CH 7: MY FINANCIAL CARRIER Short Questions with Answers

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Q1: Why did the manager come to think that Leacock had an awful secret to reveal?

ANS: When the writer told the manager that he wanted to meet him alone, the manager thought that he had an awful secret to reveal.

Q2: What other blunders did Leacock commit after leaving the manager’s office?

ANS: He stepped out into the safe instead of going out of the manager’s room. He pushed his fifty-six dollars in the shape of a ball at the accountant. Later, he deposited all his money and then he wrote a cheque to get all his money back.

Q3: After this misadventure in the bank where did Leacock keep his money?

ANS: He kept his money in cash in his trousers pocket and his savings in silver dollars in a sock.

Q4: Give as many examples as you can to show that Leacock was feeling completely lost in the bank all the time he was there?

ANS: First, he wanted to meet the manager alone. Then he stepped out into the safe and in the last he wrote a cheque to get all his money back.  This shows that he was completely lost there.

Q5: Despite the fact that the writer was afraid of banks he went into one, why? OR What place did the writer think proper to keep his money safe? OR How much was the writer’s salary raised?

The writer’s pay was raised to fifty dollars. He thought that bank was only place to keep the money safe.

Q6: How did the manager react/behave when he learned that the writer wanted to deposit fifty-six dollars?

ANS: He got up, opened the door and called to the accountant in an unkindly loud voice. He asked him to open the writer’s account.

Q7: What was the reaction of the bank officials when Stephen Leacock left the bank?

ANS: When he left the bank, the bank officials were laughing at him. He heard a loud laughter behind him.

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Q8: How did the manager look?

ANS: He looked to be a serious and calm man.