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Our home stood behind the railroad tracks. Its skimpy yard was paved with black cinders. The only touch of green we could see was far away, beyond the tracks over where the white folks lived. But cinders were fine weapons. All you had to do was crouch behind the brick pillars of a house with your hands full of gritty ammunition, and the first wooly black head you saw from behind another row of pillars was your target. It was fun. One day, the gang to which I belonged found itself engaged in a war with the white boys who lived beyond the tracks. As usual, we laid down our cinder barrage thinking this would wipe the white boys out. But they replied with a steady bombardment of broken bottles. We retreated. During the retreat, a broken milk bottle caught me behind the ear, opening a deep gash. The sight of blood pouring over my face completely demoralized our ranks. My fellow combatants left me standing paralyzed in the center of the yard and scurried for their houses. A kind neighbor saw me and rushed me to a doctor.

Q. The author was hit by a broken bottle

As soon as the fight began

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When the author’s gang was withdrawing

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The correct option is C When the author’s gang was withdrawing
“During the retreat, a broken milk bottle caught me behind the ear, opening a deep gash”.

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4. You really gave me a fright when you crept up behind me like that.

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Based on your understanding of the passage, answer below given question by choosing the correct option.

Which of the following things were reproduced with ease by the author’s boys?

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Q. The author was hit by a broken bottle ____________________________________

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The correct option is C When the author’s gang was withdrawing“During the retreat, a broken milk bottle caught me behind the ear, opening a deep gash”.

The correct option is C When the author’s gang was withdrawing
“During the retreat, a broken milk bottle caught me behind the ear, opening a deep gash”.