Ch+4

Exercises:
1. What did the friends have against an oil-stove? 2. What did cheese, as they thought, have in common with oil? 3. How did the smell of the cheeses Jerome took away in a cab affect the horse? 4. Why did Jerome have the compartment all to himself? 5. Why did the wife of Jerome's friend refuse point-blank to live in the same house with the cheeses? 6. What did the charwoman think of the smell? 7. Why did Jerome's friend determine to get rid of the cheeses and how did he manage to do it? 8. Why did the beach they were buried on gain quite a reputation? 9. Why did Jerome, George and Harris decide against taking either beer or wine? 10. What was Jerome's idea of packing? 11. How did his friends help him? 12. Why did he have to repack the bag more than once? 13. What was the first thing that happened when George and Harris started packing? 14. What happened to tomatoes, pies and salt? 15. What did Jerome do to irritate them? 16. What was the trouble with the butter? 17. How did Montmorency behave all through the packing? 18. Do you think Jerome stirred Montmorency to mischief? 19. Why did Jerome and Harris place a bath near George's bed? 1. What food do you think should be chosen for a river trip? 2. Do you think it's an easy job to pack things? 3. What do you think of the way the three young men packed?
 * I. ** **Write out the names of the food products and the kitchen utensils. Use them in your answers to the questions (Ex. IV).**
 * II. ** **Pick out a passage for oral translation in class.**
 * III. ** **Pick out sentences with a touch of humour. Say how the humorous effect is achieved.**
 * IV. ** **Answer the following questions:**
 * V. ** **Answer the following questions and motivate your answers:**
 * VI. ** **Retell the chapter close to the text.**
 * VII. ** **Give a precis of the chapter.**
 * VIII. ** **Make up dialogues on the following topics:**
 * 1) Packing food products.
 * 2) Packing brittle glass.

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JEROME K. JEROME. THREE MEN IN A BOAT[|1]