Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Barber Talks Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions & answers of The Longest Journey, The Piggy Pub and The Homecoming so, you can check these posts as well.
The Barber Talks Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. The Reporter went to the barber’s for_______
(a) a shave
(b) a haircut
2. The barber was sent for_______
(a) to shave a dead man.
(b) to shave a man who had taken poison.
3. The barber shaved the man_______
(a) who had died.
(b) who had taken poison.
4. The house where the barber called was_______
(a) 706, Pearl Street.
(b) the one next to 706, Pearl Street.
5. The family doctor was in the house _______
(a) where a man had died.
(b) where a man had taken poison.
6. The family doctor got ready to leave _______
(a) because he thought the man was dead.
(b) because the other doctor had come in.
7. The man who was saved was the one _______
(a) who had ‘died’.
(b) who had taken poison.
8. The man who had taken poison _______
(a) died.
(b) was saved.
9. The Reporter fled away _______
(a) before he was shaved.
(b) as soon as he was saved.
Question 2: The Reporter had gone to the Barber’s for a shave. Then why did he want to slip away?
Answer: The Reporter found all the chairs full of customers. He thought he would have to wait long for his turn. Therefore, he wanted to slip away.
Question 3: How did the barber stop the Reporter from going away?
Answer: The barber saw that the Reporter wanted to slip away. In order to stop him from leaving, he said, “You’re next.” At this, the Reporter sank back into the chair.
Question 4: Who did the barber say he was called to shave and where?
Answer: The barber said he was called to shave a dead man at 706, Pearl Street.
Question 5: How did the barber come to know that he had visited the wrong house?
Answer: He came to know of it when he read a report of it in the newspaper the next day.
Question 6: A doctor was called in to treat a man who had taken poison. What did this doctor do and why?
Answer: The doctor got into the wrong house where a man had died. Actually, he had been called to the neighbouring house where a man had taken poison. Without asking any questions, this doctor got out his stomach pump, stuck it into the dead man’s throat and started pumping out the ‘poison’. Strangely, the dead man opened his eyes and got up.
Question 7: Why did the family doctor get into a fight with the other doctor?
Answer: The family doctor had declared the man dead. But when the other doctor pumped out all the medicine, the dead man opened his eyes and got up. The family doctor felt deeply humiliated. He got into a fight with the other doctor.
So, these were The Barber Talks Questions & Answers.