"A Face In The Dark" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions by Evergreen Publications - G.C Mago

"A Face In The Dark" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions/Notes

A Face In The Dark Solutions/Notes, story written by Ruskin Bond

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UNSOLVED PASSAGES

PASSAGE-1

(i) Mr. Oliver carried a torch which ran out of batteries as soon as he walked through the pine forest. As he walked through the pine forest, he came across a boy, who was sitting on a rock. He seemed to be weeping.

(ii) The boy was sitting on a rock with his head hung down, and his hands held his face. He appeared to be weeping as his body shook convulsively. He also had a strange, and soundless weep.

(ii) Mr. Oliver felt uneasy as he walked through the pine forest, as it was very late, and dark. The torch he held, was flickering due to being low on batteries, and the leaves of the pine trees also made a sad, eerie sound when wind blew, which would make most people uncomfortable, and scared.

(iv) Mr. Oliver told the boy to go home, and not stay in the middle of a forest at night, as wild animal might attack him at that time. The face of the boy was blank, and just a plain oval face with no eyes, no ears, no eyebrows, no nothing.

(v) Though Mr. Oliver was a very confident, and non-imaginative person, upon seeing the boy's strange face, he immediately got so much scared that his torch fell from his hands, and he ran directly in the opposite direction from the boy, and towards the distinct light, that he saw.

PASSAGE-2

(i)  Mr. Oliver moved closer to the boy, because he was concerned for the boy as to why he was sitting deep in the forest at such a late time, as it was very dangerous to stay outside during night, in Shimla, during those days.

(ii) Mr. Oliver sensed a strange feeling about the situation, that something was wrong. He had many questions scrambling through his mind, and in a way, he got scared of the boy sitting on the rock.

(iii) The boy's body shook convulsively, and made it clear to Mr. Oliver that the boy was weeping. He was weeping soundlessly, and had his head hung, with his hands supporting it. 

(iv) Mr. Oliver felt very much uneasy when his torch's gleam fell on a boy sitting on a rock, who was shaking convulsively, and had his head hung down, on his hands. What made it more strange was that the boy was having a soundless weep, and it was too late for boys to be outside.

(v) Mr. Oliver's anger gave way to concern, when he started to be worried about the boy sitting deep in a forest, so late, and when he answered non of his questions, but kept shaking, and weeping soundlessly.

PASSAGE-3

(i) The torch fell from Mr. Oliver's hand fell when he moved the torch's gleam to the boy's face to see how he looked like, but he had no face. It was such a fearful, and strange sight, that Mr. Oliver dropped his torch in dread, and fear.

(ii) Mr. Oliver told the boy that he should not be out there at this moment, because it was very late, and dark too. It was also not thoughtful to go out at night, in Shimla, during those days.

(iii) Mr. Oliver immediately got so much firghtened that he dropped his torch from his hands, and ran directly opposite as to where the boy was sitting, when he saw the face of the boy. He ran blindly, and shouted for help until he saw a light coming from a distance, and ran towards it.

(iv) He saw a bright yellow light when he was running towards the school building. He used this light as his guide to get out of the forest. This light was coming from a lantern.

(v) Mr. Oliver stumbled up to the watchman of the school, who was holding a lantern in his hands. He was completely out of his breath, and scared to life, when he met the watchman. He was gasping for air very badly, at that time.

PASSAGE-4

(i) The boy sitting on the rock in the middle of the pine forest, which Mr. Oliver navigated through, upon returning from the school after teaching, had no eyes, no nose or mouth. 

(ii) Mr. Oliver called for help as he ran blindly through the pine forest, as he was scared for his life, when he saw the boy's empty face, who was sitting on the rock, in the pine forest.

(iii) The watchman found Mr. Oliver in a very frightened, and completely out of breath. He was even gasping for air. He asked Mr. Oliver if there was an accident, and why was he running, and what from?

(iv) Mr. Oliver answered the watchman that he had seen something very horrible. He said that he saw a weeping boy, in the middle of the forest with no eyes, no mouth, no eyebrows, no nothing.

