How were the boys useful to the author?

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Solution

The boys did everything the narrator and his companion asked them to do: they showed them around the city, bought tickets for the opera for them, told them about good restaurants and ran all their errands.

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Answer the following questions briefly.

(a) Why didn't Luigi, the driver, approve of the two boys?

(b) Why were the narrator and his companion impressed by the two boys?

(d) How were the boys useful to the author?

(e) Why were the boys in the deserted square at night? What character traits do they exhibit?

(f) The narrator asks the boys, "Must you work so hard? You both look rather tired."

The boys reply, "We are not complaining, sir." What do you learn about the boys from their reply?

(g) When the narrator asks the boys about their plans, they are evasive. Why don't they disclose their problems?

The author did not speak to the boys on their return journey because

(a) he thought the boys would prefer to keep their secret

(b) he thought the boys were ashamed of their sister's condition

(d) he thought the boys might ask him for money for their sister

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