Packing - Beehive - Class 9 - CBSE English
Packing, Class 9, Beehive, Join this humorous travel adventure as the narrator tries to pack, boss around his friends, and find his toothbrush. Will he succeed?
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About the Author - Packing | Beehive | Class 9 Literature | CBSE English
Jerome K. Jerome was an English author born in 1859. He is best known for his comic novel "Three Men in a Boat," published in 1889, which is still popular today. He wrote in various genres, including essays, short stories, and plays. Jerome K. Jerome was also a playwright and a contemporary of Oscar Wilde. His works often deal with everyday life and human nature, and his writing style is humorous and light-hearted. In this short note, the author describes his experience packing for a trip with his friends.
Summary - Packing | Beehive | Class 9 Literature | CBSE English
The chapter "Packing" is a humorous account of the narrator's attempts to pack for a trip with his two friends, George and Harris. The narrator takes pride in his packing skills and insists that his friends leave the packing entirely to him. However, when they do so, the narrator becomes annoyed that they are not helping him and instead lounging around.
The narrator starts packing but realizes that he has forgotten to pack his boots, and when he goes to pack them, he realizes he might have forgotten his toothbrush, which is a recurring problem for him. He turns everything out of the bag, including his friends' belongings, in a frantic search for his toothbrush, which he eventually finds inside a boot.
After finishing his own packing, the narrator supervises his friends' packing of the hampers, but they turn out to be terrible packers. They break a cup, squash a tomato with strawberry jam, and step on the butter. The narrator watches them with amusement, but his presence only makes them more nervous and clumsy.
The chapter is written in a humorous and ironic tone, with the narrator's frustrations at his friends' incompetence and his own forgetfulness adding to the comical effect. The story is a lighthearted portrayal of the universal struggles of packing for a trip and the irritation that can arise from working with others who do not share the same level of competence or attention to detail.
Important Lines - Packing | Beehive | Class 9 Literature | CBSE English
The given text is an excerpt from the book “Three Men in a Boat” by Jerome K. Jerome, where the narrator talks about his packing experience with his friends George and Harris. There are several important lines in this chapter, including:
- “I rather pride myself on my packing… I know more about than any other person living.” This line establishes the narrator’s pride in his packing skills and his confidence in his ability to pack for his friends.
- “I should boss the job, and....
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Vocabulary - Packing | Beehive | Class 9 Literature | CBSE English
- Packing - The act of arranging things into containers, such as bags or boxes, for storage or transportation.
- Pride myself on: am proud of
- Fell into: here, accepted
- Uncanny: strange, weird.
- Boss - To give orders to or be in charge of a group of people or a situation.
- Potter about - To move around without a definite destination, aimlessly, or in a relaxed way.
- Every mortal thing: ..
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Packing - Questions and Answers | Beehive | Class 9 Literature | CBSE English
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This was hardly what I intended. What I had meant, of course, was, that I should boss the job, ... a. Who is 'I' in this extract? What did he not intend? b. Which job is being referred to here? c. How did the speaker want to boss the job? d. Why did the speaker think that he could boss the job?
a. I refers to the author he didn't intend to do the packing but only wanted to Boss the job b. The job of packing is being referred to here. c. He wanted to only supervise the work and Harris and George were to potter around on his directions d. He thought he could boss the job because he felt he was very good with packing and he could supervise well.
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However, I did not say anything, but started the packing. It seemed a longer job than I had thought it was going to be; but I got the bag finished at last, and I sat on it and strapped it. a. Who is 'I' in these lines? To whom didn't he say anything? b. Why was the speaker packing? c. Why was the job longer than what the speaker had expected to be? d. Why did the speaker have to sit on the bag to strap it?
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Of course I had to turn every mortal thing out now, and, of course, I could not find it. a. Who is the speaker here? b. What was he trying to find and how? c. Why couldn't he find it? d. Where did he finally find it?
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When I had finished, George asked if the soap was in. I said I didn't care a hang whether the soap was in or whether it wasn't and I slammed the bag and strapped it, a. Who is 'I' here and what had he finished? b. Why did George ask if the soap was in? c. Why didn't the speaker care for the soap? d. What happened next?
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It irritated them more than anything I could have said. I. felt that. It made them nervous and excited. a. Who is the speaker here and who is he talking about? b. What irritated the people being talked about here? c. How did the speaker feel this irritation? d. What was the effect of the speaker's presence on the people being talked about?
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Harris and I had a bit of a row over it, but at last split the difference, and said half-past six. "Wake us at 6.30 George," we said. a. Why did Harris and the speaker have a bit of a row? b. How was this row sorted out? c. Why did Harris and the speaker ask George to wake them up at 6.30? d. Did George follow the instructions? Why/Why not?
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Why did Jerome have such a high opinion about his packing skills?
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Why does Jerome feel there is something strange about the readiness of his friends at his suggestion to do the packing?
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What irritated Jerome the most? Why?
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What is ironical about Jerome's remark that 'It is my energetic nature'?
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How did Jerome strap the bag? Why?
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How did Harris and George irritate Jerome when he had just finished packing the bag?
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Why is Jerome haunted by his toothbrush?
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Jerome had to unpack his bag twice. Why?
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What time did the bag finally got shut up? What was Harris and George's response to this?
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What was the initial spirit of George and Harris when they started to pack the hamper?
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Why did Jerome not make any comment and only waited when his friends began packing the hamper?
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When did Jerome come and sit on the edge of the table? Why?
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What was the effect of Jerome's presence on Harris and George when he sat on the edge of the table?
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What did George and Harris do to the butter?
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What was Montmorency's ambition in life, according to the narrator? What do you think of Montmorency and why?
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How did Montmorency participate in the packing?
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What did Harris accuse Jerome of?
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Why did Jerome and Harris put a bath for George to tumble in on getting up?
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How does the packing task reveal the clumsiness of the three friends - Jerome, Harris and George?
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Bring out the humour in the account "Packing" by Jerome K Jerome.
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How many characters are there in the narrative? Name them. (Don’t forget the dog!).
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Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing?
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How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their reaction?
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What was Jerome’s real intention when he offered to pack?
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What did Harris say after the bag was shut and strapped? Why do you think he waited till then to ask?
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What “horrible idea” occurred to Jerome a little later?
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Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush?
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Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag?
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What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?
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While packing the hamper, George and Harris do a number of foolish and funny things. Tick the statements that are true. (i) They started with breaking a cup. (ii) They also broke a plate. (iii) They squashed a tomato. (iv) They trod on the butter. (v) They stepped on a banana. (vi) They put things behind them, and couldn’t find them. (vii) They stepped on things. (viii) They packed the pictures at the bottom and put heavy things on top. (ix) They upset almost everything. (x) They were very good at packing.
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Discuss in groups and answer the following questions in two or three paragraphs (100 –150 words) Of the three, Jerome, George and Harris, who do you think is the best or worst packer? Support your answer with details from the text.
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How did Montmorency ‘contribute’ to the packing?
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Do you find this story funny? What are the humorous elements in it? (Pick out at least three, think about what happens, as well as how it is described.)
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