ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. Why did Bepin Babu drop at Kalicharan’s in new market ?
   Ans: Bepin Babu dropped at Kalicharan’s new market to buy books. Crime stories, ghost stories and thriller stories. He would buy at least five at a time to last him through the week.

2. Why did Bepin like to read books ?
   Ans: Bepin Babu was fond of reading books. He lived alone and did not mix up with others, had few friends and didn’t like to spend time in idle chats.

3. Who was Paresh Chandra. And what he suggested for Bepin ?
   Ans: Paresh Chandra was a yound physician with a pairs of bright eyes and a sharp nose. He suggested Bepin to go to Ranchi once again to help him remember the entire trip. Since, he did not know much about that kind of disease, he gave a nerve tonic and a tranquilliser to make him sleep well.

4. Why did Bepin Babu said that there is no hope for him ?
   Ans: Bepin Babu said that there is no hope for him because when he reached to Ranchi, he did not remember his trip there. He went to Hudroo falls also but found nothing. He thought that he would lose everything his will to work, his confidence his ability, his balance of mind as he thought he was going to end up in an asylum.

Complete the following questions:

1. It was inconceivable that he should forget such an incident which _____________________________.
2. In’ 58, during the pujas, _________________________________.
3. I had no idea that _____________________________________.
4. Bepin Babu suddenly remembered that ________________________________.

Answers

1. Took place only six or seven years ago.
2. He was in Kanpur at his friend Haridas Bagchi’s place.
3. Affluence would bring about the kind of change in you.
4. Haridas had left for Japan and he didn’t have his address.