Answer:
6. Who do you know that the owner of the manor smoked a pipe?
Because of the pipe tobacco smell that the boy smells when he enters the house.
7. Why was his mother given the job at the manor?
Because the manor's owners were traveling and as she was a hardworking and trustworthy woman they gave her the position of housekeeper. Besides, she had sunken into poverty due to the death of her husband in The Great War.
The boy is tapped on the shoulder 2
- His mother finds him trapped in a painting 5
- He finds a portrait of a lonely looking girl 3
- The boy puts the key in the lock 4
Explanation:
6. We know that the manor's owner smoked a pipe due to the smell that the boy smells when he comes in. We can see this in line number 5, where the author says that is the smell of a tobacco pipe, "the sinewy fingers of stale pipe tobacco smoke crawled up into his nostrils..."
7. The reason why his mother is given the job at the manor is in the third paragraph. The author explains that the boy's father died, and she sunken into poverty, but the owners of the manor needed someone to look for the house while they traveled, so they hired her. " His mother had sunk into poverty since her husband had died in The Great War. A hardworking and trustworthy woman, she was fortunate to have given have been given the position of housekeeper by the owners of Penfort Manor whilst they were traveling"
