ENGLISH CHAPTER 10 NO TIME FOR FEAR (Philip Yancey) Class 11th Complete Solution

                             CHAPTER = 10

                        NO TIME FOR FEAR

                                            (Philip Yancey) 

                    Question And Answer

Q. Who were Malcolm and Barb? 

Ans. Malcolm and Barb, described in this story, were two young Canadians. Malcolm was a young boy of 19 and Barb was his girlfriend. She was 18 years old. Barb and Malcolm loved each other very much. 

Q. Where did they go on their date? 

Ans. Malcolm and Barb went on their date to Balu Pass, 2050 metres up in British Columbia's Glacier National Park. Both of them had deep love for mountains. 

Q. Why were they forced to spend the night in a cabin ? 

Ans. They had gone on a hike to Balu Pass. The climb to up the Pass was smooth D when they reached the top, they were caught in a freak snow flurry. So they were compelled  to spend the night in an alpine cabin. 

Q. Who attacked Barb? 

Ans. When Malcolm and Barb were coming back after their trip to the Balu pass, suddenly grizly came over a ridge and attacked Barb. It was a she-bear. The grizzly stood on Barby leg and started biting hard near the back of her neck. 

Q. How did Malcolm try to save Barb from the grizzly ? 

Ans. When Malcolm sawthe grizzly standing on Barb's legand gnawing at her neck,he realized that there was no time for fear. So without losing a moment, he rushed at the grizaly. To save Barb from the grizaly, Malcolm thrust his hunting knife into its neck. 

Q. Why did the grizzly leave Malcolm? 

Ans. When Malcolm attacked the grizzly and plunged his knife into her neck to save Barb, the grizzly at once turned .to Malcolm. It grabbed Malcolm with both her paws, Malcolm stopped struggling. The grizzly took him for dead. So she left Malcolm and went away. 

Q. What did Barb do when she saw Malcolm after the grizzly had gone? 

Ans. When the grizzly had gone, Barb came to Malcolm. She was deeply shocked to find Malcolm seriously wounded. HIs face had been split. His one knee-cap was torn off. His front teeth were broken and his one eye was badly wounded.Barb threw her coat on Malcolm and ran back towards the lodge to call for help. 

Q. Vho was Gordy Peyto? What did he say to Malcolm ? 

Ans. Gordy Peyto was a warden. He was also a good friend of Malcolm. Gordy Peyto to cheer Malcolm, Saying that he always felt exhausted while looking for him. 

Q. Who was Ned Clough ? How did he help Malcolm? 

Ans. Ned Clough was a first-aid attendant. When Malcolm was badly wounded by the grizly, Ned Clough came there with the rescuers. He wrapped Malcolms face. Then Ned grizzly, Ned Strapped Malcolm in a stretcher and also sent a wireless message and arranged for a helicopter to take him to a hospital. 

Q. What, according to the doctor, was like puttinga jigsaw puzzle together? 

Ans. According to the doctor, restoring Malcolm's face was like puttinga jigsaw puzzle together. Malcolmwas seriously injuredby the grizzly.There were severalcuts on his face. His one eye was torn off. This was the reason that the doctor said that restroing Malcolms face was Iike putting a jigsaw puzzle together. 

Q. What made Malcolm almost sick ? 

Ans. When Malcolm looked at himself in the mirror, he saw that he had become very ugly. His face was disfigured and horribly ugly. He had no hair left on his head. Thick scars criss-crossed one side of his face. His skin was puffy and ugly shiny-red. All this made him almost sick. 

Q. Why did he ignore Barb's letters? 

Ans. After his encounter with the grizzly, Malcolm was reduced to a freak. He had no hair left on his head. His face was a criss-cross of scars. His skin was puffy. It was ugly shiny- red. This was the reason why he ignored Barb's letters. He thought that she couldn't love an ugly person like him. 

Q. Barb wrote to Malcolm, Iks a leap year. What is the significance of this term? 

Ans. It refers to an old custom. In a leap year, if a woman proposed to a man, he had. Im in accept it unless he was already engaged. Bard sent her marriage proposal to Malcolm cerely 1972, a leap year. She wanted to draw his attention to the leap year because she since wished him to accept her proposal. 

Q. When did they get married ? 

Ans. They got married on 21 July 1973. 

Q. Why did Barb marry Malcolm? 

Ans. Barb truly loved Malcolm very much. Her love for him was not physical but spiritual She did not love him for his looks. She could not reject or dislike her Malcolm for his disfigured face. She loved Malcolm before the accident and would always love him. 'Scars don't change a man,' she said. 

