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THE OPEN WINDOW

H. H. Munro (Saki)

📘  Summary (English)

Mr. Framton Nuttel, visiting the countryside for his “nerve cure,” arrives at Mrs. Sappleton’s home. He meets her self‑possessed 15‑year‑old niece, Vera, who entertains him with a tale:

three years earlier her aunt’s husband and brothers drowned in a bog while hunting, and her aunt keeps the large French window open, expecting them to return. When Mrs. Sappleton enters, she speaks of the men returning through that very window.

As predicted, three figures appear on the lawn—Mrs. Sappleton’s husband and brothers with their spaniel—coming in through the window.

Framton, convinced he’s seen ghosts, bolts in terror, leaving the family embarrassed. Vera calmly explains that Framton’s panic was caused by his fear of dogs and nerves.

📜 हिंदी अनुवाद (Hindi Translation)

श्री फ्रैमटन नटल, जो अपनी “नर्व की बीमारी” के इलाज के लिए देहात में आए हैं, मिसेस सैप्पलटन के घर जा पहुंचते हैं।

उनकी 15 वर्षीया भतीजी वेरा, एक आत्म‑विश्वासी लड़की, उन्हें एक कहानी सुनाती है: तीन साल पहले उसकी चाची का पति तथा भाई दलदल में डूब गए थे और चाची उस बड़े फ्रेंच खिड़की को खुला रखती हैं, उम्मीद करती कि वे लौटेंगे।

जब मिसेस सैप्पलटन आती हैं, तो वे भी उसी खिड़की से उनके पुरुष परिवार के लौटने की बात करती हैं। जैसे ही बगीचे में तीन आकृतियाँ आती हैं—चाची का पति और दो भाई, कुत्ते के साथ—फ्रैमटन डर के मारे भाग जाता है, और परिवार शर्मिंदा हो जाता है। वेरा सहज भाव से बताती है कि इस भय का कारण उसका कुत्तों से डर और नर्वस होना था।

📝 50 MCQ Questions (With Answers)

✅ Chapter-Based Multiple Choice Questions

MCQs 1–10

1. Who is the author of “The Open Window”?
   a) O. Henry
   b) H. H. Munro (Saki) ✅
   c) R. K. Narayan
   d) Edgar Allan Poe

2. What is Framton Nuttel visiting the countryside for?
   a) Business
   b) Pleasure
   c) Nerve cure ✅
   d) Research

3. What relation is Vera to Mrs. Sappleton?
   a) Daughter
   b) Niece ✅
   c) Neighbor
   d) Sister

4. How old is Vera?
   a) 12
   b) 15 ✅
   c) 18
   d) 21

5. What does Vera tell Framton about?
   a) Her school
   b) A hunting accident ✅
   c) Village gossip
   d) A lost treasure

6. Who allegedly drowned?
   a) Mrs. Sappleton’s husband and brothers ✅
   b) Framton’s relatives
   c) Vera’s friends
   d) Strangers

7. Why is the window kept open?
   a) For fresh air
   b) In memory of the past
   c) Because the family expects them to return ✅
   d) To trap animals

8. How does Mrs. Sappleton react when she enters?
   a) Funny
   b) Serious
   c) Cheerful, mentioning the return of hunters ✅
   d) Angry

9. What emerges on the lawn?
   a) Deer
   b) Flood
   c) Three figures and a spaniel ✅
   d) Mailman

10. How does Framton react on seeing them?
    a) He smiles
    b) He faints
    c) He bolts away in fear ✅
    d) He laughs

MCQs 11–20

11. What is Framton carrying?
    a) Camera
    b) A letter of introduction ✅
    c) Painting
    d) Parcel

12. Where does Framton’s sister think he should stay?
    a) Town
    b) Suburbs
    c) Countryside retreat ✅
    d) Abroad

13. Why does Framton regret speaking of his sister’s letter?
    a) It embarrassed Vera
    b) It wasn’t needed
    c) It made him realize he knew no one there ✅
    d) It upset Mrs. Sappleton

14. What literary device is the niece using?
    a) Foreshadowing
    b) Irony ✅
    c) Simile
    d) Personification

15. What does Framton think the tragedy was?
    a) A robbery
    b) A fire
    c) A bog drowning ✅
    d) A storm

16. On what date did the tragedy occur?
    a) Three days ago
    b) Three years ago ✅
    c) A month ago
    d) A decade ago

17. What is the weather like?
    a) Rainy October ✅
    b) Sunny summer
    c) Cold winter
    d) Hot spring

18. How does Vera appear emotionally while narrating?
    a) Nervous
    b) Self‑possessed until faltering at the end ✅
    c) Angry
    d) Depressed

19. What does Framton try to steer the conversation away from?
    a) The open window ✅
    b) His nerves
    c) The game hunt
    d) Village gossip

20. What excuse does Framton give for visiting?
    a) Vacation
    b) Nerve cure ✅
    c) Business
    d) Visiting friends</

    
    

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MCQs 21–30

21. What phrase does Mrs. S confirm about the hunters’ return?
    a) “They may never come.”
    b) “They’ll arrive any minute.” ✅
    c) “They won’t be back soon.”
    d) “They’re delayed.”

