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
3 answers
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,”
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".