FACE ON THE WALL class 8.

English 2

Teacher's name- Madhubanti Dam (9051889251)

Ref 1) "We were talking of events which cannot be explained by natural causes...."

1.Q: What type of events were being discussed that could not be explained by natural causes?

A: The group was talking about events that could not be explained by natural causes and could
be considered as stories that defy natural explanations.

2.Q: What was the demeanor of the little man with the anxious face?

A: The little man with the anxious face watched each speaker with the closest attention but said
nothing.

3.Q: Why did Dabney turn to the little man?

A: Dabney turned to the little man because he wished to include him in the talk.

4.Q: What did Dabney ask the little man?

A: Dabney asked the little man if he had no experience he could narrate and no story that could
be explained.

5.Q: What was the little man's initial response when asked if he had a story to tell?

A: The little man initially responded that he did not have a story in the ordinary sense of the word
and nothing like most of the examples given.

6.Q: What did the little man believe about truth compared to a made-up story?

A: The little man believed that truth was not only stranger than a made-up story but also greatly
more interesting.

7.Q: What type of occurrence did the little man offer to narrate?

A: The little man offered to narrate an occurrence that happened to him personally and which
strangely enough completed itself only that afternoon.

8.Q: When did the occurrence that the little man wanted to narrate happen?

A: The occurrence happened a year or two ago.

9.Q: Where was the little man when the occurrence took place?

A: The little man was in rooms in an old house in Great Ormond Street when the occurrence
took place.

10.Q: What was the condition of the bedroom walls in the old house?

A: The bedroom walls had been painted by the previous tenant, but the place was damp and
there were great patches on the walls.

11.Q: What did one of the patches on the wall resemble?

A: One of the patches on the wall resembled a face exactly.

12.Q: What did the little man think of the face-like patch on the wall while lying on the bed?

A: The little man came to think of the face-like patch as real as his fellow lodger while lying on
the bed.

13.Q: What was strange about the face-like patch on the wall compared to the other patches?

A: The strange thing was that while the patches on the wall grew larger and changed their
shapes, this face-like patch never did and remained just the same.

14.Q: What illness did the little man suffer from while in the old house?

A: The little man fell ill with influenza while in the old house.

15.Q: What occupied the little man's thoughts during his illness?

A: During his illness, the face on the wall began to get a firmer hold of the little man, growing
more and more real and remarkable.

16.Q: How did the little man's perception of the face-like patch change over time?

A: Over time, the face-like patch filled the little man's thoughts day and night, becoming more
and more real to him.

17.Q: What specific features of the face-like patch did the little man find remarkable?

A: The little man found the curious curve of the nose and the remarkable forehead of the face-
like patch to be noteworthy.

18.Q: How did the little man describe the face on the wall in terms of its uniqueness?

A: The little man described the face on the wall as the face of an uncommon man, a man in a
thousand.

19 Q: What did the little man do when he was ill and had nothing else to do?

A: When the little man was ill and had nothing else to do, he read or thought all day long.
20.Q: What did the little man conclude about the face on the wall by the end of his experience?

A: The little man concluded that the face on the wall had grown more and more real and
remarkable, occupying his thoughts both day and night.

Ref 2) " Well ,I got better but the face still controlled me...."

1.Q: What did the little man find himself doing after recovering from his illness?

A: After recovering from his illness, the little man found himself searching the streets for a face
like the one on his wall.

2.Q: What was the little man convinced about the face he was searching for?

A: The little man was convinced that somewhere, the real man must exist and that he must
meet him.

3.Q: Why did the little man believe he needed to meet the man with the face he was searching
for?

A: The little man believed that he and the man were in some way linked by fate, although he had
no idea why.

4.Q: Where did the little man often go to look for the face he was searching for?

A: The little man often went to places where people gather in large numbers, such as political
meetings, football matches, and railway stations.

5.Q: What did the little man realize about the faces of men during his search?

A: The little man realized how many different faces of men there are and how few because all
faces differ, yet they can be grouped into a few types.

6.Q: How did the little man's search affect him?

A: The little man's search became a madness, causing him to neglect everything else.

7.Q: What did people and the police think of the little man during his search?

A: During his search, people thought the little man was mad, and the police began to know him
and be suspicious of him.

8.Q: Who did the little man focus on during his search?

A: During his search, the little man focused only on men and never looked at women.
9.Q: What did the little man do when he finally saw the man he was searching for?

