On "The Destructors" by Graham Greene
T. and Blackie destroy Old Misery’s ______ at the end of the day.
(1 point)
Responses
loo
kitchen
life savings
diary
loo
T nodded. “Come over here,” he said, “and look.” Out of both
pockets he drew bundles of pound notes.19 “Old Misery’s savings,”
he said. “Mike ripped out the mattress, but he missed them.”
19 pound notes: units of British currency
“What are you going to do? Share them?”
“We aren’t thieves,” T said. “Nobody’s going to steal anything
from this house. I kept these for you and me—a celebration.” He
knelt down on the floor and counted them out—there were
seventy in all. “We’ll burn them,” he said, “one by one,”
The correct answer is "life savings".
To find the answer to this question, we need to read the short story "The Destructors" by Graham Greene. The story is about a group of boys known as the Wormsley Common Gang who plan to destroy a house owned by a man named Old Misery.
In the story, T. and Blackie, members of the Wormsley Common Gang, plan to destroy Old Misery's house. They carefully plan the destruction and gather all the necessary tools and materials. At the end of the day, they successfully carry out their plan and destroy something belonging to Old Misery.
To determine what they destroy, we need to refer back to the text of the story. By rereading the relevant parts of the story, we can find the answer.