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Question 1:
What
made Ray think the visitor was not really a shopper?
Answer:
Ray
saw two men, one in his twenties, the other closer to fifty, enter
his shop. The younger one remained at the door. The older man
approached the counter with no sign of friendliness in his eyes. On
paying attention,
Ray noticed the shape of a gun and a restless hand in the man’s
right coat packet. This made Ray think that the visitor was not
really a shopper.
Question 2:
Why
do you think he had come to the shop?
Answer:
The
man was down on his luck and had come to rob Ray’s shop.
Question 3:
How
did Ray communicate with him?
Answer:
Ray
was old and deaf. He communicated with the man with
the help of a pencil and a notepad.
Question 4:
What
do you think the man said to his friend who waited at the door?
Answer:
There
was a look of surprise on the older man’s face when he came to
know that Ray was deaf. He would have passed on this information to
his younger friend standing at the door. Also, he might have
discussed with him what they needed to do next.
Question 5:
Ray
was not a pawnbroker. Why then did he lend money to people in
exchange for their old watches and clocks?
Answer:
Ray
was not a pawnbroker, but at the same time he could not say no to the
needy people who placed their old watches or clocks before him for
anything they could get. Therefore,
he lent them money.
Question 6:
“The
watch was nothing special and yet had great powers.” In what
sense did it have ‘great powers’?
Answer:
The
watch was nothing special,
but it had great powers because it was something to exchange, a way
out of a bad situation. It saved the two men from doing something
they would later be sorry for.
Question 7:
Do
you think the man would ever come back to pick up the watch?
Answer:
Yes,
the man would come back to pick up the watch. He himself said that he
would be back to pick it up as soon as he could. It was not necessary
for him to say so, but he did. Therefore, we can say that he would be
true to his word.
Question 8:
When
did “the unfriendly face” of the visitor turn truly
friendly?
Answer:
The
“unfriendly face” of the visitor turned truly friendly
when Ray offered him a way out by accepting the old watch for fifty
dollars. Both knew that the watch was not worth
that much.
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