(v) Upon seeing Mr. Oliver's condition, and hearing his reply to his questions, he simply asked if the boy's face was like his, as he brought the lantern that he was holding, close to his face so that Mr. Oliver could see his face.

PASSAGE-5

(i) Mr. Oliver's hands trembled due to fear when he saw the boy's strange, and frightening face, who was sitting on a rock in the middle of a pine forest very late, which made the atmosphere more frightful.

(ii) Mr. Oliver scrambled down the path in the pine forest, because it was a shortcut to the place, where he lived. He used to work late hours in his school as a professor, so he used to take the dark path of the forest, so he could reach home faster, as it usually got very late everyday, after his work.

(iii) Mr. Oliver saw a young boy sitting on a rock with his head hung down in his hands, and he shook convulsively which indicated that he was weeping, but he did not made any sound. It was a soundless weep, which was very strange, and some-what fearful.

(iv) Mr Oliver found the boy's face look horrible, as it had no eyes, no ear, no nose, no nothing. It was just a round, smooth oval head. The boy's face did not even had eyebrows, which is a very frigthening, and strange sight, which would scare anyone.

(v) Upon hearing the replying to his question to Mr. Oliver, the watchman just simply asked Mr. Oliver if his face too looked very familiar to the boy's face, which Mr. Oliver saw in the forest, as he moved the lantern that he was holding in his hands, close to his face, so that Mr. Oliver could see his face.

ASSIGNMENT

(i) Ruskin Bond manages to make a story, supernaturnal. He cleverly sets in a pine forest in Shimla, where Mr. Oliver, and Anglo-Indian teacher, walks through, on his way back from school. While walking through the forest, he comes across a weeping boy whose face is flat without eyes, ears, nose, or mouth. This frightens Mr. Oliver, and he turns, and starts running towards the source of light, which he saw in the distance. While running towards the school, he finds the light is coming from the lantern which the watchman is holding in his hands, and bumps into him accidently, and tells him what had happened. He then tells the watchman that he saw a boy with no eyes, no ears, no nose, no nothing, in the middle of the forest. All of this creates an atmosphere of supernaturnalism. The author also manages to create an atmosphere of strange mystery, by using lines like 'where there was a strong wind', 'the pine trees made sad, eerie sounds that kept most people to the main road.' The boy sitting alone on a rock in the forest, at night, looks creepy, and mysterious. The description of this boy's face, having no eyes, no ears, nose or mouth, also helps in creating an strange, frightening, fearful, mysterious, and supernatural atmosphere.

(ii) Mr. Oliver was an Anglo Indian teacher, who worked at a long running school, where rich Indian families sent their boys. He had been teaching in the school in Shimla for several years. He usually strolled into the town, int the evening, and would return after dark through the pine forest. There were strong winds, because of which the pine trees made sad, eerie sounds, but Mr. Oliver was not an imaginative, or nervous man. He was walking with a torch, and saw a lonely boy, sitting on a rock, and weeping very strangly, and soundlessly. He asked the boy what he was doing out so late, but he did not respond. As Mr. Oliver moved closer, he sensed that something was wrong. He kept on asking gim, and he finally saw his face. It had no eyes, ears, nose or mouth, which terrified Mr. Oliver. He dropped his torch, and immediately turned, and scarmbled down the path, running blindly though the trees, and calling for help. He was very scared, and wanted to get as far as he could, away from there.

(iii) Mr. Oliver, an Anglo Indian teacher, was one day taking a shortcut through the pine forest, which was making sad, eeire sounds, because of the strong winds. While walking down the path, he saw a lonely boy sitting on a rock, weeping soundlessly, and strangly, which was scary, as it was very dark, and boys were not supposed to be out after the dark. He kept moving closer to him with a felling that something was wrong, and when light from his torch fell on the boy's face, he was terrified as the boy had no eyes, ears, nose or mouth. It was just a round oval, smooth head, with a school cap on top of it. the sad, eerie sounds that the pine trees were making, the flickering light from Mr. Oliver's torch, the darkness, the fact that the boy had a horrible, and creepy face, all combined, made him truely frightened.