Question

Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow:
I should like to be able to tell you that we began it. But the truth, I’m ashamed to say, is that Fritz began it. First someone saw a white flag waving from the trenches opposite. Then they were calling out to us from across no man’s land, “Happy Christmas, Tommy! Happy Christmas!” When we had got over the surprise, some of us shouted back, “Same to you, Fritz! Same to you!”
(a) Who is the speaker in the first sentence?
(b) What does waving of a white flag signify?
(c) Who are the Fritz and Tommy?
(d) Find a word from the passage which means same as ‘dugouts.’

Answer 1

a) The writer is the speaker.

b) White flag signify to truce, parley,desire, surrender.

c) Fritz are the german soldiers who wore grey coats on the other hand Tommy is used to refer to British soldiers who wore khakhi coats.

Answer 2

Answer:

I think Macpherson