Did they give up? I do not have to answer that question
a) who speaks these words to whom?
b) who are 'they'?what have 'they' not giving up ?
c) why does the speaker not have to answer 'that question'?
"yes,"I agreed."they couldn't do it better."
a) Identify the speaker and listener.
b) how did the speaker get to know them .
c) what did 'they' do?
Answers
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Answer :
This question is from the short story 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' by A. J. Cronin.
a) The nurse at the hospital in Poleta says these words to the narrator.
b) 'They' refers to the two boys, Nicola and Jacopo.
The boys had faced a lot of hardships in life like losing their father and their house in the war. However, 'they' did not give up hope in the face of adverse circumstances and continued to do odd jobs to look after their ill sister, Lucia.
c) The speaker does not have the answer to 'that question' as it is quite evident that the two boys did not give up hope and worked very hard to look after their sick sister.
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This question is from the short story 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' by A. J. Cronin.
a) The speaker is the narrator and the listener is the nurse at the hospital in Poleta.
b) The speaker got to know them as they had stopped his car for selling strawberries to him.
c) 'They' did many odd jobs like selling fruits, hawking newspapers, running errands, shining shoes and acting as tour guides to tourists in order to provide for their sick sister, Lucia.