The Address Question And Answer

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The Address By Marga Minco

Question 1:

How did Mrs Dorling react when the narrator said, I'm Mrs S’s daughter”?

Answer: Mrs Dorling behaved insolently.She pretended that she didn't know narrator or her mother.

Mrs Dorling held her hand on the door as if she wanted to prevent it opening any further. Her face showed no sign of recognition. She kept staring at the narrator without uttering a word.

Question 2:

Why did the narrator feel that she had come to a wrong address?

Answer: When the narrator arrived at Marconi street,Mrs Dorling behaved in an indifferent way.She thought that perhaps the woman was not Mrs Dorling. She had seen her only once,

for a brief interval and that too years ago. Secondly, it was probable that she had rung the wrong bell.

Question 3:

How did the narrator conclude that she was right?

Answer: The woman was wearing the green knitted cardigan of the narrator’s mother.The wooden buttons were rather pale from washing. She saw that the narrator was looking at the cardigan. She half hid herself again behind the door. Her reaction convinced the narrator that she was right.

Question 4: How did the narrator feel when she saw the things in Mrs Dorling house?

Ans. When the narrator was sitting in Mrs Dorling's living room, she felt as if she was in a place she knew and didn't know. She saw the tea pot with golden border, the cutlery box,antique plates and the silver spoons. All these things made the narrator nostalgic. She felt that those things had lost their value because of the loss of her mother.

Question 5:

Who had given the narrator the address, when and under what circumstances?

Answer:

The narrator’s mother had given her the address, years ago during the first half of the war. The narrator came home for a few days and missed various things in the rooms.Then her mother told her about Mrs Dorling and gave her the address.

Question 6:

What did the narrator learn about Mrs Dorling from her mother?

Answer:

Mrs Dorling was an old acquaintance of the narrator’s mother. Mrs Dorling had not seen her for several years. Then she suddenly turned up and renewed their contact.Every time she left that place she took something with her—table silver, antique plates,

etc. –

Question 7:

What reason did Mrs Dorling give for taking away the precious belongings of the narrator’s mother?

Answer:

Mrs Dorling suggested to the narrator’s mother that she should store her belongings at a safer place. She wanted to save all her nice things. She explained that they would lose

everything if they had to leave the place.

Question 8: Describe Mrs S, and Mrs Dorling.

Answer:

Mrs S,: The narrator’s mother whose name Mrs S, was a kind-hearted, generous and liberal lady. She is simple Jewish woman who takes pride in her possessions and becomes the victim of war and exploitation. She trusts Mrs Dorling with her belongings.

A loving mother of the narrator and good friend of Mrs Dorling.She was fond of collecting valuable things. She is a middle aged lady. 

Mrs Dorling

Mrs Dorling was very cunning and clever lady.She was selfish, greedy and money minded lady.She was very insolent and rude lady.She had kept all belonging of the narrator's mother and refused to recognise the narrator.

Q9-Why did the narrator go to Marconi street?

Ans. The Narrator was a young Jewish woman who had to migrate due to war.After a few years of the war,she came back to her hometown to visit 46,Marconi street. This was the

address where mrs Dorling lives.She kept some valuable belonging of narrator's mother.Narrator wanted to get them back.That's why narrator visited Marconi street

number 46.

Question 10:

What does the narrator remember about Mrs Dorling as she saw her for the first time?

Answer:

Mrs Dorling was a woman with a broad back. She wore a brown coat and a shapeless hat.She picked up a heavy suitcase lying under the coat rack and left their house.She lived at number 46, Marconi Street.

Question 11:

This story is divided into Pre-war and post -war.What hardship do you think the girl underwent during these times?

Or

The Address is the story of human predicament that follows war.

Ans.The story The Address gives us a view of pre-war and post war times in the

Holland.The pre-war time was a time of peace and prosperity,leisure and pleasure.People were busy in day to day business life.Narrator used to live in a big house. Narrator lived with her mother.The house was full of valuable items and things. But After the war the mother lost her life and their property.Mrs Dorling who was very selfish,clever and greedy grabbed their property.The post war is filled with grief and painful memories.Narrator came back to her hometown to collect her belongings but she is disappointed when she encounter Mrs Dorling.Now she lives in a small rented house.Common people have always suffered death and destruction.

Short type questions

Q12. How did Mrs. Dorling treat the author when the author visited her?

Ans.Cold & inhospitable

Q2-In what attire did the author find Mrs. Dorling?

Ans.Author’s mother’s green knitted cardigan

Q3-What was the address that the author's mother asked her to remember?

Ans.Number 46, Marconi Street

Q4-Mrs. Dorling’s was ----------of Mrs. S.

Ans.an old acquaintance

Q5-Why had the author come to visit Mrs. Dorling?

Ans.Because Mrs. Dorling had belongings of author’s mother

Q6-Who opened the door upon the author's second visit to Mrs. Dorling’s house?

Ans.Mrs. Darling's daughter

Q7-Unlike Mrs. Dorling, her daughter was __________ towards the

Ans.hospitable

Q8-“I was in a room I knew and did not know.” What does the author mean by this?

Ans.She saw familiar things but in unfamiliar surroundings

Q9-The author remembered that the woollen table-cloth had

Ans.a burn mark

Q10-What was the ‘silver’ that the author was once asked to clean by her mother?

Ans.Cutlery

Q11-What message does “The Address” talk about?

Ans.Human predicament of war

Q12-Who is the author of “The Address”?

Ans.Marga Minco

Q13-Why did the objects lose their value for the author?

Ans.Because she saw them in different surroundings

Q14-At the end, what does the author decide?

Ans.To forget the address

Q15-The author had come to visit Mrs. Dorling _______ the war.

Ans.After.