Chapter 4 The Cop and the Anthem Important Questions Class 7 An Alien Hand English
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1. What did Soapy do with the umbrella?
Answer
He threw it as far as he could throw it.
Question 2. What was Soapy’s fear?
Answer
That no cop was going to arrest him.
Question 3. What did Soapy tell after finishing his big dinner in the third trick?
Answer
He said that he had no money.
Question 4. Where did soapy tried his first trick to have a desired life?
Answer
A large and brightly lighted lavish restaurant.
Question 5. What did the judge told Soapy next morning?
Answer
“Three months prison an Blackwell’s Island”.
Question 6. What would Soapy do tomorrow, after his soul changed?
Answer
He would find a work.
Question 7. On the way to park, where did Soapy stopped?
Answer
His old childhood home.
Question 8. What was Soapy’s fear?
Answer
That no cop was going to arrest him.
Question 9. What did waiters do with Soapy?
Answer
They threw Soapy upon his left ear on the hard street outside.
Question 10. Where did Soapy tried his third trick?
Answer
Another restaurant, not so fine as the one on Broadway.
Question 11. What did Soapy tell after finishing his big dinner in the third trick?
Answer
He said that he had no money.
Question 12. What did soapy do to the shop?
Answer
He picked up a big stone and threw it through the glass.
Question 13. What is Blackwell’s Island?
Answer
Blackwell’s Islands is a name of a prison.
Question 14. What are some of the signs of approaching winter referred to in the text?
Answer
Some of the signs of approaching winter are birds begin to fly south, people want new warm coats and dead leaves falling.
Question 15. What change the sweet music had on him?
Answer
The sweet music encouraged him to earn and work for livelihood. He realized his strength of being young.
Question 16. What happened to Soapy when he reached to his childhood home?
Answer
Soapy is suddenly reminder of his childhood home and mother and resolved to turn over a new leaf.
Question 17. Why did Soapy pick up a big stone and threw it through the glass?
Answer
Soapy tried to break the window of a shop to get arrested.
Question 18. Why did he enter the fine restaurant?
Answer
He wanted to have dinner without paying for it, so that he would be arrested.
Question 19. How could he support himself otherwise?
Answer
He could be given alms if he had asked for.
Question 20. Why was Soapy restless?
Answer
Soapy was restless because he had not arranged any shelter for approaching winters.
Question 21. Where do people of New York go in winters?
Answer
New York people made their plan to go to Florida or to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
Question 22. Describe the irony in ‘Soapy’s spirit was proud’.
Answer
Soapy was living as a vagabond yet his pride would be compromised if he earn his living by begging door to door, so he preferred his stay at prison which is meant for law breakers.
Question 23. Where was the restaurant located?
Answer
The fine restaurant was located at North of Broadway.
Question 24. Why Soapy was happy to see the cop?
Answer
Soapy made all efforts to get arrested so when a cop reached the spot, he was happy. He thought that they would investigate and send him to jail.
Question 25. What are the other two failed efforts of Soapy?
Answer
He shouted at theatre and later had stolen an umbrella of a man who came to purchase newspaper.
Question 26. On what charges did the cop arrest him?
Answer
Cop did not believe the submission of Soapy and arrested him for arguing with him.
Question 27. “But the cop’s mind would not consider Soapy”. What did the cop not consider, and why?
Answer
The policeman did not believe that Soapy had broken the window glass. The reason was that no such criminal would stop and talk to a policeman.
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1. Describe the moment, when Sopay stopped near his childhood how.
Answer
When Soapy was on his way to home, although home was only a seat in park. Soapy stopped at a very quiet corner. There was his old childhood home. He could see a soft light shining through one window that had been his living room, where he spent peaceful moments. The moon was above, peaceful and bright and the music that came from the room held Soapy there, for he had known it well long ago.
Question 2. Described the sign that shows winter was approaching?
Answer
Soapy moved restlessly on his stat in Madison Square. There are certain sights to show that winter is coming. Birds begin to fly south People want new warm coats. A dead leaf fell at Soapy’s feet. That was a special sign for him that winter was coming. It was time for all who lived in Madison Square to prepare.
Question 3. Why is it necessary to be abided by the law for every citizen?
Answer
A civilized society gives fair chance of growth and development for its every citizen. Laws are framed for smooth functioning of activities. The daily routine would be chaotic if laws are broken. For example, if following of traffic lights are ruled out, no one would reach his destination. Soapy was not punished till he comes in the way of law keepers.
Question 4. What did Soapy thought he would do into end to better his life?
Answer
There was a sudden and wonderful change in his soul after listening to that sweet music. He would fight to change his life. He would pull himself up, out of the mud. There was time, he was young enough he would find his old purpose in life, and follow it. Tomorrow he would friend work from a man who once offered him a job. He would be somebody in the world.
Question 5. What did Soapy wanted most in the world?
Answer
Soapy’s hopes for the winter were not very high he was not thinking of southern skies, or the Bay of Naples. What he wanted was three months in the prison of Blackwell’s Island, three months of flood everyday and bed every night, three months safe from the cold north wind and safe from cops. This is what Soapy wanted most in the world.
Question 6. ‘One should live his life with purpose and dignity’. Justify your answer in reference to the lesson.
Answer
Soapy was a peddler, he had no home or shelter to save him from approaching winters. He wanted to be arrested so as to find a place in prison. If he were a man of dignity and self-esteem, he would have worked hard and succeeded to manage a resting place. When he realized his strength of being young and changed his outlook, he felt like behaving manly. He wanted to live life with dignity and honour. Although he failed, yet there are fair chances that he would soon turn into his life into worthy life.
Question 7. What was Soapy’s first plan? Why did it not work?
Answer
Soapy’s first plan was to have a good dinner at some fine restaurant and then say that he had no money to pay. This would cause a cop to be called, who would then arrest him. The judge would do the rest. However, his plan did not work. As soon as Soapy entered the restaurant door, the head waiter saw his broken old shoes and the torn clothes that covered his legs. As a result, Soapy was thrown out of the restaurant.
Question 8. Why did Soapy thinks that prison was better than any other places in the city?
Answer
Soapy’s spirit was proud. If he went to any place in the city, there were certain things he had to do in one way or another, he would have to pay for what they gave him. They would not ask him for money. But they would make him answer questions. They would want to know everything about his life. These are the reasons Soapy’s thinks that prison was better.