Diary of a Nobody Episode 2 – answers

match your choices with the key below then check any that are different.

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1. A summary – this is an overview of the chapter
2. An argument – here with the butcher (there are other discussions in the story but this is he most acrimonious)
3. Dealing with a problem – the scraper which is an on going difficulty
4. Being persuasive – the painting may not have been necessary
5. A reprimand – he tells the younger clerks off
6. Diagreeable people – both the clerks and Gowing
7. Bad workmanship -the door bell
8. Sods law! – he tells the clerks off for being late and the day there is an inspection he is the one who is, uncharacteristically, late
9. A job re-done and more expensive – the scraper
10. A humorous evening with friends – lots of laughter
11. He feels ill – because of the cigar
12. He meets someone from the past – the old woman
13. Jobs around the house – gardening etc..
14. In the fresh air – they go for a walk
15. Going to the pub – after their walk
16. Travel distance is important – the pubs only admit ‘travellers’, they say they have come a long way but the writer is truthful (Holloway – nearby) and is not admitted
17. The writer is excluded from an enjoyable event – he has to remain outside the pub and wait
18. He writes a letter and decides not to send it – he is annoyed with his friends but decides not to send the letter
19. He receives a surprising letter – his friends send a letter blaming him for the pub incident
20. He has a bad cold – it starts at the office
21. A lie is found out – he says he has a cellar of whisky etc.. then the maid brings in a cheap bottle from the shop – he is embarassed