| Class | 10th |
| Subject | English |
| Book | Footprints Without Feet |
| Category | Important Questions |
Class 10 English Chapter 4 – A Question of Trust Important Question Answer
Long Questions
Q1. Give a brief character sketch of Horace Danby. (A Question of Trust)
Ans – Horace Danby was a good and respectable citizens. He was about fifty years old but he was unmarried. He was a locksmith. He was very successful in his business. Despite of all these qualities, he was not completely honest. He had been to jail once. So he hated the thought of jail. He loved rare and expensive books. He broke a safe every year to have enough money to buy books. He was a careful burglar. He planned his work well. He was very careful while robbing a safe. He wore gloves and never left fingerprints on the scene of crime. Since he was a locksmith so it was very easy for him to break any safe. Once he was duped by a young lady. That young lady, who pretended to be the owner’s wife, was also a thief. He gave all the jewels to the young lady and left his fingerprints all over the room. Thus, he was arrested and sent to prison. Now he did not like the thought of ‘honour among thieves’ any more.
Q2. Describe Horace Danby’s encounter with the young lady.
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‘The lady in the red was a more professional thief than Horace Danby.’ Illustrate. (A Question of Trust)
Ans – Horace Danby was going to rob the safe at Shotover Grange. He had cut the wires of the burglar alarm. But the flowers on the table made a tickle in his nose and he was sneezing repeatedly. Just then a young lady dressed in red came in. She spoke friendly to Danby but her sound was firm. She said that she was the owner’s wife. She told him that she had come there to take the jewels from the safe. She had to wear them that night in a party. She made an excuse that she had forgotten the number to open the safe. She told the thief that she would let him go if he opened the safe for her. Danby was taken in. He opened the safe without gloves. He gave all the jewels to the young lady. She went away safely with the jewels but Danby was arrested for the jewels robbery and sent to prison.
Q3. What were Horace Danby’s plans for his latest robbery ?
Ans – Hoarce was sure that the robbery he was planning for that year was going to be as successful as all the others so far. He had been studying the house at Shotover Grange for two weeks. He observed everything. Then he planned to rob the house. He had seen the two servants, who remained in the Granage, going to the movies. He came out from behind the garden wall. Horace already knew that there were about 15000 pound worth of jewels in Grange safe. If he sold them then he was sure that he get enough money for one year.
Short Questions
Q1. Who is the real culprit in the story “A Question of Trust” ? Most Important
Ans – The lady thief is the real culprit in the story. She caught Horace when he was doing robbery and behaved like owner of the house. She warn him to sent into prison but then she refused and opened the safe from Horace Danby and took the Jewellery. Horace Danby caught for the theft because fingerprints on the safe are found of Horace.
Q2. Why does Horace Danby steal every year ? Most Important
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Was Horace Danby a typical thief ? If so, how do you know ?
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How did Horace Danby managed to get rare and expensive books? (A Question of Trust)
Ans – Horace Danby loved reading rare and expensive books. So he robbed a safe every year to buy these books. He was a typical thief because he robbed only one safe every year.
Q3. How often did Horace Danby rob every year ? What did he do with the loot ?
Ans – Horace get all the information about the location of the house and knows about every member of that house. Then he waits for going of all family members. He waits for a prefect time because he rob once in a year. After getting loot of the house, he used it for purchasing rare and expensive books.
Q4. Where was the safe in the room ? Most Important
Ans – The safe was in the drawing room, behind a rather poor painting.
Q5. What story did the lady tell Horace to get the jewels ? (A Question of Trust)
Ans – The lady told Horace that before we left for London, I promised my husband to take my jewels to our bank, but i left them here in the safe. I want to wear out them to a party tonight. I forgot the number of the safe. So you open the safe for me.
Q6. Horace Danby was a successful thief. What went wrong when he attempted to rob Shotover Grange ? Most Important
Ans – When Horace entered into the Shotover Grange, He knew that there is No one in the house currently. Everyone is out of home. Everything is going according to the plan but suddenly a beautiful women comes out through stairs and caught Horace. This Lady opened the safe from Horace but actually she was also a theft.
Q7. Who befools Horace and how ?
Ans – The lady befools Horace because she is behaving like the owner of the house.
Q8. Describe Horace Danby.
Ans – Horace Danby was a good and respectable citizen. He was about fifty years old but he was unmarried. He was a locksmith. He loved rare and expensive books. He done theft once in a year for buy premium books.
Q9. How many times did Horace Danby make a theft in a year ? Most Important
Ans – Horace Danby make a single theft in a year.
Q10. Was Horace Danby a typical thief? If so, how do you know?
Ans – No, Horace Danby was not a typical thief because he do only one rob in a year.
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