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प्रश्न
Did the Governor and his staff finally heave a sigh of relief?
उत्तर
Evans was a shrewd man who allowed only a momentary sigh of relief to the Governor and his staff. The exam was supposed to have ended peacefully, but when Stephens rechecked Evans’s cell, he was stunned to see a profusely bleeding McLeery still in the cell. He concluded that the man he had escorted to the gate was actually Evans.
Measures were taken to recapture Evans with the help of the bleeding McLeery, who was later sent off to a hospital for treatment. However, soon it was exposed that this ‘bleeding McLeery’ was the real Evans. Finally, when the Governor traced Evans and ordered him to be taken back to the prison with a prison officer in the official van, another conspiracy unfolded. Evans fled again, as the prison officer and the van were part of his back-up plan. His flawless plans left everyone perplexed and troubled.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Describe the precautions taken by the prison officers to prevent Evans from escaping.
Why did McLeery bring a smallish semi-inflated rubber ring to Oxford Prison ?
Should criminals in the prison be given the opportunity of learning and education?
What kind of a person was Evans?
What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?
Will the exam now go as scheduled?
Will the injured McLeery be able to help the prison officers track Evans?
Will the clues left behind on the question paper, put Evans back in prison again?
Where did Evans go?
Reflecting on the story, what did you feel about Evans’ having the last laugh?
When Stephens comes back to the cell he jumps to a conclusion and the whole machinery blindly goes by his assumption without even checking the identity of the injured ‘McLeery’. Does this show how hasty conjectures can prevent one from seeing the obvious? How is the criminal able to predict such negligence?
What could the Governor have done to securely bring back Evans to the prison when he caught him at the Golden Lion? Does that final act of foolishness really prove that “he was just another good-for-a-giggle, gullible governor, that was all”?
While we condemn the crime, we are sympathetic to the criminal. Is this the reason why prison staff often develops a soft corner for those in custody?
Colin Dexter, the author of Evans Tries an O-level employs the red herring technique of intentionally misleading readers by placing false clues to keep the plot enigmatic. Substantiate with reference to the text, in about 120-150 words.
How did Evans manage to smear himself with blood? What effect did it have on the officers?
Give an account of the blunders committed by the prison authorities in the story 'Evan's Tries an O' level'.
Write a character sketch of Evans.
