Related InterviewSolutions

• What was Mr Gessler’s complaint against “big firms”?
• Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?
• Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?
• What was the effect on Mr Gessler of the author’s remark about a certain pair of boots?
• What was wrong with the writer’s previous pair of boots?A. They were torn.B. They developed certain creases.C. They creaked.D. They did not fit the writer’s feet.
• According to Gessler, big firms get their business ……… .A. by work.B. by advertisement.C. by innovations.D. by criticizing work done by craftsmen.
• Following sentences are True or False:1. The writer knew Gessler right from his very youth.2. For Mr Gessler boot making was an art.3. The boots made by Mr Gessler often creaked.4. The writer wanted Gessler to give him French leather boots.5. Mr Gessler used to wear self-made boots in his shop.6. According to Gessler, big firms have taken away their business.7. A Russian had taken over the boot-shop of Gessler brothers.8. According to the writer, Gessler brothers must have advertised for their boots to survive in the competition. 
• The author felt sorry for complaining about his boots. What made him feel so?
• Describe the boots made by Mr Gessler.
• Why the author called those boots bought from big firm ‘ill-omened’?