Available Answers

1. 1.

   Why did the writer think of visiting Ranga?

2. 2.

   Ranga had to spend a night in the neighbour's house because

3. 3.

   Why does Ranga say that the incident had left him "a permanent bachelor"?

4. 4.

   What had the writer inadvertently done the second time?

5. 5.

   Give an appropriate title to the passage and justify your choice.

6. 6.

   Identify the following sentences as true (T) or false (F). Write your reason for the choices you make.

   1. The narrator was apologizing to Ranga for a mistake done long ago.
   2. The narrator was a bachelor, just like Ranga.
   3. At the end of the story, Ranga was furious because the narrator had once again locked him out the entire night.
   4. Ranga's sister used to live close by.