A: When the little man finally saw the man he was searching for, he turned and ran beside the
taxi the man was in.

10.Q: How did the little man try to follow the man he saw in the taxi?

A: The little man tried to follow the man by getting into an empty taxi and telling the driver to
follow the other taxi.

11 Q: Where did the little man's taxi take him after following the other taxi?

A: The little man's taxi took him to Charing Cross after following the other taxi.

12 Q: What did the little man do at Charing Cross?

A: At Charing Cross, the little man rushed onto the platform to find the man he was searching
for.

13.Q: Who was with the man the little man was searching for at Charing Cross?

A: The man the little man was searching for was with two ladies and a little girl at Charing Cross.

14.Q: What did the little man hope to do by purchasing a ticket to Folkstone?

A: The little man hoped to catch the man on the boat before it sailed by purchasing a ticket to
Folkstone.

15 Q: What happened when the little man arrived at Folkstone?

A: When the little man arrived at Folkstone, he found that the man and his friends had already
gotten on the ship and disappeared into a large private cabin.

16.Q: What did the little man conclude about the man he was following based on the private
cabin?

A: The little man concluded that the man he was following was evidently a rich man based on
the private cabin.

17.Q: What did the little man decide to do despite having only enough for a single fare to
Boulogne?

A: Despite having only enough for a single fare to Boulogne, the little man decided to go with the
man, feeling certain he would come out for a walk on the deck once the voyage began.

18.Q: Where did the little man position himself on the ship?

A: The little man positioned himself opposite the cabin door of the man he was following and
waited.

19.Q: Who came out of the cabin after half an hour?

A: After half an hour, the man the little man was following came out of the cabin, but with the
little girl.

20.Q: How did the little man feel when he saw the man come out of the cabin?

A: The little man felt his heart beat fast and was certain there was no mistaking the face, as
every line was the same.

21 Q: What did the little man do when the man moved towards the way to the upper deck?

A: When the man moved towards the way to the upper deck, the little man felt it was now or
never and approached him.

22.Q: How did the man react to the little man's request for his card?

A: The man seemed greatly surprised but granted the little man's request, taking out his case
and handing him his card.

23 Q: Why did the man grant the little man's request for his card?

A: The man granted the little man's request for his card because he thought it wiser to please
the little man than not, as he seemed to think the little man was mad.

24.Q: What did the little man do after receiving the card?

A: After receiving the card, the little man hurried to a lonely corner of the ship and read it.

25.Q: What was written on the card the little man received?

A: On the card, the words Mr Ormond Wall with an address at Pittsburgh, United States, were
written.

26.Q: What happened to the little man after reading the card?

A: After reading the card, the little man remembered no more until he found himself in a hospital
at Boulogne.

27.Q: How long did the little man stay in the hospital?

A: The little man lay in a broken condition in the hospital for some weeks and returned only a
month ago.

28.Q: What did the little man do after returning from the hospital?

A: After returning from the hospital, the little man went back to Great Ormond Street and set to
work to find out all he could about the American.

29.Q: What efforts did the little man make to find out about the American?

A: The little man wrote to Pittsburgh, wrote to American editors, and made friends with
Americans in London to find out about the American.

30.Q: What information was the little man able to find out about the American?

A: The little man was able to find out that the American was a millionaire with English parents
who had resided in London, but he received no answer about where they had lived.

Ref 3) He seemed to be greatly surprised , as indeed well he might be...."

1.Q: What did the little man do when he found the face on the wall only faintly visible?

A: The little man rubbed his eyes and sprang up when he found the face on the wall only faintly
visible.

2.Q: How clear had the face been the previous night?

A: The previous night, the face had been as clear as ever, almost as if he could hear it speak.

3.Q: How did the little man feel when he got up and went out?

A: The little man felt confused and sad when he got up and went out.

4.Q: What headline did the little man see in the early editions of the papers?

A: The little man saw the headline, "American Millionaire's Motor Accident," in the early editions
of the papers.

5.Q: What did the article about the accident say regarding Mr. Ormond Wall?

A: The article said that Mr. Ormond Wall, the Pittsburgh millionaire, and his party were motoring
in Italy when they were hit by a wagon and the car overturned, leaving Mr. Wall's condition
critical.

6.Q: What did the little man do after reading about Mr. Wall's accident?

