Unit – 06
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE
Comprehension:
I. Answer the following questions in two or
three sentences each:
1) What sort of man was Hughie Erskine?
Ans: Hughie Erskine
was an attractive youngster. He was loved and appreciated by people the same.
He was not shrewd, and never had any cash.
2) What were the various jobs he took up?
Why?
Ans: Hughie was
continually changing his jobs, since he was not effective in any of them. He
chipped away at the Stock Trade for a half year. He began selling tea and afterward
sherry. He flopped in the entirety of his endeavors.
3) What was the condition laid down for
Hughie to marry Laura?
Ans: Laura's dad, a
retired Colonel, put a condition for the marriage of Hughie and Laura. He asked
Hughie to win 10,000 pounds of his own and afterward come to him with the
proposition of marriage.
4) Who was Alan Trevor? What was Alan Trevor
doing when Hughie called on him?
Ans: Alan Trevor
was an artist. He was giving last strokes to the existence size canvas of a beggar
when Hughie approached him.
5) How was the model beggar dressed?
Ans: The model
beggar was wearing torn, grimy garments. He had a battered earthy colored coat
behind him. His boots were fixed and all around worn.
6) What did Hughie feel the model should get?
Why? Hughie felt that the beggar model should get a part of what
Ans: Alan earned
subsequent to selling his image. As he would see it, the beggar had likewise
been filling in as hard as Alan.
7) Why did Hughie feel sorry for the
beggar-man?
Ans: The beggar man
was an elderly person, twisted and wrinkled, with an abandoned look all over.
He looked pitiful and desolate.
8) What did Hughie give the old beggar-man?
Ans: A sovereign
was given by Hughie to the old beggar-man
9) What did Alan Trevor tell Hughie when he
met him at the Palette club?
Ans: Alan revealed
to Hughie that the homeless person model was Baron Hausberg, probably the most
extravagant man in Europe. The Aristocrat had a house in each capital city and
ate food in gold plates. He had such a lot of cash that he could purchase the
entirety of London.
10) Alan says, “He’ll invest your sovereign
for you Hughie”. How do you think the Baron could have invested the sovereign
for Hughie?
Ans: The Baron
Hausberg may have various business firms of his own. He could put Hughie's cash
in one of his organizations and gain benefits.
11) What was the beggar’s true identity? Why
did Hughie mistake him for a beggar?
Ans: The beggar’s
true identified was that he was Baron Hausberg. He was perhaps the most
extravagant man in Europe. The bum model had a shriveled face. He looked truly
hopeless. His worn out shroud and fixed boots made him a common homeless
person. Thus, Hughie confused him with a genuine bum.
12) Why is the model’s face, his fortune?
Ans: The beggar
model had a shriveled face. He looked truly hopeless. His face brings cash for
both him and the painter. In this way the model’s face became his fortune.
II. Answer the following questions in five or
six sentences each:
1) ‘That old beggar, as you call him, is one
of the richest men in Europe’. Name the richest man referred to. How is he
described to Hughie?
Ans: The most
extravagant man's name was Baron Hausberg. He had a house in each capital city.
He ate his food in gold plates. He could purchase all of London the following
day, and keep Russia from doing battle. He was compelling and ground-breaking.
He wanted to get his image painted as a beggar. He had asked Alan to paint his
picture and offered to act like the bum model himself.
2) Describe how Hughie was able to marry
Laura Merton.
Ans: Hughie was an
attractive youngster. He was not canny and didn't have any cash. He attempted
to bring in cash by doing various positions, however fizzled in his endeavors.
He was profoundly enamored with Laura. Laura's dad revealed to him that he
would consider giving his little girl in marriage in the event that he earned
10,000 pounds of his own. At some point, Hughie saw a homeless person model in
Alan Trevor's studio. He confused him with a genuine homeless person and gave
him a sovereign. The homeless person model was in all actuality a rich man by
name Baron Hausberg. He was intrigued by Hughie's liberality. He discovered
everything about Hughie from Alan Trevor. He sent Hughie a cheque for 10,000
pounds as a wedding present. Hence, Hughie had the option to wed Laura.
