Good Bye Mr.

Chips
Chapter1
Q1- Who wrote the novel, “Good-bye Mr. Chips”?

Ans- James Hilton wrote the novel, “Good-bye Mr. Chips”.

Q2- What was the real name of Mr. Chips?

Ans- The real name of Mr. Chips was Mr. Chipping. People called him Mr. Chips
with love.

Q3- Where did Mr. Chips live after his retirement from Brookfield?

Ans- Mr. Chips lived in a rented room at Mrs. Wickett’s house across the road
from the Brookfield school. He lived there for more than a decade.

Q4- What did Mr. Marivale say about Mr. Chips health?

Ans- Mr. Marivale was a doctor who came to see Mr. Chips every fortnight. He
said that there was nothing the matter with Mr. Chips. He said that Mr. Chips
would die a natural death as he had passed the age when people got horrible
diseases. Moreover, he called him matchless old boy.

Q5- What kind of person was Mr. Wetherby?

Ans- Mr. Chips joined Brookfield school in 1870. He found Mr. Wetherby, the
headmaster, very fatherly and courteous.

Q6- What did Wetherby advise Mr. Chips?

Ans- Mr. Wetherby advised Mr. Chips to give enthusiasm to Brookfield and it
would give something in return. He asked him not to allow to play tricks with him.
He asked to take a firm attitude from the beginning to keep discipline. “That is its
secret.”

Q7- Who was Colley?

Ans- Colley was a student at Brookfield. He had red hair. He tried to create
disturbance by dropping desk lid. Mr. Chips punished him.

Chapter 2
Q8- Where was Brookfield School situated?

Ans- Brookfield lay across the road behind a defensive wall of ancient elms. The
building of the school looked reddish brown under its autumn covering creeper. It
consisted of a group of the 18th century buildings.

Q9- When did Mr. Chips retire and what was presented to him on retirement?

Ans- Mr. Chips retired in 1913, when he turned sixty-five. He was presented with
a cheque, a writing desk and a clock.

Q10- How long did Mr. Chips serve Brookfield?

Ans-Mr. Chips joined Brookfield in 1870 and retired in 1913. He again joined the
school during the War and then retired for the second time in 1918. So, Mr. Chips
served Brookfield for about forty-Eight years.

Chapter 3
Q11- Why did Mr. Chips like Mrs. Wickett’s house?

Ans- Mrs. Wickett’s house was favourable to his needs and it was situated near
the school. He liked it because from there he could walk across to the play-ground
in an afternoon and watched games. It was convenient for Mr. Chips. Thus, he
remained in contact with the school activities.

Q12- Who was major Collingwood?

Ans- Collingwood was a student at Brookfield. He was killed in Egypt in the First
World War. Mr. Chips had once thrashed him for climbing on to the gymnasium
roof to get a ball out of the gutter. Furthermore, he was a bit rude to Mrs.
Wickett.
Q13- Write a note on Mr. Chips’ financial position?

Ans- Mr. Chips enjoyed a quiet and peaceful life at Mrs. Wickett’s house. He had
no worries. His pension was enough, and there was a little money saved up
besides. He could afford everything and anything he wanted.

Q14- How was Mr. Chips’ room furnished?

Ans- His room was furnished simply and with school masterly taste. There were a
few bookshelves and sporting trophies, a mantelpiece and pictures on the wall.
Nearly everything in his room had been brought from the old room of the school
house.

Chapter 4
Q15- Who was Rowden? Why did he leave Chips alone at the Lake District?

Ans- Rowden was a colleague and friend of Mr. Chips. He went up to the Lake
District during summer vacation of 1896. He stayed there for one week. He had to
leave Mr. Chips alone because of some family business.

Q16- Why was Katherine waving her hand to her friend?

Ans-Katherine was waving her hand excitedly from a dangerous looking ledge.
Mr. Chips thought that she was in difficulty. She was actually signaling to a friend
further down the mountain. Katherine was not in danger as she was an expert
climber.

Q17- What did Katherine do when Mr. Chips was injured?

Ans- Katherine considered herself responsible for the mishap. She was used to
ride bicycle along the side of the house where Mr. Chips was boarding. She cared,
nursed and looked after Mr. Chips.

Q18- What was the physical appearance / grace of Katherine?

Ans- Katherine Bridges had a sweet and attractive personality. She had blue
flashing eyes, freckled cheeks and straw coloured hair. She had very charming
appearance. She was young enough to be Chips’s daughter.

Q19- what were Chips’ ideas about modern women?

