If I Were You

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Question
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(a) Who says this?

(b) What does ‘it’ refer to?

(c) Find a word from the passage which means ‘strange’.

Solution

(a) These words are spoken by the Intruder.

(b) ‘It’ refers to the story of Gerrard’s life.

(c) unfamiliar.

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(a) Who does T refer to?

(b) Why has he been hunted long enough?

(c) Find a word from the passage which means ‘sought after’.

Solution

(a) ‘I’ refers to the Intruder.

(b) He has been hunted long enough because he has killed a cop.

(c) hunted.

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(i) Who has been referred to as ‘a poor hunted rat’ here?

(ii) What does the intruder has to gain? How?

(iii) Find the words from the passage which are opposites of:

(a) lose, (b) bounded.

Solution

(i) The intruder has been referred to as ‘a poor hunted rat’ here.

(ii) The intruder has freedom to gain. He will gain it after killing Gerrard and by becoming Gerrard himself.

(iii) (a) lose — gain

(b) bounded — free

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(a) Who is the ‘villain’ in this context?

(b) How has he been luckier?

(c) Find a word from the passage which means ‘simulation’.

Solution

(a) In this context, the ‘villain’ is the Intruder.

(b) He has been luckier as he has not been frustrated in spite of delaying killing Gerrard.

(c) Imitation.