The Lumber Room

by Saki

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The Lumber Room Questions and Answers

Describe the character of Nicholas in Saki's short story "The Lumber Room."

What are the literary techniques used in the story "The Lumber Room"?

How is Nicholas more clever than his aunt in "The Lumber Room"?

Which lines demonstrate the generation gap in the short story "The Lumber Room" by Saki?  

Describe and comment on the aunt's character in ‘The Lumber Room’ and how she contributes towards themes of the story.  

What differences do we see in the story between elders and young children in "The Lumber Room''?

What is the theme of "The Lumber Room" by Saki?

How is the short story "The Lumber Room" a criticism of the one track minds of the adults?

What do you think Saki is trying to show about the nature of children and adults in Lumber Room? 

"The Lumber Room" is a humorous story woven around the varied perceptions of adults and children. Discuss.

"The nature of childhood is filled with resourceful and imaginative thinking"--Please comment on this statement by analyzing the character of Nicholas in "The Lumber Room."

In "The Lumber Room," why do you think Nicholas refuses to help the aunt? Do you think he does the right thing?

Can someone explain "The Lumber Room" by Saki???

What is the tone of “The Lumber Room”?

In "Lumber Room" by Saki, how does the aunt try to prevent Nicholas from entering the gooseberry garden?

  What is the significance of the title with respect to the short story, "The Lumber Room"?

In "The Lumber Room" by Saki, how do the Aunt's efforts to punish Nicholas boomerang on her?

Why did the aunt decide to send the children to Jagborough? Why was Nicholas not included in the party?

What imagery is used to present the theme of innocence in “The Lumber Room” by Saki?

Compare the gooseberry garden and the lumber room. 

Why was Nicholas being punished in "The Lumber Room"?

How does Nicholas spend his time while he is in the lumber room in Saki's story "The Lumber Room"?

In "The Lumber Room," how is the aunt rescued?

In the short story "The Lumber Room," how does Saki criticize the aunt?

The short story "Lumber Room" projects the width and vivid imagination of the child; do you agree? 

In the "Lumber Room" by Saki, the aunt's efforts to punish Nicholas boomerang on her. Who or what is the author satirizing in this story?

In "The Lumber Room" by Saki, how was Nicholas to be punished?

What is the relationship between Nicholas and his kitchen maid in "The Lumber Room"?

Can Saki's short story "The Lumber Room" be described as both humorous and serious? Justify your opinion.

At the end of The Lumber Room by Saki, how can Nicholas be considered a hero?  

What is the style of writing used in the short story "The Lumber Room"?

"Nick defies authority and aspires for freedom throughout the story."  With reference to the given statement regarding "The Lumber Room," how can I evalute Nick's personality?

What was the aunt in the habit of doing when any one of the children fell from grace in "The Lumber Room"?

How did Nicholas get the better of his aunt when the other children set off on the expedition?    

What is the significance of the gooseberry garden in Saki's story "The Lumber Room"?

Did Nicholas really think his aunt was the Evil One in "The Lumber Room"?

Why were each of the characters silent during evening tea?

Discuss how young Nicholas outwits his aunt and thus evades her attempts to confine him in a dry, boring, and unimaginative existence in the short story "The Lumber Room" by H.H. Munro.

Where was the key to the lumber room hidden?

How does the idea that ''Power is not fixed, it is fluid'' relate to Saki's "The Lumber Room"?

How did the aunt punish children in "The Lumber Room"? 

In the short story "The Lumber Room" by H. H. Munro, what is Nicholas doing in the lumber room? 

I am in need of brief information about the characters of Nicholas and the aunt in "The Lumber Room."

Describe the events that led up to the aunt's incarceration (imprisonment) in the gooseberry garden in "The Lumber Room."

What is the most important thing in the lumber room that Nicholas enters in Saki's story, "The Lumber Room?"

Why is the boy being punished in "The Lumber Room"?

Describe the biblical allusions made in the story '"The Lumber Room" and how you can link them with the incident in the story?

Where is the library located?

Why does Nicholas make many trips into the front garden?