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Answer the following questions briefly. (a) What is a ‘nickname’? Can you suggest another one for Private Quelch? (b) Private Quelch looked like a ‘Professor’ when the author first met him at the training depot. Why? (c) What does the dark, sun-dried appearance of the Sergeant suggest about him? (d) How was Private Quelch’s knowledge exposed even further as the Sergeant’s classes went on? (e) What did the Professor mean by “intelligent reading”? (f) What were the Professor’s ambitions in the army? (g) Did Private Quelch’s day to day practices take him closer towards his goal? How can you make out? (h) Describe Corporal Turnbull. (i) How did Private Quelch manage to anger the Corporal? (j) Do you think Private Quelch learnt a lesson when he was chosen for cookhouse duties? Give reasons for your answer.

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Answer
the following questions briefly.


(a) What
is a ‘nickname’? Can you suggest another one for Private
Quelch?



(b) Private Quelch looked like a ‘Professor’ when the
author first met him at the training depot. Why?


(c) What
does the dark, sun-dried appearance of the Sergeant suggest about
him?



(d) How was Private Quelch’s knowledge exposed even further as
the Sergeant’s classes went on?



(e) What did the Professor mean by “intelligent reading”?



(f) What were the Professor’s ambitions in the army?



(g) Did Private Quelch’s day to day practices take him closer
towards his goal? How can you make out?



(h) Describe Corporal Turnbull.



(i) How did Private Quelch manage to anger the Corporal?



(j) Do you think Private Quelch learnt a lesson when he was chosen
for cookhouse duties? Give reasons for your answer.



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