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Q.1: What did the author find in a junk shop?

Ans : The author found a nineteenth century roll-top desk in the junk shop. It was made of oak. It was in a very bad condition. The roll-top was broken into several pieces. One of the legs was clumsily mended and there were scorch marks down one side. The author bought it in order to restore it. 

Q.2: What did he find in a secret drawer? Who do you think had put it in there?

Ans : The author found a small black tin box in the secret drawer. There was a paper sellotaped to its top. It said, 'Jim's last letter, received January 25, 1915. To be buried with me when the time comes.' Most likely, it was put there by Mrs. Jim Macpherson, who was Jim's wife. Her name and address were on the envelope inside the box. 

Q.3: Who had written the letter, to whom, and when?

Ans : Jim Macpherson had written the letter to his wife Mrs. Macpherson on during December 1914. It was written during the First World War. 

Q.4: Why was the letter written — what was the wonderful thing that had happened?

Ans : Jim wrote the letter to tell his wife about a wonderful thing that had happened on Christmas day. The British and the Germans were engaged in a war, yet on this day, both the troops met in no man's land. It was a thing of wonder because right in the middle of a war, the warring soldiers were making peace. 

Q.5: What jobs did Hans Wolf and Jim Macpherson have when they were not soldiers?

Ans : Hans Wolf was from Dusseldorf. He played the cello in the orchestra. Jim Macpherson was a school teacher from Dorset. 

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