3. In "The Destructors," which of the following best describes how Blackie feels about T's new role
as gang leader? (1 point)
resentful curiosity
skeptical obedience
unwavering support
overwhelming resignation
4. Which of the following quotes from "The Destructors" best supports the answer selected above?
(1 point)
"Blackie gave a single hoot of laughter and then, like Mike, fell quiet, daunted by the
serious implacable gaze"
“He went away to the back of the car-park and began to kick a stone, dribbling it this
way and that.”way and that.”
“Beyond, paying no more attention to him than to a stranger, the gang had gathered
round T; Blackie was dimly aware of the fickleness of favour.”
"He thought of going home, of never returning, of letting them all discover the
hollowness of T's leadership, but suppose after all what T proposed was possible - nothing
like it had ever been done before.”
1 answer
1.d,(He lives a solitary life and does not interact well with others)
2.b("a smaller bomb and incendiaries had fallen beyond, so that the house stuck like a jagged tooth and carried on the further wall relics of its neighbour, a dado, the remains of a fireplace")
3.b,(influential and unwilling to back down during conflict)
4.d,("He thought of going home,of never returning, of letting them all discover the hollowness of T's Leadership, but suppose after all what T proposed was possible noting like it had ever been done before")