Ans- Mr. Chips did not like or care for women. He never felt at ease with them.
The new woman of the nineties filled him with horror. He had never thought of
meeting and marrying the new women.

Q20- Describe Mr. Chips’ Views about Women?

Ans- Mr. Chips did not like or care for women. He never felt at ease with them. He
thought that nice women were weak, timid and delicate. Moreover, he thought
that nice men treated them with distant kindness.

Q21-When and where were Chips and Katherine married?

Ans- Within a week of their dramatic meeting they were head over heels in love
with each other. And before Chips could walk without stick, they got married in
London a week before the beginning of the autumn term.

Chapter 5
Q22- What did Katherine think of Chips when she first met him?

Ans- When Katherine first met Chips, she thought that he was a solicitor or a
stockbroker or a dentist or a man with a big cotton business in Manchester.

Q23- What were Katherine’s views about Chips profession?

Ans- Katherine thought that school mastering was a very different and important
profession. It influenced those who were going to matter to the world. Chips,
however, did not think of it like that.

Q24- What did Katherine say to Chips before the wedding night?
Ans- On the night before the wedding, Katherine said that she felt like a new boy
beginning his first term with him. She asked him if she would call him Sir or Mr.
Chips.

Q25- Where was Katherine married to Chips?

Ans- She was married to Chips from the House of an aunt in Ealing.

Chapter 6
Q26- How was Katherine received at Brookfield?

Ans- Chips’ marriage with Katherine was a brilliant success. Katherine conquered
Brookfield as she had conquered Chips. She was popular with boys and masters
alike. Even the wives of the masters could not resist her charm.

Q27- What changes did marriage bring in Chips?

Ans- Before marriage, Chips had been a dry and neutral sort of person. He was
liked and loved but he did not enjoy great popularity. Katherine made him a new
man. His eyes gained sparkle and his sense of humour became rich. Consequently,
he became less rigid and more popular.

Q28- How did Chips’ humour blossom into a sudden richness after his
retirement?

Ans- After his marriage with Katherine, Chips’ humour increased. He began to
make little jokes and puns that raised laughter and at the same time left
something on the minds of the students.

Q29- What did Chips tell about Lex Canuleia?

Ans- It is a Latin phrase. It was a Roman law that permitted patricians, upper class
to marry plebeians, a lower class of the Roman Society. Mr. Chips explained this
phrase to the students by giving the example of rich boy and poor girl.

Chapter 7
Q30- Did Katherine always plead Chips for leniency?

Ans- Katherine had not always pleaded for leniency. On rare occasions, she urged
strictness when Chips was inclined to forgive. She asked him to punish the
arrogant and rude type of boys.

Q31- Why did Mr. Chips remember Dunster and Ogilvie?

Ans- Dunster was a pickle little student at Brookfield. He put a rat in the organ-
loft while Ogilvie was taking choir-practice. He also recollected that Dunster was
drowned at Jutland and Ogilvie was also dead.

Q32- What were the difficulties. Chips faced when he tried to write down a
book on Brookfield?

Ans- Chips could not write a book of his memories. He made some casual notes in
an exercise book. But writing made him tired both physically and mentally.
Moreover, he found the recollections lost much of their flavor when they were
written down.

Chapter 8
Q33- When did Katherine and her new-born child die?

Ans- The spring day in April 1898 always haunted Chips like some horrifying
nightmare. It was a day when Katherine and her new-born child died. He felt
disturbed and dismayed. He wished that he were dead himself.

Q34- What type of letters did Chips receive in 1st April, 1898?

Ans- The boys wrote a lot of letters to Mr. Chips on April 1st to enjoy April foolery.
He opened them open one by one. Each the letters contained only a blank sheet
of paper.

Q35- Why did Chips not want to receive condolences?

Ans-Mr. Chips just wanted to get used to the things before facing kind words of
others. He did not want to talk to others or receive condolences. He hated to be
pitied or sympathized with.

Chapter 9
Q36-What was the effect of Katherine’s death on Chips?

Ans- Just as marriage had added something so did the death of his beloved wife.
After the great shock, he became the kind of man whom boys classed as “old”. It
was not that he was less active or had lost any interest in his work. He, however,
became more gentle and more forgiving.

Chapter 10
Q37- Who was Meldrum? When and how die?

Ans- Old Meldrum succeeded Wetherby as Headmaster of Brookfield in 1870. He

held office for three decades. He died suddenly from pneumonia in 1900.

Q38- Who was young Grayson?

