Q1. How did Mrs. Dorling treat the author when the author visited her?

A. Warm & welcoming

B. Cold & inhospitable
C. Overjoyed
D. Both (A) and (C)
 
Q2. “Her face gave absolutely no sign of recognition.” Who is her?
A. Mrs. S
B. Mrs. Dorling’s daughter
C. Mrs. Dorling
D. Mrs. S’s daughter
 
Q3. In what attire did the author find Mrs. Dorling?
A. Author’s mother’s green knitted cardigan
B. Author’s green knitted cardigan
C. Author is unable to recognise it
A. Not mentioned in the story
 
Q4. “I thought that no one had come back.” Why does Mrs. Dorling say this?
A. Because she was happy to see the protagonist
B. Because she had been waiting for the protagonist for a long time
C. Because she thought everyone in the protagonist’s family were dead
D. None of the above
 
Q5. What was the address that the author’s mother asked her to remember?
A. Number 50, Marconi Street
B. Number 46, Baker Street
C. Number 54, Marconi Street
D. Number 46, Marconi Street
 
Q6. Mrs. Dorling’s was _________ of Mrs. S.
A. a sister
B. an old acquaintance
C. an old friend
D. a relative
 
Q7. Mrs. Dorling took the possessions of the things on the pretence of __________.
A. using them
B. selling them
C. keeping them safe
D. Both (A) and (B)
 
Q8. Was the author convinced with her mother’s idea of letting Mrs. Dorling take away
their things?
A. Absolutely
B. Partially
C. Not at all
D. Not mentioned in the story
 
Q9. How does the author describe Mrs. Dorling when she saw her the first time during the
war?
A. A woman with a broad back
B. A woman with a round back
C. A woman with a straight back
D. None of the above
 
Q10. Why did the author wait for such a long time before visiting “The Address”?
A. Because she was not interested
B. Because she was afraid to confront her mother’s belongings
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above
 
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Q11. Why had the author come to visit Mrs. Dorling?
A. Because Mrs. Dorling had belongings of author’s mother
B. Because Mrs. Dorling called her
C. Because she missed Mrs. Dorling
D. None of the above
 
Q12. Who opened the door upon the author’s second visit to Mrs. Dorling’s house?
A. Mrs. Dorling
B. Mrs. Dorling’s daughter
C. Mrs. Dorling’s husband
D. No one opened the door
 
Q13. Unlike Mrs. Dorling, her daughter was __________ towards the author.
A. rude
B. mature
C. hospitable
D. mean
 
Q14. What was the protagonist’s reaction when she entered the living-room?
A. Thrilled
B. Emotional
C. Nervous
D. Horrified
 
Q15. “I was in a room I knew and did not know.” What does author mean by this?
A. She saw familiar things but in unfamiliar surroundings
B. She saw unfamiliar things but in familiar surroundings
C. She did not recognize the things she saw
D. She did not want to remember anything
 
Q16. How does the author describe the living room?
A. Muggy smell
B. Strange atmosphere
C. Sophisticated
D. Both (A) and (B)
 
Q17. In what condition did the author find the living room?
A. Haphazard
B. Well arranged
C. Empty
D. Old fashioned
 
Q18. The author remembered that the woollen table-cloth had _________.
A. an ink-mark
B. a defect
C. a burn mark
D. None of the above
 
Q19. According to the author, when do we notice the things in the house?
A. When they are out of our sight
B. When they are used
C. When they are shown
D. All of the above
 
Q20. What was the ‘silver’ that the author was once asked to clean by her mother?
A. Jewellery
B. Cutlery
C. Sculptures
D. Stones
 
Q21. Why did the author leave Mrs. Dorling in a hurry?
A. Because she was getting late for the train
B. Because she no longer wanted to stay there
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above
 
Q22. Why did the objects lose their value for the author?
A. Because their prices fell down
B. Because they were difficult to take along
C. Because she had new objects
D. Because she saw them in different surroundings
 
Q23. At the end, what does the author decide?
A. To forget the address
B. To visit next year again
C. To remember the address forever
D. None of the above
 
Q24. Who is the protagonist of “The Address”?
A. Mrs. Dorling
B. Mrs. S’s daughter
C. Mrs. S
D. Mrs. Dorling’s daughter
 
Q25. The author had come to visit Mrs. Dorling _______ the war.
A. during
B. before
C. after
D. Not mentioned in the story
 
Q26. What was the very first out of her mother’s possessions that the protagonist could
recognize?
A. Hanukkah candle-holder
B. Woollen table-cloth
C. White tea pot
D. Green knitted cardigan
 
Q27. In total, how many times did the author visit the given address?
A. Twice
B. Once
C. Thrice
D. Never
 
Q28. Who is the author of “The Address”?
A. Manon Uphoff
B. Marga Minco
C. Marente de Moor
D. None of the above
 
Q29. After reading “The Address”, how would you describe Mrs. Dorling?
A. Materialistic
B. Selfish
C. Opportunist
D. All of the above
 
Q30. What message does “The Address” talk about?
A. Importance of things
B. Not to trust someone
C. Human predicament of war
D. None of the above

Question 1:
How did Mrs Dorling react when the narrator said, I’m
Mrs S’s daughter”?
Answer:
Mrs Dorling held her hand on the door as if she wanted
to prevent it opening any further. Her face showed no
sign of recognition. She kept staring at the narrator
without uttering a word.