A: After reading about Mr. Wall's accident, the little man went back to his room and sat on the
bed, looking with unseeing eyes at the face on the wall.

7.Q: What happened to the face on the wall as the little man looked at it?

A: As the little man looked at the face on the wall, it suddenly completely disappeared.
8.Q: What did the little man later find out about Mr. Wall's condition?

A: The little man later found out that Mr. Wall died of his injuries at what he took to be the very
moment the face disappeared.

9.Q: How did the listeners react to the little man's story?

A: The listeners reacted by saying it was most remarkable, most extraordinary, and they meant it
too.

10.Q: What did the stranger identify as the first extraordinary thing about his story?

A: The stranger identified the first extraordinary thing as the possibility of a patch on the wall of
a house in London forming the features of a gentleman in America and having a close
association with his life.

11.Q: What did the stranger say science would not be able to explain?

A: The stranger said science would not be able to explain how the patch on the wall formed the
features of a gentleman in America and had a close association with his life.

12.Q: What was the second extraordinary thing about the stranger's story according to him?

A: According to the stranger, the second extraordinary thing was that the gentleman's name
should bear any relation to the spot on which his features were being curiously reproduced by
some unknown agency.

13.Q: What was the group's reaction to the stranger's claim about the second extraordinary
thing?

A: The group agreed with the stranger about the second extraordinary thing.

14.Q: What happened after the stranger mentioned the two extraordinary things about his story?

A: After the stranger mentioned the two extraordinary things, the original discussion on
supernatural occurrences resumed with increased excitement.

15.Q: What did the narrator of the amazing experience do before leaving?

A: The narrator of the amazing experience rose up and said good-night before leaving.

16.Q: What did one of the company recall just as the narrator was at the door?

A: Just as the narrator was at the door, one of the company recalled the cause of their excited
debate by asking about the third most exciting thing in connection with his story.

17.Q: What did the stranger say when asked about the third extraordinary thing in his story?
A: When asked about the third extraordinary thing, the stranger said he was forgetting that and
then mentioned the third extraordinary thing was that he made up the story about half an hour
ago.

18.Q: How did the group react to the stranger's final revelation about his story?

A: The story does not explicitly describe the group's reaction to the stranger's final revelation,
but it implies a sense of surprise and possibly disbelief.

19.Q: What did the stranger do after revealing the third extraordinary thing about his story?

A: After revealing the third extraordinary thing about his story, the stranger opened the door and
said good-night again.

20.Q: How did the little man describe the visibility of the face on the wall in the morning
compared to the previous night?

A: The little man described the face on the wall in the morning as only faintly visible, whereas
the previous night it had been as clear as ever, almost as if he could hear it speak.

21.Q: Why do you think the little man was so obsessed with finding the face he saw on the wall?

A: The little man's obsession with finding the face could be attributed to a deep psychological
need to find meaning or connection in his life. The face became a symbol of something larger,
perhaps representing his own search for purpose or identity.

22.Q: What is your interpretation of the significance of the face disappearing when Mr. Ormond

Wall was in a critical condition?

A: The disappearance of the face at the moment Mr. Ormond Wall was critically injured could
symbolize a supernatural link between the two. It suggests a mysterious connection that
transcends physical boundaries, possibly hinting at themes of fate or destiny.

23.Q: How do you view the stranger's final revelation that he made up the story? Does it change
the impact of the narrative for you?

A: The stranger's final revelation that he made up the story adds a twist that challenges the
listeners' beliefs in the supernatural. For some, it might lessen the impact of the narrative,
making it seem like an elaborate ruse. However, for others, it could highlight the power of
storytelling and the human inclination to find meaning in coincidences.

24.Q: What do you think the story suggests about the human need to find connections between
seemingly unrelated events?
A: The story suggests that humans have a deep-seated need to find connections between
unrelated events to make sense of the world around them. This need for connection can lead to
the creation of elaborate narratives that help explain the inexplicable, providing comfort and a
sense of order.

25.Q: Do you believe that the little man's experience with the face on the wall and Mr. Ormond
Wall's accident could be explained by coincidence, or do you think there is a supernatural
element involved?

A: The interpretation of the little man's experience can vary. Some might see it as a series of
coincidences heightened by the little man's psychological state and need for connection. Others
might believe there is a supernatural element, suggesting that certain events are intertwined in
ways beyond our understanding. The story leaves it open to personal belief and interpretation.