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By Sinclair Lewis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Page No: 47<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Read and Find Out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place? NCERT 10th English Chapter 8, class 10 English Chapter 8 solutions 1. What more does Bill say about Lutkins and his family? Answer<\/strong> NCERT 10th English Chapter 8, class 10 English Chapter 8 solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English: Footprints Without Feet Chapter 8 The Hack Driver<\/p>\n\n\n\n Download PDF<\/strong>: NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English: Footprints Without Feet Chapter 8 The Hack Driver PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The National Council of Educational Research and Training is an autonomous organization of the Government of India which was established in 1961 as a literary, scientific, and charitable Society under the Societies Registration Act. Its headquarters are located at Sri Aurbindo Marg in New Delhi. Visit the Official NCERT website<\/a> to learn more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The lawyer was sent to New Mullion to serve summons on Oliver Lutkins, who was needed as a witness in a law case.
He had expected the place to be a sweet and simple country village.
2. Who befriends him? Where does he take him?
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The lawyer was befriended by a delivery man who introduced himself as Bill. He told him that he knew Lutkins and would help the lawyer in finding him. He took him to all the places where Lutkins was seen or was known to hang out. He took the lawyer to Fritz\u2019s shop, where Lutkins played a lot of poker; to Gustaff\u2019s barber shop and then to Gray\u2019s barber shop; to the poolroom and several other places before finally taking him to Oliver\u2019s mother\u2019s farm. However, Oliver Lutkins was not found.
3. What does he say about Lutkins?
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Bill told the lawyer that Lutkins was a hard fellow to catch. He was always up to something or the other. He owed money to many people, including Bill, and had never even paid anybody a cent. He also said that Oliver played a lot of poker and was good at deceiving people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bill told the lawyer that he knew Lutkins\u2019 mother. He said that she was a terror. He narrated an incident when he took a trunk to her once and she almost took his skin off because he did not treat it like a box of eggs. He also said that she was about nine feet tall and four feet thick. She was very quick and could talk a lot. He said that Oliver must have heard that somebody was chasing him and consequently, would have gone into hiding at his mother\u2019s place.
2. Does the narrator serve the summons that day?
Answer<\/strong>
No. The narrator did not serve the summons that day.
3. Who is Lutkins?
Answer<\/strong>
The hack driver himself was Oliver Lutkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Think about It<\/strong>
1. When the lawyer reached New Mullion, did \u2018Bill\u2019 know that he was looking for Lutkins? When do you think Bill came up with his plan for fooling the lawyer?
Answer<\/strong>
Lutkins act of taking the lawyer for a ride clearly indicates that he is a very cunning person. It is his natural behaviour to not disclose his true identity to unknown persons. Moreover, being a cheat as he is it seems his regular practice to dupe people who are newcomers.
2. Lutkins openly takes the lawyer all over the village. How is it that no one lets out the secret? (Hint: Notice that the hack driver asks the lawyer to keep out of sight behind him when they go into Fritz\u2019s.)Can you find other such subtle ways in which Lutkins manipulates the tour?<\/strong>
Answer<\/strong>
Lutkin never allows the lawyer to the place where the imaginary Lutkins is supposed to be present at a given time. The way he weaves stories about Lutkin\u2019s vagabond nature and the way he scares the lawyer about Lutkin\u2019s mother are great tools applied by Bill.
3. Why do you think Lutkins\u2019 neighbours were anxious to meet the lawyer?
Answer<\/strong>
Lutkin\u2019s neighbours were not anxious to meet a person who could be easily duped. They wanted to enjoy the lawyer\u2019s predicament.
4. After his first day\u2019s experience with the hack driver the lawyer thinks of returning to New Mullion to practise law. Do you think he would have reconsidered this idea after his second visit?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After his first day\u2019s experience with the hack driver, the lawyer had considered returning to New Mullion to practise law. However, he realised during his second visit that he had been literally taken for a ride by the hack driver (who himself was Lutkins). In this, Lutkins was helped by the townspeople. After becoming the laughing stock of the town, it is most likely that the lawyer would have reconsidered his initial idea of working there.
5. Do you think the lawyer was gullible? How could he have avoided being taken for a ride?
Answer<\/strong>
The lawyer seems to be a simpleton and inexperienced person. He has yet to come to grips with the way the bad world functions. He could have done his homework better before going to the village. He could have taken a photograph of Lutkin if available. Before relying on Bill he could have cross checked with other people as well. He could have avoided sending Bill alone to search Lutkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNCERT Solutions for Class 10 English: Footprints Without Feet Chapter 8: Download PDF<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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