Evans Tries An O-Level English Chapter- 7th Easy Summary || Most Important Question Answer ( Vistas )

Introduction

In Evans Tries An O-level Colin Dexter Describes How All Attempts Of The Prison Officers And The Governor Failed To Stop The Evans From Escaping.
All Precautions Had Been Made. O-level German Exam Was Conducted In The Prison Cell Of Evans, But In Spite Of All This, It Was Evans Who Had The Last Laugh. 

Characters Sketch

1- ( Evans ) Prisoner In The Jail
2 - ( Governor) Head Of The Department 
3 - ( Secretary ) Examination Board 
4 - ( Jackson , Stephen)  Prison Officers 
5 -  (Carte r) Detective Superintendent 
6 - ( S. Mcleery ) Examiner Of O-level Exam 

Summary

It Was Early March. The Secretary Of The Examinations Board Receives A Call From Oxford Prison.
A Chap Called Evans Started Night Classes In O-level German Last September. 
He Is Very Keen To Get Some Sort Of Academic Qualification. 
The Governor Enquires About The Procedure. The Secretary Asks Him Not To Worry About It. He Will Be Sending Him All The Forms And Other Necessary Things. 
He Enquires About Evans. The Governor Assures Him That There Is No Record Of Violence Against Evans.
It Is Decided To Examine Him In His Prison Cell. One Of The Parson From St. Mary Mags Is Arranged To Invigilate.
The Prison Officers Call Him 'Evans The Break’. 
He Had Escaped From Prison Three Times.
At 8.30 In The Morning Evans Had Two Visitors. 
Jackson Was The Senior Prison Officer On D Wing.
He And Evans Had Already Become 'Warm Enemies’.
Stephens Was A Burly-surly Officer. 
Evans's Face Is Unshaven. 
He Wears A Dirty Red And White Bobble Hat Upon His Head.
They Make Sure That His Razor And Nail-scissors Are Taken Away. 
Evans's Face Is Unshaven. 
He Wears A Dirty Red And White Bobble Hat Upon His Head.
They Make Sure That His Razor And Nail- scissors Are Taken Away. 
Mcleery Carries A Brown Suitcase.
It Contains All Necessary Papers, Including A Sealed Question Paper Envelope.
The Two-Hour Exam Is To Start At 9:15 Am. 
Stephens Brings Two Small Square Tables And Two Hard Chairs.
He Places Them Opposite To Each Other.
They Are Taking No Chances With Evans. 
Stuart McLeery Is Greeted By Jackson At D Wings In The Prison.
It Will Be Very Difficult For Evans To Make Another Break.
He Is Sitting In A Locked Cell And All The Prison Officers Are On Alert.
The Invigilator's Duty Is To Ensure That The Strictest Silence Is Observed. 
The Governor Is Worried About Mcleery.
If He Has Brought Something, Even A Jack-knife, Evans Can Hold Him Hostage With Such A Weapon. 
The Examinee And The Invigilator Have Already Been Introduced By Stephens.
Mcleery Asks Evans To Write The Name Of The Paper, His Index Number Etc.
At 9:40 Am The Assistant Secretary Speaks To The Governor. 
They Had Forgotten To Place A Correction Slip In The Examination Package.
Jackson Fears If The Phone Call Is Fake Or It Is Some Signal.
But Everything Seems To Be All Right.
Evans Sits Staring Straight In Front Of Him Holding His Pen Between His Lips.
And Opposite To Him Sits Mcleery. 
At 10:50 Am, Evans Wants A Blanket Round His Shoulders, He Is Feeling Cold.
At 10:51 Am, Stephen Was Surprised To See A Grey Blanket Draped Around Evans's Shoulders.
Stephen Wonders If Evans Is Not Planning A Sudden Batman Leap To Suffocate Mcleery In The Blanket.
At 11:20 Am, McLeery Informs Evans That Only Five Minutes Remain. At 11 :22 Am , Governor Wants To Speak To Stephens. He Wants Him To Accompany McLeery To The Main Gates.
At 11:25 Mcleery Announces "Stop Writing, Please"
Stephens Walks With Mcleery To The Main Gates.
Two Abnormalities Can Be Noticed Here., Mcleery's Scots Accent Seems Broader Than Ever. His Long Black Overcoat Is Reaching Almost To His Knees.
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Stephens Wants To Take Just One Last Look At Evans.
He Makes His Way To Evans's Cell.
He Opens The Peep Hole Once More. "Oh, No, Christ, No. "Stephen Cries, In Evans's Chair Is Lying A Man. 
His Blanket Is Slipping From His Shoulders.
His Tufted Hair Are Washed With Red Blood.
The Man Is Mcleery.
Stephens Shout Loudly For Jackson,  Mcleery Gives A Long Moan And Tries To Speak. He Asks Them To Get The Police. He Knows Where Evans Has Gone.
Almost Immediately Sirens Start Sounding.
And Within A Minute Mcleery With Jackson And Stephen, Is Greeted By The Governor.
Detective Superintendent Carter Looked Towards The Governor For Guidance.
Carter Asked To Take Mcleery With Him To Radcliffe Hospital.
The Governor Chided Both Stephens And Jackson For Their Negligence.
Stephens Told That He Received A Phone Call From The Governor At 11:20 Am .
The Governor Called Him An Idiot And He Said That He Didn’t Called Him.
The Governor Asks Carter If He Has Managed To Get Mcleery To Hospital All Right. 
He Is Told That Mcleery Is In The Radcliffe Hospital.
A Few, Minutes Later The Governor Rings The Hospital.
He Was Informed By The Hospital That There Was No Person Of Mcleery’s Name Here.
An Ambulance Was Sent Him To Pick Him Up From Elsfield But He Just Vanished From There.
Later They Found The Mcleery, Securely Bound And Gagged In His Study.
He Had Been There, He Said, Since 8:15 Am.
It Was Now Clear That, It Had Not Been Evans, Impersonating Mcleery, Who Had Walked Out. It Had Been Evans, Impersonating Mcleery, Who Stayed In.
Evans Was Enjoying In The Golden Lion Hotel. 
He Took His Key From The Reception Desk And Went To His Bedroom. 
When He Opened His Bedroom, He Was Shocked And Surprised To Find The Governor Sitting There.
Evans Asked The Governor About How He Finds About The Hotel.
The Clue Came From The Paper Itself. Evans Wrote Index Number 313 ; Center Number 271. The Six Figure Reference 313/271 Landed Him There. The Governor Stands Up. He Asks Evans To Tell Him How He Got All That Blood To Pour Over His Head. Evans Replies That It Was 'Pig's Blood'.
In The End, The Governor Asks How He Could Manage To Plan This.
Evans Replies That He Has Many Friends, The German Teacher Is One Of Them. 
A Silent Prison Officer Handcuffs Evans.
Two Men Clambered Into The Back Seat Of The Prison Van.
The Prison Van Turned Right On The Oxford Road.
The Silent Officer Unlocked The Handcuffs. He Asked The Driver To Move On Newbury.
The Silent Officer Was Only Evans’s Own Man.
Thus, Evans Moves On To Freedom. " He Proves That The Governor Was Fool And Only "Good For A Giggle".

Important Questions

1. Describe The Precautions Taken By The Prison Officers To Prevent Evans From Escaping.   
2. How Did The Governor Find Out Where Evans Was ? 
3. What Were The Precautions Were Taken For The Smooth Conduct Of Evans’s O Level Exam ? 

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