            Long Answer Type Questions

Q. How did the grizzly injure Malcolm ? 

Ans.  The grizzly threw Malcolm off with one swat of her paw. Malcolm went blank for a oment. Then the grizzly attacked Barb. She stoodon Barb's leg and started biting hard ar the back of Barb's neck. When Malcolm saw this, he realized that there was no time fo a So without losing a moment, he rushed at the grizzly and plunged his hunting knife into her neck. The grizzly at once twisted her head so powerfully that Malcolms righr the was broken. Then the grizzly caught Malcolm in her paws. And squeezing him tightl" Tbe grizzly gave Malcolm such a blow that his scalp along with the hair was gone like a wie wete grizzly mauled his face very badly. Malcolm's face had been split. His front teeth broken and one of his eyes was torn off. 

Q. Describe in brief, Malcolm's treatment in the hospital after the attack of the grizzly? 

Ans. When the grizzly left Malcolm and went away, Barb came to him and saw him lying in a serious condition. She ran back to the lodge for help. Soon the rescuers reached there. Ned Clough, a first-aid attendant, wrapped Malcolms face and the chewed gashes on his legs in gauge. Then the rescuer sstrapped him in a stretcher. Then they sent a wireless messageand' arrangedfor a helicopter. Malcolm was taken to Queen Victoria Hospital in Revelstoke. An emergency operation lasting seven hours was performed on him. More than 1000 stitches were put on his body.Then he was taken to a hospital in his hometown, Edmonton. Here 41 skin-graft operations were done on him. The doctors assured him that he would look fine after the grafts were finished and the bandages removed. 

Q. Why did Barb continue writing letters to Malcolm ? 

Ans. After his encounter with the grizzly, Malcolm was reduced to a freak. He had no hair on his head. His face was a criss-cross of scars. His skin had become ugly shiny-red When Malcolm discovered that he had become very ugly, he started ignoring Barb's letters. He thought that Barb could not love an ugly personlike him. But Barb didn't give up writing to Malcolm. She wrote to Malcolm faithfully-five to seven letters a week- even though he never responded. Barb did so because she loved Malcolm before as well as after TIME FOR FEAR 181 che accident. cident. Scars dont change the person, she said. She also sent her marriage propos to Malcolm through alm through a letter in January 1972. In that letter, she pointed out that it was a leap year meaning that Malcolm must accept her proposal of marriage if he was not already engaged. 

Q. Describe, in brief, Barb and Malcolms meeting in the hospital ? 

Ans. Malcolm had stopped responding to Barb's letters. He thought that nobody could love a man with such an ugly face. He refused to meet even his parents and close friends. On But one fine morning, Malcolm was filled with surprise when he saw Barb walking into his ess hospital room. She had reached there after a long journey of 1250 kilometres. She came In there to cheer up Malcolm. The two sat together and talked for a longtime. Malcolm was stubbornly aloof. But Barb's presence forced him to think of the good past days he had spent in her company. However, he could not decide whether Barb still loved him or not. 

Q. What awards were given to Malcolm for his bravery? 

Ans. Malcolm had put his own life in danger to save Barb from the grizzly. Malcolm was Warded many medals for his rare courage, bravery and sense of sacrifice. The Royal Humane iety, London, awarded him the Stanhope Gold Medal for performing the bravest deed in entire Commonwealth. He received the Gold Medal for bravery from the Royal Canadian the mane Association. Malcolm was honoured with the Carnegie Medal for the heroism that ad shown in his encounter with the grizzly and in saving the life of his beloved, Barb. He receive ed. eceived this medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. 

Q. Write a paragraph on: "True Love Knows No Barriers', 

Ans. True love is the noblest feeling of heart. It is true love that lasts for ever. The n love is not smooth. The lovers have to face many hardships. Sometimes, the situations be becom so weird that the fever of love seems to cool down. But it's not so. True love is not basel conditions. It doesnt change with the situations. It always remains the same. The storv sed or Time for Fear, also shows the beloved's unswerving love for her lover. She doesn't turn from him when he becomes very ugly ater his encounter with the grizzly. She marries h because she loves him the same as she loved him before that accident. It's truly said th w true love knows no barriers 

Q. Write a note on Malcolms encounter with the grizzly 

Ans. Malcolm and Barb were coming back after their trip to the Balu Pass. Suddenly, a fierce grizzly came over a ridge and attacked Malcolm. It was a she-bear. With one swat o her paw, she threw off Malcolm. He went blank for a moment. When he raised his head, hs saw Barb lying face down. The grizzly was gnawing at her neck. Malcolm at once realise that there was no time for fear. He took out his hunting knife and plunged it into th grizzly's neck. The grizzly at once turned and caught Malcolm in her paws. He was bad mauled. His right wrist was broken. One of his eyes was also torn off. The skin on one s of his face was ripped loose. His hair and part of the skull were gone. Now, Malcolm stopped struggling. The grizzly took him tor dead. She left him and went away.