3) Bring out the subtle humour in the story
“The Model Millionaire”.
Ans: The entire
story has an inclination of unpretentious humor. Hughie endeavors to work and
procure cash. At the point when he falls flat at everything, he surrenders his
endeavors. He chooses to live on a small remittance given to him by an old
auntie. These things bring out hilarious response in the perusers. Hughie's
discussion with Alan Trevor is likewise hilarious. Without knowing the genuine
character of the homeless person model, Hughie gives him the main sovereign he
had. At the point when he comes to realize that the bum is Aristocrat Hausberg,
he thinks he has made an idiot of himself. Alan's jokes about Hughie's
liberality are silly. Baron Hausberg's response when Hughie gives him the
sovereign, his altruistic nature and the manner by which he sends the wedding
present, are largely instances of unpretentious humor in the story.
4) ‘I have got heaps of old clothes at home.
Do you think he would like any of them? Why, his rags were falling to bits’,
said Hughie. ‘But, he looks so wonderful in them’, said Trevor. ‘I wouldn’t
paint him in a good suit for anything. However, I’ll tell him of your offer’. The
above instance is an example of subtle humour. Pick out other incidents of
humour from the story.
2) “Laura loved him
very much, and together they made a handsome couple. Of course, neither of them
had any money”.
3) “The old man
jumped, and a faint smile crossed his lips”.
4) “Good Heavens! I
gave him a Sovereign”.
5) “He will invest
your sovereign for you and pay you interest”.
III. Vocabulary:
A. Compound Words – When two different words
are put together to form a new word, the word is called a compound word.
Eg: beggar-man
1) Full-size
picture (full-size)
2) Good-looking young
man (good-looking)
3) The old beggar-man (beggar-man
4) The frame-maker
wanted to speak to Trevor, (frame-maker)
2) Match the words in column A with the words
in column B to make more compound words:
2) Newspaper
3) Milestone
4) Bookmark
5) Tiebreaker
6) Footpath
B. Affix = Prefix + Suffix
1) Prefix: A word which does not have a
meaning by itself, but when added to the beginning of a word, forms a new word.
The new word is very often the opposite of the root word.
respect– disrespect, regard
– disregard, like – dislike,
wanted – unwanted, honour – dishonor, comfort – discomfort,
honest – dishonest, obey – disobey, appear – disappear,
agree – disagree, content
– discontent
2) Suffix – a word which does not have a
meaning by itself, but when added to the end of a word, forms a new word.
Eg: ful – i) What a wonderful model! ii) I think its dreadful.
Use appropriate suffixes to the words given
below to form new words: (ly, ness, ish, ful, less) easy, child, hope, use,
fool, beauty, brown, doubt, calm, slow, help, cheer, pain, colour.
Ans: easy – easily, hope
– hopeful, fool – foolish,
brown – brownish, calm – calmly, help – helpful, helpless,
pain – painful,
painless, child – childish, use
– useful,
beauty – beautiful, doubt
– doubtful, slow – slowly,
slowness,
cheer – cheerful,
cheerless, colour – colourful,
colourless,
3) Homonyms – a word which has the same
sound, same spelling, but two different meanings.
Eg: Model – a person or thing that is an
excellent example of a quality.
Gandhiji is the model of sacrifice.
Model – a copy of something
There is a model of the Taj Mahal made of
marble.
Study this sentence:
1) The old lady
seemed to be in the pink of health.
2) John was green
with envy when he heard that his friend would be meeting the Prime Minister in
person.
3) Shalini became red
with anger when Anjali shared her secret with other girls.
4) We must cheer
him up. He was feeling grey all day.
5) The cop beat him
up black and blue
6) The stallion
(breed) was as pure as white in colour.
