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.

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

Answer the following questions.

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

(b) Why was it necessary to keep Harold’s father’s profession a secret from him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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