Class7 Seventeen Oranges

Exercise B
Ans1. The narrator drove a little pony -and-cart for Swift Delivery Company and most of his pick ups were at the docks.

Ans2. The narrator had stolen the oranges frim a boat that was being unloaded at the docks.He hid them in various pockets of his clothes, covered by his brat. Unfortunately, the string of his brat broke off right in front of Pongo, the policeman, revealing bulging pockets stuffed with stolen oranges.

Ans3. The narrator had read too many detective stories to make the mistake of blabbing. Thus he refused to be interrogated and remained quiet.

Ans4. Pongo went to call a colleague to be his witness and strengthen his case.

Exercise C
Ans1. The narrator feared that once proved guilty, he would be put in jail and ruined for life. He wondered what his mother would say and his father would do then.

Ans2. A voice in his mind prompted the narrator to eat up all the oranges pips, peel and all to destroy the evidence and escape imprisonment.

Ans3. The narrator had to eat up seventeen oranges pips, peel and all in a very short time. Thereafter, he fell sick with an upset stomach and couldn't stand still and think clearly for days. Ever since then, he had never looked at oranges.

Ans4. Pongo had locked the narrator in his cabin with the seventeen stolen oranges. There were no eindows and no way for him to sneak the oranges out. But whem Pongo returned with a mate, there was no sign of the oranges. Although, it took Pongo no time to figure out what had happened, he found it difficult to believe that such a small boy could finish off all those oranges in such a short while.