CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

BHOLI

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why didn’t Bill allow the narrator to enquire about Oliver himself?
A
he lacked confidence
B
he was Oliver and was befooling the narrator
C
he couldn’t communicate well
D
the people threatened him
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bill, who was Oliver Lutkins himself, drove him aimlessly without allowing the narrator to talk directly to the people. He feared lest he should be exposed. The narrator had a romantic yearning for country life and its people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bill told the lawyer that Lutkins was a hard fellow to catch and he was good at deceiving people. He was always up to something or the other.

Detailed explanation-3: -The hack driver offers to ask about Oliver lutkens because hack driver was none other than Oliver Lutkins himself. He did not wish to take the summons and go as a witness. So, he pretended to be a hack driver. He offered to help the lawyer so that the lawyer could not come to know about him from someone else.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Solution : Bill himself was Lutkins. He knew that the lawyer is searching for him. He wanted to play a prank on him andoffered to help him find Lutkins Even he made some money in this process and made him wander here and there.

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