

Q.5. Why was Hryukin chasing the dog?

Ans. The dog had bitten his finger.

 

Q. 6. What was Hryukin wearing'?

Ans. A cotton shirt and a waistcoat. 

 

Q.7 What did Hryukin display to the crowd? 

Ans.He was  displaying his bleeding finger to the crowd.

 

Q.8. How was Hryukin's bleeding finger flag of victory?

Ans. He wanted to get some easy money for his damages.  SO it was a sign of victory for him.

 

Q.9. Why did Hryukin think that he must have damages?

Ans. Because he was a fine workman and could not do work with his injured finger. First of all it was against regulation to let dogs run all over the place, Secondly because the police superintendent's posture seemed to be in Hryukin's favour.

 

Q.10. What was Otchumyelov's first reaction on Hryukin's complaint?

Ans.He was angry .He wanted to teach lesson to those people who let their dogs out. 

 

Q.11. Why did he later refuse to take any action against the owner of the dog?

Ans. Because it was a General’s dog so he refused to take action against the dog.

 

Q.12. What was police superintendent's opinion about the biting of the dog when he came to know that it was General's dog?

Ans. He told that how a big man could be bitten by a small dog. His opinion was that it was a little dog but Hryukin was large and heavy like a bull. It could not skratch his finger with a nail.

 

Q.13. What did the policeman tell the superintendent about the General's dog?

Ans. He told that the General’s dogs are mostly setters (informers)  and of good breeds. The policeman told him that it was not the General's dog. 

Or

The General didn't have any such dog. His dogs were mostly setters.

 

Q.14. Who was Prohor?

Ans.  Prohor was the General’s cook. 

Or

Prohar was a cook.

 

Q.15. What information did Prohor give about the dog?

Ans. Prohor told that General’s brother was the owner of the dog. 

Q.16. Why did the crowd laugh at Hryukin at the end of the story?

Ans. Because he failed to get some money by showing his bleeding finger by telling lies. The police superintendent   threatened him. 

 

 Character Sketch of Octhumyelov

Ans1 Otchumyelov is the main character of the story ‘A Chameleon’. It is written by Anton Chekhov. He is an interesting character. The writer has tried to throw the light on the theme of this story through this character. He was the SP in a town. When Hryukin made a complaint. He listened him very carefully. He posed to be strict. He wanted to teach a lesson to those people who left their dogs out. But he changed his stand every now and then.