If I Were You | Lesson 9 | Class 9th | All questions and Answer UP Board English 9th|
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If I Were You – Short Answers
1. How was the small cottage interior set?
The cottage was simple and neatly arranged.
It had a table, chair, cupboard and a telephone.
2. What was Gerrard doing when the curtain rises?
Gerrard was sitting at a table.
He was writing and speaking his play aloud.
3. Describe the man who enters silently.
He was a criminal intruder.
He carried a revolver and entered quietly.
4. What does the intruder want Gerrard to ask?
He wants Gerrard to ask questions about him.
5. What does Gerrard tell about his life?
He says he lives alone and avoids people.
He also claims to be a criminal.
6. Is the intruder interested in Gerrard’s story?
No, he is not interested.
He wants Gerrard to listen to his plan.
7. Does the intruder tell his name? What are Gerrard’s names?
The intruder does not tell his name.
Gerrard’s Christian names are Vincent Charles.
8. Where does Gerrard say his car is?
He says the car is in the garage near the main road.
9. Who come to see Gerrard rarely?
Only tradesmen like the milkman and grocer visit him.
10. What is the intruder’s speciality?
His speciality is killing and robbery.
11. Why does he not hesitate to kill again?
He has already committed one murder.
So another murder does not frighten him.
12. Why does the intruder want to elude the police?
He wants to escape arrest and punishment.
13. Since when has the intruder been dodging?
He has been dodging since his first murder.
14. Why is Gerrard’s bag always packed?
He may need to run away anytime.
15. When will the man on the main road ring up?
He will ring up if Gerrard does not return by evening.
16. How does Gerrard lock the intruder?
He pushes him into the cupboard
and locks it from outside.
17. What does the intruder do inside the cupboard?
He bangs the door and shouts loudly
because he is frightened.
18. Why does Gerrard make a final call?
He makes the call to inform the police
to arrest the intruder.
If I Were You – Long Answer Type Questions
1. Describe in brief Gerrard’s appearance and the interior of his cottage.
Gerrard was a calm, confident and intelligent man. He lived alone in a lonely countryside cottage. The cottage had simple furniture like a table, chair and cupboard. A telephone and a revolver were kept inside. The interior showed that Gerrard lived a careful and alert life.
2. The intruder makes a nice plan to elude the police, yet how does he fail in it?
The intruder plans to kill Gerrard and live under his identity because Gerrard lives alone and has no visitors. However, his plan fails because Gerrard is very clever. He frightens the intruder by saying that he himself is a criminal, and finally traps him in the cupboard.
3. What plan of catching the intruder does Gerrard make?
Gerrard makes a clever plan to trap the intruder. He talks calmly and confuses him by telling false stories about his life. He makes the intruder believe that killing him will bring more trouble. Then he pushes the intruder into the cupboard and locks him inside.
4. Write a brief character-sketch of Gerrard in your own words.
Gerrard is intelligent, brave and presence-minded. He remains calm even in danger. He uses his wisdom instead of force to defeat the intruder. He is confident, practical and fearless. His quick thinking saves his life and helps the police catch the criminal.
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