Evergreen Publication solutions for इंग्लिश ट्रेजर चेस्ट वर्कबुक इयत्ता १० आयएससी chapter 2 - The Elevator [Latest edition]

Martin, in the story The Elevator, is afraid of being trapped in the elevator. What is this fear called?

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements I and II from The Elevator.

Statement I: Martin backed away from the elevator, ran down the stairs and broke his leg.

Statement II: In the morning, when the elevator door opened, the fat lady awaited him.

“You’re afraid,” said his father. “When are you going to grow up and act like a man?”

What does this sentence tell us about Martin’s father’s character? He was:

How would you describe Martin’s fears?

The story highlights the theme ______.

By the time Martin reached home, he was gasping for breath. Which of the following statements shows the reason for this?

Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order.

1. The elevator stopped at the fourteenth floor, and a fat lady got on.
2. Martin’s father wanted to know why Martin was out of breath.
3. The fat lady only watched him, breathing loudly.
4. Martin did not like to be close to the other passangers in the elevator.

“Why didn’t you take the elevator?” he asked, frowning at Martin. Which of the following words best describes the tone of the speaker?

Choose the option that shows the correct relationship between statement (1) and statement (2).

Statement 1: There were several reasons of Martin’s fears of the elevator

Statement 2: Poor lighting, the door which never stayed open.

“Can’t say I have,” “he replied, not looking away from the television”.
Which of the following words best describes the speaker’s attitude.

The elevator could carry ______ persons.

Martin’s father worked ______.

Martin was ______ boy.

Martin lived on the ______ floor.

Martin first met the fat lady on the ______ floor.

The fat lady looked at Martin ______.

The old lady was wearing a ______ coat.

What was Martin’s father doing when he was told about the fat lady?

On which floor was Martin’s father going to meet Mrs Ullman?

Which of these sentences from the story The Elevator is NOT true?

In the short story ‘The Elevator’, which of the following does Martin’s father NOT do when Martin expresses his fear of the elevator?

Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

1. Describe the apartment to which Martin and his father had shifted recently. (Understanding)
2. What made the boy uncomfortable in the elevator? (Understanding and Analysis)
3. Martin was timid and cowardly. How is this true? (Evaluate)
4. What are we told about the door of the elevator? (Understanding)
5. How does the description of the elevator contribute to the suspense in the story? (Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

1. What would you say about father’s attitude towards Martin? (Analysis)
2. What was Martin’s problem? (Understanding and Analysis)
3. What did Martin have to come to terms with? (Understanding)
4. Why did Martin take the elevator although he was scared of it? (Analysis)
5. Was Martin a coward? Give two reasons for your answer. (Evaluation)

Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

1. What made Martin fearful about the lady? (Analysis)
2. What is Martin’s tone while describing the lady’s stature? (Understanding and Analysis)
3. What was Martin’s state of mind when he confronted the lady? (Analysis)
4. On which floor did the lady step into the elevator? On which floor did she actually live? (Understanding)
5. How did the lady look at the boy in the elevator? What could be her intention? (Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

1. What was the lady’s behaviour while in the elevator with the boy? How would you explain it? (Understanding and Analysis)
2. Why couldn’t Martin run past the lady? (Understanding)
3. What was the boy’s impression of the lady in the elevator? (Understanding)
4. Where did the lady live? Did Martin know this? (Understanding and Analysis)
5. What time of the day was it then? How do you know? (Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

1. To which question of the boy did the lady nod? (Understanding)
2. What did the woman look like? (Understanding)
3. Why is Martin surprised at the lady’s pressing the button eighteen? (Analysis)
4. Which floor do you think did the lady live on? (Analysis)
5. What makes the boy feel nervous in the elevator? What does it indicate about the boy? (Understanding and Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

1. In which situation does the boy retort “I’m not afraid”? (Understanding)
2. What was the boy’s father trying to emphasise? (Analysis)
3. How did Martin react to his father’s rebuke? (Understanding)
4. What does the extract tell about the relationship between the son and the father? (Understanding)
5. What do you think of the father’s attitude towards Martin? (Analysis and Evaluation)

Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

1. How old was Martin? On which floor did he live? What word would you use to describe Martin? (Recall and Analysis)
2. Why was Martin scared of using the elevator? (Recall)
3. Martin disliked using the staircase. Why? (Recall)
4. Martin met a strange person in the elevator one day. What did she do that scared Martin? What happened to Martin when he ran away after seeing her? (Recall)
5. Comment on the ending of the story, The Elevator. Identify any two elements of horror in the story. (Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.

1. Why did the father not want Martin to visit the neighbour along with him? (Analysis)
2. Why did father seem to be quite strict and unsympathetic? (Analysis)
3. On which floor did the woman live? What was her name? (Understanding)
4. Where did the elevator stop and why? (Understanding)
5. What surprise awaited Martin in the elevator? How did the lady treat him there? (Understanding and Analysis)

Describe Martin’s fear of the elevator.

Explain the lady’s first meeting with Martin in the elevator and its significance in the story.

Suppose your younger brother is afraid of going out in the dark at night. How would you dispel his fear of darkness?

Discuss the role of Martin’s father in trying to remove Martin’s fear of elevator.