Question 2:
What two reasons did the narrator give to explain that
she was mistaken?
Answer:
She thought that perhaps the woman was not Mrs
Dorling. She had seen her only once, for a brief interval
and that too years ago. Secondly, it was probable that
she had rung the wrong bell.
Question 3:
How did the narrator conclude that she was right?
Answer: The woman was wearing the green knitted
cardigan of the narrator’s mother. The wooden buttons
were rather pale from washing. She saw that the
narrator was looking at the cardigan. She half hid herself
again behind the door. Her reaction convinced the
narrator that she was right.

Question 4:
What was the outcome of the interview between Mrs
Dorling and the narrator?
Answer:
The interview was a flop as far as the narrator was
concerned. Mrs Dorling refused
to see her and talk to her in spite of the narrator’s
repeated requests.

Question 5:
Who had given the narrator the address, when and
under what circumstances?
Answer:
The narrator’s mother had given her the address, years
ago during the first half of
the war. The narrator had come home for a few days
and missed various things in the rooms. Then her
mother had told her about Mrs Dorling and had given
her the address.

Question 6:
What did the narrator learn about Mrs Dorling from her
mother?
Answer:
Mrs Dorling was an old acquaintance of the narrator’s
mother. The latter had not seen her for several years.
Then she suddenly turned up and renewed their contact.
Every time she left that place she took something with
her—table silver, antique plates, etc. –

Question 7:
What reason did Mrs Dorling give for taking away the
precious belongings of the narrator’s mother?
Answer:
Mrs Dorling suggested to the narrator’s mother that she
should store her belongings at a safer place. She
wanted to save all her nice things. She explained that
they would lose everything if they had to leave the place.

Question 8:
What impression do you form of the narrator’s mother on
the basis of her conversation with (i) Mrs Dorling and (ii)
the narrator?
Answer:
The narrator’s mother was a kind-hearted, generous and
liberal lady. She was fond of collecting valuable things.
She is more worried about the physical risk to Mrs
Dorling than losing them to her. She thought it an insult
to tell her friends to keep those things for ever.

Question 9:
Did the narrator feel convinced about the views of her
mother regarding Mrs Dorling? How do you know?
Answer:
The narrator did not feel convinced about her mother’s
concern for Mrs Dorling.
The latter was keen on removing the precious
possessions of the narrator’s mother to her own house.
It seems that the narrator did not like Mrs Darling’s
excessive interest in her mother’s belongings. It is
evident from the questions she puts to her mother.

Question 10:
What does the narrator remember about Mrs Dorling as
she saw her for the first time?
Answer:
Mrs Dorling was a woman with a broad back. She wore
a brown coat and a shapeless hat. She picked up a
heavy suitcase lying under the coat rack and left their
house.
She lived at number 46, Marconi Street.

Question 11:
Why did the narrator wait a long time before going to the
address number 46, Marconi Street?
Answer:
Initially, after the liberation, she was not at all interested
in her mother’s belongings lying stored there. She was
also afraid of being confronted with things that had
belonged to her mother, who was now no more.

Question 12:
When did the narrator become curious about her
mother’s possessions?
Answer:
The narrator became curious about her mother’s
possessions as normalcy returned in the post-liberation
period. She knew that those things must still be at the
address her mother told her. She wanted to see them,
touch and remember.
Question 13:
“I was in a room I knew and did not know,” says the
narrator in the story ‘The Address’. What prompted her
to make this observation?
Answer:
The narrator found herself in the midst of things she was
familiar with and which she did want to see again.
However, she found them in a strange atmosphere
where everything was arranged in a tasteless way. They
ugly furniture and the muggy smell created the feeling
that she didn’t know the room.

Question 14:
“I just looked at the still life over the tea table,” says the
narrator in the story ‘The Address’. What does she mean
by ‘the still life? What prompted her to make this
remark?
Answer:
By ‘the still life’, the narrator means the things over the
tea table such as the table-cloth, tea pot, cups and
spoons. The reference to antique box and silver spoons
prompted her to make this remark.

Question 15:
How was the narrator able to recognise her own familiar
woollen table- cloth?
Answer:
The narrator first stared at the woollen table-cloth. Then
she followed the lines of the pattern. She remembered
that somewhere there was a burn mark which had not
been repaired. At last she found the burn mark on the
table-cloth. This helped her to recognise her own
familiar article.
Question 16:
“You only notice when something is missing.” What does
the speaker exactly mean? What examples does she
give?
Answer:
The speaker says that one gets used to touching one’s
lovely things in the house. One hardly looks at them any
more. It is only when something is missing that it is
noticed either because it is to be repaired or it has been
lent to someone.

Question 17:
How did narrator come to know that the cutlery they ate
off every day was silver?
Answer:
Once the narrator’s mother asked her if she would help
her polish the silver. The
narrator asked her which silver she meant. Her mother
was surprised at her ignorance and replied that it was
the spoons, forks and knives, i.e. the cutlery they ate off
everyday.

Question 18:
Why did the narrator suddenly decide to leave?
Answer:
The narrator had visited 46, Marconi Street for a specific
purpose—to see her mother’s belongings and touch
them. However, these objects seemed to have lost their
value in strange surroundings and on being severed
from the life of former times.

Question 19:
How did the narrator reconcile herself to the loss of her
mother’s precious belongings?
Answer:
The narrator felt that her mother had only lent them for
safe custody and Mrs Dorling was not to keep
everything. On seeing these objects, memories of her
former life were aroused. She found no room for these
precious belongings in her present life. So she
reconciled to her fate.

Question 20:
“Of all the things I had to forget, that would be the
easiest”. What does the speaker mean by ‘that’? What is
its significance in the story?
Answer:
That’ here stands for the address. The words: number
46, Marconi Street, i.e. the address recur throughout the
story. The address is important for the narrator at the
beginning of the story. However, at the end of the story
she resolves to forget it as she wants to break off with
the past and move on with the present into the future.