Test: If I were you- Extract Based Type Questions - Class 9 MCQ

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Gerrard: (pleasantly) Why, this is a surprise, Mr- er-
Intruder: I'm glad you're pleased to see me. I don't think you'll be pleased for long. Fut those paws up!
Gerrard: This is all very melodramatic, not very original, perhaps, but...
Intruder: Trying to be calm and-er-
Gerrard: 'Nonchalant' is your word, I think.
Intruder: Thanks a lot. You'll soon stop being smart. I'll make you crawl. I want to know a few things, see.   

Q: What, according to Gerrard, is very melodramatic?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Gerrard: Anything you like. I know all the answers. But before we begin I should like to change my position; you may be comfortable, but I am not.
Intruder: Sit down there, and no funny business. (Motions to a chair, and seats himself on the divan by the bag.) Now then, we'll have a nice little talk about yourself!
Gerrard: At last a sympathetic audience! I'll tell you the story of my life. How as a child I was stolen by the gypsies, and why at the age of thirty-two, I find myself in my lonely Essex cottage, how...
Intruder: Keep it to yourself, and just answer my questions. You live here alone? Well, do you?
Gerrard: I'm sorry. I thought you were telling me, not asking me. A question of inflection; your voice is unfamiliar. 

Q: What did happen when Gerrard was a child?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Gerrard: Anything you like. I know all the answers. But before we begin I should like to change my position; you may be comfortable, but I am not.
Intruder: Sit down there, and no funny business. (Motions to a chair, and seats himself on the divan by the bag.) Now then, we'll have a nice little talk about yourself!
Gerrard: At last a sympathetic audience! I'll tell you the story of my life. How as a child I was stolen by the gypsies, and why at the age of thirty-two, I find myself in my lonely Essex cottage, how...
Intruder: Keep it to yourself, and just answer my questions. You live here alone? Well, do you?
Gerrard: I'm sorry. I thought you were telling me, not asking me. A question of inflection; your voice is unfamiliar. 

Q: Why didn't Gerrard answer the intruder's questions?

Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow—
Gerrard: Anything you like. I know all the answers. But before we begin I should like to change my position; you may be comfortable, but I am not.
Intruder: Sit down there, and no funny business. (Motions to a chair, and seats himself on the divan by the bag.) Now then, we'll have a nice little talk about yourself!
Gerrard: At last a sympathetic audience! I'll tell you the story of my life. How as a child I was stolen by the gypsies, and why at the age of thirty-two, I find myself in my lonely Essex cottage, how...
Intruder: Keep it to yourself, and just answer my questions. You live here alone? Well, do you?
Gerrard: I'm sorry. I thought you were telling me, not asking me. A question of inflection; your voice is unfamiliar. 

Q: Where and with whom does Gerrard live?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Gerrard: Anything you like. I know all the answers. But before we begin I should like to change my position; you may be comfortable, but I am not.
Intruder: Sit down there, and no funny business. (Motions to a chair, and seats himself on the divan by the bag.) Now then, we'll have a nice little talk about yourself!
Gerrard: At last a sympathetic audience! I'll tell you the story of my life. How as a child I was stolen by the gypsies, and why at the age of thirty-two, I find myself in my lonely Essex cottage, how...
Intruder: Keep it to yourself, and just answer my questions. You live here alone? Well, do you?
Gerrard: I'm sorry. I thought you were telling me, not asking me. A question of inflection; your voice is unfamiliar. 

Q: How can you say that Gerrard is funny with the intruder?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Intruder: Listen, this gun's no toy. I can hurt you without killing you, and still get my answers.
Gerard: Of course, if you put it like that, I'll be glad to assist you. I do possess a car, and it's in the garage round the corner.
Intruder: That's better. Do people often come out here?
Gerard: Very rarely. Surprisingly few people take the trouble to visit me. There's the baker and the greengrocer, of course; and then there's the milkman-quite charming, but no one so interesting as yourself.
Intruder: I happen to know that you never see tradespeople.

Q: Who comes to visit Gerrard generally?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Intruder: Listen, this gun's no toy. I can hurt you without killing you, and still get my answers.
Gerard: Of course, if you put it like that, I'll be glad to assist you. I do possess a car, and it's in the garage round the corner.
Intruder: That's better. Do people often come out here?
Gerard: Very rarely. Surprisingly few people take the trouble to visit me. There's the baker and the greengrocer, of course; and then there's the milkman-quite charming, but no one so interesting as yourself.
Intruder: I happen to know that you never see tradespeople.

Q: How can you say that the intruder is a criminal?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Intruder: Listen, this gun's no toy. I can hurt you without killing you, and still get my answers.
Gerard: Of course, if you put it like that, I'll be glad to assist you. I do possess a car, and it's in the garage round the corner.
Intruder: That's better. Do people often come out here?
Gerard: Very rarely. Surprisingly few people take the trouble to visit me. There's the baker and the greengrocer, of course; and then there's the milkman-quite charming, but no one so interesting as yourself.
Intruder: I happen to know that you never see tradespeople.

Q: Where is the car of Gerrard?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Intruder: Listen, this gun's no toy. I can hurt you without killing you, and still get my answers.
Gerard: Of course, if you put it like that, I'll be glad to assist you. I do possess a car, and it's in the garage round the corner.
Intruder: That's better. Do people often come out here?
Gerard: Very rarely. Surprisingly few people take the trouble to visit me. There's the baker and the greengrocer, of course; and then there's the milkman-quite charming, but no one so interesting as yourself.
Intruder: I happen to know that you never see tradespeople.

Q: How does the intruder threaten Gerrard?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Gerrard: You seem to have taken a considerable amount of trouble. Since you know so much about me, won't you say something about yourself? You have been so modest.
Intruder: I could tell you plenty. You think you're smart, but I'm the top of the class round here. I've got brains and I use them. That's how I've got where I have. 
Gerrard: And where precisely have you got? It didn't require a great brain to break into my little cottage.
Intruder: When you know why I've broken into your little cottage. you'll be surprised, and it won't be a pleasant surprise.

Q: What is the plan of the intruder?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Gerrard: You seem to have taken a considerable amount of trouble. Since you know so much about me, won't you say something about yourself? You have been so modest.
Intruder: I could tell you plenty. You think you're smart, but I'm the top of the class round here. I've got brains and I use them. That's how I've got where I have. 
Gerrard: And where precisely have you got? It didn't require a great brain to break into my little cottage.
Intruder: When you know why I've broken into your little cottage. you'll be surprised, and it won't be a pleasant surprise.

Q: What pleasant surprise is being talked about here?

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:
Gerrard: You seem to have taken a considerable amount of trouble. Since you know so much about me, won't you say something about yourself? You have been so modest.
Intruder: I could tell you plenty. You think you're smart, but I'm the top of the class round here. I've got brains and I use them. That's how I've got where I have. 
Gerrard: And where precisely have you got? It didn't require a great brain to break into my little cottage.
Intruder: When you know why I've broken into your little cottage. you'll be surprised, and it won't be a pleasant surprise.

Q: How, according to the intruder, has he got there?