Ans- Young Grayson was very anxious of his about the safety of his father. His
father had sailed on the Titanic. No news of his fate had come from the sinking of
Titanic. Then came the news that his father had been among the rescued.

Chapter 11
Q39- What allegation did Ralston levy on Chips?

Ans- Ralston said that Chips was lazy and his methods of teaching were old-
fashioned. He was careless about his personal habits. He wore old and torn gown.
Moreover, he showed poor results.

Q40- What were the Good qualities of Mr. Ralston?

Ans- Ralston was a young man of modern ideas. He was live wire. He stood for
discipline and to get something in life. He was a learned person. He was active
and raised the status of Brookfield.

Q41- What were the short-coming of Mr. Ralston?

Ans- Chips had not liked him because he was efficient, ruthless but not somehow
very likeable. He tried to run Brookfield as a factory.

Q42- How did the students and their parents come to know about the row
between Chips and Ralston?

Ans- A small boy overheard the hot discussion between Chips and Ralston. He
told his friends about it. The boys told this news to their parents. Thus, this row
spread around very soon.

Q43- How did the students, teachers and parents respond to Mr. Chips’ row?

Ans- Mr. Chips got an amazing support of sympathy. The students wrote letters to
their parents about this incident. They had a great regard for Mr. Chips. They
warned that there would be public disturbance in the school if Ralston succeeded
in banishing Chips.

Q44- What did the Chairman of the Governors tell Chips about his retirement?

Ans- John Rivers visited Brookfield in 1908. He ignored Ralston. He went direct to
Chips. He said to him that he was sorry to hear about the row. He said the
Governors were with him and they did not want to resign because Brookfield
would not be the same without him.

Q45- Who was Sir john Rivers?

Ans- Sir John Rivers was the Chairman of the board of Governors. He visited
Brookfield in 1908 when Mr. Chips had a row with Mr. Ralston. Once he also had
been a pupil of Mr. Chips.

Chapter 12
Q46- Who was Chatteris, and how did Chips find him?

Ans- Chatteris was successor to Ralston. Chips liked Chatteris. He was modern,
friendly and sympathetic. He was very kind to Mr. Chips and recognized his
services to Brookfield school.

Chapter 13
Q47- How did Chips feel when Chatteris told him about his problems and
disease?

Ans- Mr. Chips felt very sad when he came to know that Chatteris was diabetic
patient and looked very tired.

Q48- What kind of request did Chatteris make to Chips?

Ans- In 1916, Chatteris called at Chips, Chatteris told Mr. Chips that things were
out of his control. The younger Chips joined the army and the new staff was not
doing duties in a good way. So, Chatteris requested Chips to rejoin Brookfield.

Chapter 15
Q49- Who was Burrow?

Ans- Burrow was pale, lean and medically unfit science master. His lab produced
stink during his experiments. Therefore, Mr. Chips called him the stink-merchant.

Chapter 16
Q50- What was Chips’ will?

Ans- In 1930, Chips made his will. He gave some of his legacies to Mrs. Wickett
and to the Mission. Moreover, he left all he had to set up an open entrance
scholarship to Brookfield School.

Q51- Where did Chips invest his money after his retirement?
Ans- His income was more than he needed. He invested his small capital in safe
stocks. He gave some money to the poor, the various school funds and to the
Brookfield Mission.

Chapter 17
Q52- What things had Chips not done all his life?

Ans- Mr. Chips had not done many things. He had not travelled by air. He had
never been to a talky show.

Q53- Who was the last visitor of Mr. Chips?

Ans- Linford was a small boy of Brookfield School. He was the last visitor who
came to see Mr. Chips. He was wearing a Brookfield cap.

Q54- Who was Linford?

Ans- Linford was a small boy of Brookfield School. He was the last visitor who
came to see Mr. Chips. Mr. Chips entertained him with tea and cake.

Q55- What did Linford say to Mr. Chips when he was leaving him?

Ans- When Linford shook hands with Mr. Chips at the front door, he said Good-
bye Mr. Chips.

Chapter 18
Q56- Who was Cartwright?

Ans-Cartwright became the Headmaster of the Brookfield School in 1919. He was

very kind and polite to Mr. Chips.

Q57- Write a brief note one the death scene of Chips?

Ans- Mr. Chips lay in bed and he seemed so peaceful that Mrs. Wickett and the
others did not disturb him to say good-night. Herecalled the memories of
Katherine and the names of thousands of boys before he went to eternal sleep.
Q58- When did Mr. Chips Die?

Ans- It was the morning of November, 1933, when Mr. Chips died.

MADE BY
SHAHZAD ALI QAMAR