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2. ‘A man gets in a groove in New York. It takes the West to put a razor-edge on him.’
a. Who said this to whom?
b. Why did the man say this?

c. What happened immediately after this?
3. ‘Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman to a
pug.’
a. What do the words ‘Roman’ and ‘pug’ refer to?

b. What made Bob say so?
c. In what manner did he say this?

C. Answer the following questions.
1. Why was the man waiting under the doorway?

2. What was the policeman doing there?
3. What made Bob realize that he was not with Jimmy?

4. At what point had Jimmy realized that he was in front of a wanted man?
5. Why did Bob’s hands tremble as he read Jimmy’s note?

D. Refl ect and answer.
1. Do you think Jimmy Wells was present just by chance or did he, too, remember the
appointment? Quote from the text to justify your answer.
2. Do you think Jimmy’s action was justifi ed? Give reasons for your answer.

3. Do you think the friendship between Bob and Jimmy is admirable? Why/Why not?
4. Name one trait each in the characters of Bob and Jimmy which, according to you, stands out
in the story.

Vocabulary

Read the sentences and replace the underlined phrases with words from the story.
1. The match was cancelled because a fi ght broke out among the people watching it.

2. You have to be alert while crossing a busy main road in a town or a city.
3. The sudden, strong blasts of wind made dust swirl all around us.
4. Tashi still has on her forehead the distinctive mark of a wound left on the skin.

5. We wrote letters to each other regularly for over ten years.
6. Shaina decided to broadly summarize her project in her presentation to the class.
7. The parents found the children completely covered in the blankets when they turned the
lights on.

8. The group of friends at the adjacent table was talking and laughing at the same time.

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