- ‘Have you come back?’ said the woman. ‘I thought that no one had come back.’ Does this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it?
- ‘Her face gave absolutely no sign of recognition.’ Do you think the woman didn’t recognize the narrator, or she was merely pretending? Give reasons for your answer.
- ‘The Address’ is a story of human predicament that follows war. Comment.
- “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?
- “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?
- “You only notice when something is missing.” What does the speaker exactly mean? What examples does she give?
- Comment on the significance of the title of the story ‘The Address. ’
- Describe narrator’s first visit to Mrs. Dorling’s house in Marconi Street.
- Describe the narrator’s second visit to Mrs. Dorling’s house.
- Did the narrator feel convinced about the views of her mother regarding Mrs. Dorling? How do you know?
- How did the narrator come to know about Mrs. Dorling and the address where she lived?
- How did the woman try to avoid the narrator?
- How do you know that there was someone in the house? What did she ask? How did the woman respond?
- How does Mrs. Dorling react when the narrator said, “I am Mrs. S daughter”?
- How was the narrator able to recognize her own familiar woollen tablecloth?
- How was the narrator convinced that she had made no mistake and had reached the right address?
- The story is divided into pre-War and post-War times. What hardships do you think the girl underwent during these times?
- What are the two reasons did the narrator give to explain that she was mistaken?
- What did the narrator learn about Mrs. Dorling from her mother?
- What did the narrator notice when she came back home for a few days during war? What was her immediate reaction?
- What did the narrator see as she followed the girl along the passage?
- What impression do you form of the narrator?
- What reason did Mrs. Dorling give for taking away the precious belongings of narrator’s mother?
- Who had given the narrator the address? When and under what circumstance?
- Who was Mrs. Dorling? What did the narrator’s mother tell her about the woman?
- Why did narrator want to forget the address finally?
- Why did the narrator feel the urge to see her mother’s belongings?
- Why did the narrator go to number 46, Marconi Street?
- Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
- Why did the narrator suddenly decide to leave?
- Why did the narrator wait a long time before going to the address number 46, Marconi Street?
- Why didn’t the narrator pay much attention to things around while walking to the station?
- Why was the narrator horrified when she entered the living room?
