1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Sergeu [11.5K]
2 years ago
10

A red blur covered his eyes as he ran. But halfway down the block a sharp pain under his rib cage stopped him. He doubled up and

leaned against a tree. He waited for the pain to pass but it only grew sharper. His breath pushed out of his lungs in painful spurts. He could feel the pulse beat at his temples. Sweat broke out through his pores, wetting his shirt, which clung to
s him. With difficulty he unbuttoned his shirt so that the breeze found his bare chest. He waited. Minutes went by. A bird chirped in a tree. He heard the flow of cars on the street behind him. The red blur lifted; his breath eased. At last the pain stopped.

Imamu looked over the darkening, tree-lined street. What was he doing here in this strange land, far away from New York? Far from everything he had ever known? A stranger on foreign
10 turf. Brooklyn. He bit his lips to keep down the tears. What had he been doing in that house, with those people? What did they have to do with him? The tears kept pushing up. To stop them he hissed loudly to the tree, "What the hell was that chick talking about, anyway?"

Imamu flattened himself against the trunk of the tree and closed his eyes, glad that the leaves on the branches bowing over him were full enough to screen him from passers-by.

15 Slowly he let the scene at the dinner table replay through his mind. He saw Mrs Ainsley, playing for time so that he could get to know the family -and they could get to know him. Mr Ainsley, trying to try. Perk, with her round face and gummy smile. He looked long at her face. He saw her bright eyes flashing her intention of being Perk, of being smart, open, letting her thoughts hang out. He sort of liked her: liked the fact that she didn't keep anything hidden
20 -unlike Gail.

Rosa Guy, The Disa p pearance. Penguin Books Limited, 1979, p. 38.





(a) What caused Imamu to stop running? (1 mark)


(b) What effect does the writer achieve in paragraph 1 by using short sentences?(2 marks)


(c) Which sentence in paragraph 1 indicates a contrast between what Imamu is feeling and the atmosphere of the natural environment? (2 marks)

(d) Apart from the short sentence, what literary technique does the writer use in paragraph 2 to show that Imamu is reflecting on his experiences? (2 marks)

(e) (i) Identify ONE emotion which Imamu experiences in paragraph 2.
(ii) Quote an appropriate expression to support your answer. (2 marks)

(f) Why does Imamu ask himself several questions and replay the scene at the dinner in his mind? (2 marks)

(g) Quote the sentence which indicates that Imamu thinks he understands Perk. (2 marks)

(h) Why was Imamu running away?
English
1 answer:
jasenka [17]2 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Because of the sharp pain under his rib cage

You might be interested in
Ummm plz help rq thx
RideAnS [48]

Answer:

The largest amount possible

Explanation:

4 0
3 years ago
Read the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby: "What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon?" cried Daisy, "and the day after
SOVA2 [1]

the answer should be B i think

hope this helps!!!

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Question 1(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) (06.03|06.04 MC) Read the article "An American Leader: Martin Luther King, Jr." and a
Rudik [331]

Answer:

A.

Explanation:

6 0
2 years ago
Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.
Alona [7]

Answer:

Female factory workers had to work long hours, sometimes up to eighty hours a week.

Explanation:

Joan Dash provided a poignant and eye-opening historical account of the women's factory strike of 1909 in "We Shall Not Be Moved." This provides an insight into what the condition was like for women and also how the Women's Trade Union League came to be.

In the given passage from the text, the narrator reveals how the women's demand was simple: <em>"a fifty-two-hour week with extra pay for overtime, an end to the fines and petty tyrannies, and a living wage." </em>And in order to understand what the basis of the demands were, we have to know the situation of workers, especially female workers during the early 1990s. And the fact that <u>women workers were expected to work for long hours, at times even up to eighty hours a week</u> was too much for any living being to endure.

Thus, the correct answer is the first option.

5 0
2 years ago
How can uninfected citizens help slow the spread of the virus? this isnt english but like yeah hmu
lisabon 2012 [21]

Answer:by wearing mask, staying 6ft apart,and washing their hands.

Explanation:

4 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Loom is to weaver as...
    15·1 answer
  • Every year my family and my best friend’s family go to the beach so we can relax and have fun. Each October our parents start lo
    12·1 answer
  • Identify the adverbs in the following sentence: Megan was deeply concerned about her friend's tendency to barely eat her lunch.
    11·1 answer
  • The word prodigious means<br><br> The word desponding means
    5·1 answer
  • Walter was impressed with the rabbit hutch Sarah had built. He said her construction skills were admirable.
    15·1 answer
  • How is molecules are formed and can you give me an example​
    10·2 answers
  • Viktor sends a work-related email to a client. The whole email says: “Please see attached for order form.” What mistakes does Vi
    11·2 answers
  • Hoose the conjunctive adverb that best completes the sentence: Marcos chopped onions for the soup; _____, Maria prepared the che
    8·1 answer
  • The methods for creating change described in this letter are effective? why or why not?
    12·1 answer
  • (11.04 LC)
    13·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!