1. Questions with answers
1. What difficulty did the narrator find because of his strange memory ?
** He was a businessman, so he lost business because some people become
annoyed when he couldn’t remember their names.
2. How could the narrator remember the face of any person ?
** He connected the face with a place where he had seen it .
3. What did his wife complain about ?
** She complained that her husband didn’t know the names of their neighbours
4. What did she think he ought to be ?
** She thought he ought to be a reporter for newspapers .
5. How did the writer over come trouble with names ?
** he used a little skill and he didn’t let a man see he couldn’t remember his
name .
6. Why didn’t the writer agree with his wife when she told him that he ought to
be a reporter ?
** Because he felt that he would be able to see the famous man or woman and
remember their faces but he couldn’t
Remember their names .
7. Why did the writer like living in Bardfield ?
** Because there was a lot of country there and he liked the people who lived
there .

2. ** Because the man’s face told him that was connected with Bardfield .
8. Why did the writer think that the stranger on the train was from Bardfield ?
** Because the man’s face told him that was connected with Bardfield .
9. What was the problem when he met the stranger on the train ?
** His memory failed him this time . He couldn’t remember where in Bard field he had seen that face and the stranger turned out to be a criminal .
10. Why did the writer boast about himself in front of the stranger ?
** He did so to make the stranger to talk about himself .
11. What was the weather like when the train reached Bardfield ?
** It was raining heavily and the wind was blowing very hard .
12. What did the narrator offer the stranger ?
** He offered to give him a lift .
13. Did the stranger agree ?
** Yes, he did .
14. How did the stranger return the narrator’s favour ?
** He was a mean criminal . He hit him hard on the back of his head, pulled him out of the car and left him in the ditch . He stele his car, his new numbrella, gold watch and about 152 pounds .
15. What was the stranger wanted for ?
** He was wanted for robbery with violence and attempted murder .