Question

The ruler of our street …… was a boy of sixteen who was nicknamed Red. Red's

shoulders were incredibly broad for a boy of his age.

Red walked masterfully up and down our street, his legs wide apart and with a slightly

rolling gait, like a seaman on the deck of his ship.

From under his peaked cap, always worn back to front, his forelock tumbled down in a

fiery cascade, and out of his round pockmarked face, green eyes, like a cat's, sparkled with

scorn for everything and everyone crossing his path. Two or three lieutenants, in peaked

caps back to front like Red's, trotted at his heels.

Red could stop any boy and say impressively the one word "money." His lieutenants

would turn out the boy's pockets, and if he resisted they gave him a real beating.

Everyone was afraid of Red. I too was afraid. I knew he carried heavy brass knuckles in

his pocket.

i. Who was Red and how did he look like?

ii. Why did Red look older than the boys of his age?

iii. How did he dress and walk?

iv. What was his way of forcing money out of the boys?

v. What was the impression of the narrator about Red?​

Answer 1

answer 1- he was the ruler of the street

answer 2- because his shoulders were too broad for a boy of his age

answer 3- Red walked masterfully up and down our street from under his peaked cap, always worn back to front, his forelock tumbled down.

answer 4-Red could stop any boy and say impressively the one word "money." His lieutenants would turn out the boy's pockets, and if he resisted they gave him a real beating.

answer 5-the narrator was afraid of red