Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI Short Questions Heat Lightning

Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI Short Questions Heat Lightning 1st Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 11th

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Q 1. Why couldn’t the girl describe the killer?

Ans. It was dark and the girl could not see the killer clearly. She could only have a glance of him in the lightning because she was very confused and scared.

Q 2. What were the circumstances that forced her to leave her car?

Ans. She ran out of gas therefore she had to leave her car.

Q 3. Why did she ask for help from First Man?

Ans. She asked First Man to help her because somebody was chasing her. She thought that the first man could save her as he was the only person there who could help her.

Q 4. What was the condition of the weather?

Ans. The weather was unfavorable. It was raining heavily with thundering and lightning.

Q 5. How did Second Man accuse First Man as the play progress?

Ans. The First Man pushed the girl in women’s room and denied the presence of anybody else in the room. The Second Man had already seen somebody so he accused First Man of lying.

Q 6. Does the girl become suspicious of First Man as the play progresses?

Ans. The girl does not become suspicious of the First Man at all. She has rather trust in him because she prefers to stay with him.

Q 7. What is her impression about Second Man?

Ans. She assumes that the Second Man was the person chasing her.

Q 8. Why didn’t she accompany Second Man?

Ans. She thought that Second Man might be the killer so she refused to go with him.

Q 9. Write down the story of the play in your own words?

Ans. This is a melodrama full of tension and emotions. The suspense of waiting absorbs the reader and enjoys it. At the outset, a panic stricken girl rushes into a bus station out of a heavy storm. She meets a man and it seems that she already recognizes him. She seeks his help and tells him what has happened with her. She says that she is running to save her life from a person running after her. She has seen him pulling the dead body of a girl out of the car. She explains that she is unable to recognize neither the person not the dead. The man present at the bus station bolts the door. A second man knocks at the door and the tension inside the station mounts to peak. The First Man hides the girl in women’s room and opens the door but the Second Man doubts about her presence. The girl thinks him the killer. He talks to her but she is frightened. The bus arrives and the Second Man offers her to go with him but she refuses and stays with the First Man. The light dies completely and the First Man takes out a flashlight. The girl becomes frightened on seeing her own light that she has left on the spot, she runs outside and a dog seizes the man and forces him to run away.

Q 10. Why did the girl consider First Man her helper?

Ans. The girl considered First Man her helper because he was already there when she entered the bus station. She thought that the chaser could not reach there before her. She forgot that she had wasted much time in the woods. Her communication with the First Man showed that they had a certain level of formality. He hid her in women’s room when the Second Man entered and presented himself as her friend and helper.

Q 11. How did she realize the truth?

Ans. When the girl rushed into the bus station she found the Man there. She thanked God for having him there. She requested him to stay with her and rushed into his arms. She could not doubt his character or personality. The Man tried to pacify the girl because she was in a terrible state. He created an environment that she started explaining the incident. He never let her feel that he was investigating the matter. He guided her and advised her to go to the police. He pushed her into women’s room to save her from the Second Man. She was afraid of the Second Man. When he offered her to go with him she refused to stay with the First Man. The truth was revealed when the First Man took out the flashlight which she had left at the place of incident and she identified it.

Q 12. Where does the play take place?

Ans. It takes place inside a bus station along a deserted highway somewhere in the Midwest.

Q 13. What can be heard outside?

Ans. The sound of heavy rain and large bursts of thunder can be heard outside.

Q 14.What is the appearance and condition of the girl when she enters the bus station?

Ans. The girl is about twenty three years of age. She is sobbing and is out of breath. Her hair is disheveled.

Q 15. Why did the girl come out of the car?

Ans. She ran out of gas so she took her flashlight and locked the car and started walking.

Q 16.Why did the girl circle round and round into the woods?

Ans. The girl circled round and round into the woods to lose the killer.

Q 17. Why was the girl frightened to tell the details of the incident?

Ans. The girl was frightened to tell the details of the incident because she was afraid of the police and she did not have complete information.

Q 18. Why did the girl not want to go to the police?

Ans. She did not want to go to police because she was too afraid and did not have complete information.

Q 19. What did the girl see during the flash of lightning?

Ans. She saw a man dragging a dead body of a girl from a car.

Q 20. What is the appearance of the Second Man?

Ans. He is a nondescript sort of person. Tall, nice looking, and about thirty years of age.

Q 21. What is the significance of storm, rain, lightning and the thunder in the play?

Ans. Storm, rain, lightning and thunder create suspense and horror in the play which are the elements of Melodrama.

Written By: Asad Hussain