Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 1

    Many people are of the opinion that violent, physical sports such as boxing, kick boxing and wrestling, to name a few should be banned while others think otherwise. Express your opinion on the topic by either writing in favour of banning these sports or against banning them. While writing, you should also include the rebuttal to your questions. Try not to go beyond 200 words.

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 2

     

    Choose extracts from the story that illustrate the characters of these people in it.

    Person

    Extracts from the story

    What this tells us about their characters

    Mrs. Bramble

    (Para 12) “Bill we must keep it from Harold“

    She was not honest and open with her son; concerned mother

    Mr. Bramble

    (Para 33)

    		  

    Percy

    (Para 109)

    		  

    Jerry Fisher

    (Para 110)

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 3

     

    The sequence of events has been jumbled up. Rearrange them and complete the given flowchart.

    (1)

    Major Percy and Bill come to the house.

    (2)

    Harold comes to know that his father is a boxer.

    (3)

    Bill tells his wife that he is doing it for Harold.

    (4)

    Jerry Fisher tries to convince Bill to reconsider.

    (5)

    Mrs. Bramble is amazed to think that she has brought such a prodigy as Harold into the world.

    (6)

    Harold wants to know what will happen to the money he had bet on Murphy losing.

    (7)

    Mrs. Bramble is informed that Bill had decided not to fight.

    (8)

    Mrs. Bramble resumes work of darning the sock.

    (9)

    Harold is alone with his mother in their home.

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 4

     

    Do you agree with Harold's parents decision of hiding from him the fact that his father was a boxer? Why/Why not?

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 5

    Why was Harold upset that his father had not told him about his true identity? Give two reasons.

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    How did Harold come to know that his father was a boxer?

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    Who was Jerry Fisher? What did he say to try and convince Bill to change his mind?

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    Why was Mrs. Bramble upset when she came to hear that Bill had decided not to fight?

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 9

     

    Describe Mr. Bramble as he has been described in the story.

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 10

    When Mr. Bramble came to know that he was to become a father what were some of the names he decided upon? Why?

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 11

    Why was it necessary to keep Harold's father's profession a secret from him?

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 12

      

    What was strange about the manner in which Mrs. Bramble addressed her son? What did he feel about it?

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 13

      

    Harold felt that he was deprived of the respect that his classmates would give him as _________.

    (i) they did not know his father was the famous boxer, 'Young Porky'

    (ii) his hero, Jimmy Murphy had not won the wrestling match

    (iii) he had not got Phil Scott's autograph

    (iv) Sid Simpson had lost the Lonsdale belt

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 14

     

    Harold had defied the laws of heredity by ______.

    (i) becoming a sportsperson

    (ii) being good at academics

    (iii) being well-built and muscular

    (iv) respecting his parents

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 15

      

    "The very naming of Harold had caused a sacrifice on his part." The writer's tone here is __________________.

    (i) admiring

    (ii) assertive

    (iii) satirical

    (iv) gentle

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  • Chapter 4- Keeping it from Harold Assignments 16

      

    Mrs Bramble was a proud woman because __________.

    (i) she was the wife of a famous boxer

    (ii) she had motivated her husband

    (iii) she was a good housewife

    (iv) she was the mother of a child prodigy

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