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C H A P T E R # 14

GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (NOVEL)

QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS

Q.1. When did Mr. Chips join Brookfield school again? (FB-
1 2,GW-14)

Ans. Mr. Chips joined Brookfield School again in July 1916.

Q.2. Who invited Chips to join Brookfield again? (DG-12)


OR Why did Chips join Brookfield again? (LR,GW-
10,SG,GW-11,BP-12,SL-15)

Ans. In July 1916, Chatteris met Mr. Chips and told him
about his illness and over-work. He invited him to join
Brookfield again to help him. Chips accepted his offer.

Q.3 How did Chips feel when he rejoined Brookfield? (LR-


10,FB-11,12,GW-12,LR,MN-14,FB-15)

Ans. He felt yery fit. The actual work was not tiring. He felt
very happy. For the first time in his life, he felt himself
necessary to Brookfield. He had sublime feelings.

Q.4. What was Chips' routine when he rejoined Brookfield


as a teacher? (FB-11)

Ans. He kept living at Mrs. Wickett's. At 10:30 in the morning,


he went to school. His lessons were the same. The faces were
new but he already knew them.
Q.5. What is rissole? What joke did Chips make about it?
(MN-09,BP,DG-12,1R RP DG-13, RP-14,RP-15,MN-16)

Ans. It is a fried cake of minced meat mixed with bread


crumps. It was served on Monday. Chips called it
“abhorrendum.” It was called Chips' latest.

Q.6. What was meant by Chips' latest? (LR-14)

Ans. Chips' latest was his fresh joke. Chips coined new jokes
oven. People were always ready to listen to new jokes from
him. He had earned the reputation of a jester.

Q.7. Why did Chips not want to be the official head of


Brookfield? (FB,LR-15,SL, 16)

Ans. Chips did not want to be the official head. He did not
consider himself equal to it. He was old. He said that he was
production of war like so many majors and colonels.

Q.8. What happened at the Brookfield Public School in the


Winter of 19177 OR Why was Chips made acting Head of
the school? (BP-10,MN-12) OR When did Chatteris die?
(BP-10,GW-11)

Ans. In the winter of 1917, the Head of Brookfield School, Mr.


Chatteris died. The authorities asked Mr. Chips to take
Chatteris' place as acting head. Mr. Chips gladly agreed to
work.

Q.9. How did Chips perform as the Head of School? (DG-


10,11,MN,BP,DG-12,MN-13, DG-15,SL-15,16) OR When did
Mr. Chips become the acting head of Brookfield?
Ans. Mr. Chips became acting Head of Brookfield in 1917 and
1918. He tackled problems. He dealt with complaints and
requests. He became very kind, gentle and confident. He kept
the sense of proportion.

Q.10. What happened to Chips when he read out the


names of those who were killed? (RP-11)

Ans. When Chips read out the names of those who were killed,
he became emotional. Sometimes tears rolled down his
cheeks. People did not hate him for showing his weakness
because he was an old man.

Q.11: What is a bayonet practice? As Headmaster, what


did Chips think of the bayonet practice? (SL-16)

Ans. The bayonet is a long knife at the end of the gun with
which a nearby enemy soldier can be killed. To Chips, it was a
very vulgar way of killing people.

Q.12. Why did Chips read the name of the German master
along the Brookfieldian killed ones? (GW-13)

Ans. Herr Staefel had been a teacher at Brookfield. He taught


his students with full devotion. His services at Brookfield
demanded this tribute.

Q.13. How did people comment when Chips mentioned


Herr Staefel, the German master? (GW-11)

Ans. The people thought it funny to read the name of a


German with others. He was killed on Western Front.
Moreover, he was their enemy. They attributed it to Chips "old
ideas."

Q.14. What did Chips feel about the comments of the


people on the issue of reading the name of Herr Staefel?

Ans. Chips was happy that he still had the old ideas of dignity
and generosity. Such ideas were becoming rare in the frantic
world. He resolved that Brookfield would take those ideas from
him.

Q.15. How and when did Chatteris die? (FB-08,09,BP-


11,SG-12,RP-12,GW-13,14,RP-16)

Ans. Chatteris was suffering from diabetes. He was over-


worked and over-worried. He died at the age of 41 in 1917.

Q.16. How did Mr. Chips criticise the rationing system?


(RP-12) OR Whom did Mr. Chips call Abhorendum?

Ans. Mr. Chips criticised the rationing system during the First
World War in a humorous manner. He observed that poor
quality of meat called Rissole was served to students. Chips
humorously named it Abhorendum.

Q.17. What was the pre-war man? (AK-08,RP-12, GW-


13,SL14) OR Why was Mr. Chips called pre-war? (FB-
13,SL14,DG,RP-15,SL,BP-16)

Ans. Mr. Chips was an old man. He was not satisfied with
changes due to war. He always liked the pre-war values and
days. He liked other nations to work together. He also
mourned the death of Herr Staefl, a German teacher.
Therefore, he was called pre-war.

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