22. What sound does Vera quote from her youngest uncle?
    a) “Let’s go!”
    b) “I said, Bertie, why do you bound?” ✅
    c) “Hurry up!”
    d) “What’s going on?”

23. How does Framton describe Mrs. Sappleton’s attentiveness?
    a) Fully focused
    b) Distracted, eyes on the window ✅
    c) Tearful
    d) Serious

24. What does the spaniel do?
    a) Barks loudly
    b) Joins the hunters silently ✅
    c) Sleeps
    d) Runs away

25. How does Framton escape?
    a) Through the back door
    b) Out the front door, stopping a cyclist ✅
    c) Jumps a wall
    d) Via the window

26. What does Mrs. Sappleton think Framton saw?
    a) Birds
    b) Ghosts
    c) A ghost ✅
    d) A stranger

27. What reason does Vera give for Framton’s panic?
    a) Fear of cats
    b) Fear of dogs ✅
    c) Fear of ghosts
    d) Fear of heights

28. Where was he once hunted into?
    a) A forest
    b) A cemetery in India ✅
    c) A house
    d) A river

29. What doctrine does Mrs. Sappleton follow?
    a) Accepting tragedy
    b) Cheerful hospitality ✅
    c) Religious conversion
    d) Somber mourning

30. How does the story portray Vera at the end?
    a) Innocent
    b) Deceptive and imaginative ✅
    c) Remorseful
    d) Bored

MCQs 31–40

31. How long is the story’s timeframe?
    a) A single afternoon ✅
    b) One week
    c) A year
    d) Several days

32. What genre best describes the story?
    a) Science fiction
    b) Horror
    c) Comic‑horror/ironic ✅
    d) Romantic

33. What is the story’s main literary technique?
    a) Flashback
    b) Irony and trickery ✅
    c) Symbolism alone
    d) Metaphor

34. What is Mrs. Sappleton’s mood when she arrives?
    a) Apologetic and upbeat ✅
    b) Sad
    c) Formal
    d) Angry

35. What feeling finally grips Framton?
    a) Relaxation
    b) Horror and panic ✅
    c) Joy
    d) Indifference

36. What is the ironic twist in the story?
    a) Framton meets ghost
    b) Hunters were alive ✅
    c) Vera was lying about the bog
    d) Framton stays

37. What was Framton’s state of mind from the story’s start?
    a) Curious and relaxed
    b) Nervous and unwell ✅
    c) Energetic
    d) Aggressive

38. What is the primary mood set by Vera initially?
    a) Mysterious and tragic ✅
    b) Calm
    c) Happy
    d) Romantic

39. What role does the spaniel play?
    a) Comic relief
    b) Fright trigger ✅
    c) Observer
    d) Sneaky helper

40. How does Mrs. Sappleton address Framton?
    a) “My dear Mr. Nuttel” ✅
    b) “Dear friend”
    c) “Old chap”
    d) “Sonny”

MCQs 41–50

41. What narrative POV is used?
    a) First person
    b) Third‑person limited ✅
    c) Second person
    d) Omniscient

42. What does the open window symbolize?
    a) Freedom
    b) Suspension between life & death ✅
    c) Wealth
    d) Silence

43. What type of irony is most prominent?
    a) Situational ✅
    b) Verbal
    c) Dramatic
    d) Cosmic

44. How does the story’s setting contribute?
    a) City stress
    b) Country calm disrupted ✅
    c) Mountainous mood
    d) Urban tension

45. Which word best describes Vera’s behavior?
    a) Gossipy
    b) Inventive and calm ✅
    c) Anxious
    d) Loud

46. How does Framton perceive his journey?
    a) Leisure
    b) Therapeutic ✅
    c) Work‑related
    d) Social

47. What does Framton incorrectly assume about the window?
    a) It’s locked
    b) It hides a supernatural event ✅
    c) It’s broken
    d) It faces a street

48. What ending does the story present?
    a) Happy
    b) Tragic‑comic ✅
    c) Solemn
    d) Open‑ended

49. What lesson does the story suggest?
    a) Not to visit strangers
    b) Beware of imagination ✅
    c) Family values
    d) Health is wealth

50. What does Vera call her storytelling?
    a) Romance at short notice ✅
    b) Tall tale
    c) Fibbing
    d) Imagination

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