Ch.9 If I Were You

 
*9. If I Were You (Douglas James)*
 
Very Short Type Question-Answer  
 
*1. Who is the author of the lesson ‘If I Were You’?*
Ans. Douglas James
 
*2. Who entered in Gerrard’s cottage?*
Ans. An intruder
 
*3. Who was the intruder?*
Ans. A criminal
 
*4. What has he in his hand?*
Ans. A Revolver
 
*5. What was he wearing?*
Ans. An overcoat and a soft hat
 
*6. How old is the author now?*
Ans. Thirty two years
 
*7. What is Gerrard’s profession?*
Ans. A playwright
 
*8. According to Gerrard who comes to visit him?*
Ans. The milkman and the baker
 
*9. Where did Gerrard live?*
Ans. In his Essex cottage
 
*10. Who had stolen Gerrard in his childhood?*
Ans. Gypsies
 
*11. Why does the intruder want to kill him?*
Ans. To pass himself as Vincent Charles Gerrard
 
*12. How does Gerrard save himself from the intruder?*
Ans. By imprisoning him in the cupboard

Short type 

*1. Why does the intruder choose Gerrard as the man whose identity he wants to take on?*

Ans. He chooses Gerrard because he was similar to him. The intruder wants to live in his little cottage by killing him. 

*2. Who is intruder? Why does he intend to murder Gerrard?*

Ans. The intruder is a criminal. The police is chasing him for a murder. He wants to kill Gerrard so that he can take his identity.

*3. What story does Gerrard tell the intruder about himself?*

Ans. He tells a story to Gerrard about himself. When he was a child, he was stolen by the gypsies. He has completed thirty-two years. He lives alone here. He has killed a man.

*4. What crime had the intruder committed?*

Ans. He was a robber. He had committed a robbery in town. He had killed a cop (police man). He had escaped from there.

*5. How did Gerrard save himself from the intruder?*

Ans. The intruder was a criminal. He wanted to kill Gerrard to get his identify. But Gerrard told him a story that he had killed a man. The police is searching him. In last Gerrard pushed him and locked him in a cupboard. And thus he saved himself.