Available Answers

1. 1.

   Why were the hoops necessary? How were they to be fixed? Why does the narrator describe the hoops as 'demons'?

2. 2.

   What did Harris do while arranging the covering?

3. 3.

   What happened while the author waited for the canvas? Why didn't he interfere?

4. 4.

   ...It would take quite ten minutes, we thought. That was an underestimate.

   1. What does 'it' refer to?
   2. Explain this line in the context of the story.
5. 5.

   Give us a hand here, can't you, you cuckoo...

   1. Who said this and to whom?
   2. Explain this line and say when, where and why it was spoken.
6. 6.

   I never could withstand an appeal for help, so I went and undid them...

   1. Why did the narrator say this?
   2. Do you think he really meant what he said? Give reasons for your answer.