SHORT STORIES
TITLE- PRELIMINARY INSPECTION
AUTHOR-RAYMOND PILLAI
QUESTIONS
1. Describe the setting of the story in detail?
2. Why do you think Gopal plans to visit the family on Diwali night?
3. What makes this a humorous story?
4. The story has a surprise ending. On re-reading the story, can you pick out any hints that the author gives about the ending?
5. You are not given large chunks of description about the characters in this story. Instead the author gradually reveals things about each character; the sort of person he or she is, what he or she does. Write down all you can about the main characters in the story?
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