ENGLISH (First Flight) (Chapter-4) (CLASS 10) AMANDA!

 ENGLISH

(First Flight) (Chapter-4) (CLASS 10)

AMANDA!

QUESTION:

1. How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this? or How do you know that Amanda is a teen-ager?(2015)

ANS-Amanda must have been about 9-10 years old. We can know this because she is school going girl and her mother gives her all usual instructions which are given to 9to 10 year old girl.

2. Who do you think is speaking to her?

 ANS-Her mother is speaking to her.

3. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid ?(2015/2017)

ANS-If Amanda were a mermaid that she would glide leisurely on at languid emerald sea. She would be the only occupant of the relaxed green sea and would move slowly on it.

4. Is Amanda o orphan? Why does she say so? Or "I am an orphan"- why does Amanda say so? (2016)

ANS-No Amanda is not an orphan. She says so because she wants to be all alone. She wants to move around in the street alone and play with dust with her bare feet. She finds silence golden and freedom sweet. that is why, she calls herself an orphan.

5. Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Why does she want to be Rapunzel?

ANS-She wants to be rapunzel because she wanted to live by herself. Rapunzel used to live all alone in a tall tower and had long beautiful hair. She was imprisoned by her grandmother. The girl also wanted to live alone in a tower as she didn't want to care about anything as life in a tower would be calm undisturbed and unusual she also decided that she would never throw her hair down for anyone to come up as she wanted to live alone always.

6. What does the girl yearn for? What does this poem tell you about Amanda?

ANS-the girl yearns for a life freedom. The poem tells us that is a creative girl who is continuously nagged by her boring and dull parent.

7. Read the stanza. Do you think Amanda is sulking and is moody? ANS-No Amanda is neither sulking. Nor is she moody. She simply longs for her freedom. She wants to go out and play where she likes.

8. Is Amanda a student? How do you know? (2017) ANS-Yes Amanda is a student. I can know this from the line of the poem. Did you finish your homework, Amanda?

feet?(2018)

9. Where does Amanda roam? What does she do with her bare ANS-Amanda roams in the street. She draws pattern on the dust with her bare feet.

SHORT QUESTION:

1. Who is the poet of the poem Amanda? ANS-The poet of the poem Amanda is Robin Klein.

2. What is Rapunzel?

ANS Rapunzel is lettuce.

3. What kind of girl was Amanda? ANS-Amanda was freedom loving girl.

4. How is the sea in which the mermaid lives? ANS- the sea in which the mermaid lives is bright and tranquil.

5. How does mermaid live in the sea?

ANS-the mermaid lives alone and blissfully.

6. How are silence and freedom?

ANS-Silence is golden, freedom is sweet.

7. Why was Amanda asked not to eat chocolate? ANS-Amanda was asked not to eat chocolate because she had acne.