Stories of flying
anne frank
madam rides bus
Glimpes of india
sermon at benaras
triumph of surgery
theifs story
midnight visitor
footprints
scientist
amanda
how to tell wild animals
the ball poem
how did the rain change? what happened to lencho's field?
What were Lencho's feelings when the hail strom stopped?
Why did Lencho say raindrops were like new coins?
Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Who does Lencho think has taken of the money?
Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter as god?
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why not?
Explain how the description of the debastation caused by hailstrom reflects sadness
within Lencho?
What does mendela mentions an "Extreme human disaster"?
The "Depths of opression" create "heights of characters" How dpes mendela
illustrated this?
What does Mendela mean when he say he is simply the sum of all those african
patriots had gone before him?
how did mandela nderstanding of freedom change with age and expereience?
what ideals does he set out for the future of south africa?
what were the twin obligations proposed by Nelson Mendela?
What does courage mean to mendela?
Which does he think is natural? to love or hate?
how 10 may is autumn day in South Africa?
what does mendela thank the international leaders for?
What does aparthied means?
Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think a human baby also finds it a
challenge to take its first steps?
The sight the food maddened him - what does this suggest? What compelled the young
seagull to finally fly?
They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly - Why did the seagull's father and
mother threaten him and cajole him to fly?
Draw a contrast between Amanda's and Baby Seagull's mother/
What is the risk? why does the narrator take in the black aeroplane
Describe the narrators experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm?
What made the woman in control centre look at narrator strangely?
Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely?
Why does the narrator say, "I landed and was not sorry to walk from the old dakota?
Describe the importance of diary in annes life?
How did Kitty help anne to overcome loneliness?
Why does anne want to keep a diary?
Kitty was a trusted friend to anne, how?
Why did anne think she could confide more on her diary than in people?
What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for anne frank?
Why was mr keesing annoyed with anne? What did he ask her to do?
How did anne justify her being a chatterbox in her eassay?
What made mr keesing allow anne to talk in class?
Why does anne need to give a brief sketch about her family? does he treat kitty as
an insider or outsider
Why does she provide a brief sketch of her life?
What does anne write in her first essay
What tells you anne loved her grandmother
How does anne feel about her father grandmother, mr keesing mrs kuperus, what do
these tell you about her?
Is bread making popular in Goa?hOW?
What is the baker called? when would the baker come everdy why did the children run
to him?
What did the baker wear in the portugese days, when the author was young?
What are the elders in goa nostalgic about
WWho invites the comment- He is dressed like a pader? why?
Where were the monthly accounts of baker recorded?
What does a jackfruit like apperance mean?
What are the people of coorg?
What is the story about the kodavu peoples descent?
How to go to coorg? from bangalore
Where is coorg?
What are the main crops of coorg?
What are the sports it offers to tourists?
The animals present in coorg?
What did the Pranjol and Rajvir do during the journey whuy?
What information was given by pranjals father to rajvir out assam tea estate
Who were Pranjal and Rajvir? Where were they going?
Why didnt pranjol share rajvirs excitement?
Where was the first tea drunk? when did tea gone to europe?
what is the chinese story about discovering of tea?
what was the indian legend about discovery of tea?
What is a dust of snow? what does the poet say has changed his mood? how has the
poets mood change?
What is a hemlock tree? why doesnt the authro write about a more beautiful tree?
What are the birds usually in Poems? What images come to your mind when crow?
What does crow and hemlock tree represent?
What does the dust of snow stand for?
What would happen if the sun get so hot that it burnt and grew colder and colder?
What was the speaker alignment for those who favour ice?
What does fire and ice signifies?
what pads of velvet means?
tigers vivid strips refersto?
How does the poet suggest you identify lion and tiger
Why hyenas are thought to laugh and crocodiles to weep as they swallow their
victims?
Do you know what bearhug is?
Hyenas are famous for?
Why does poet say i would intrude on him? why doesnt he offer him money to buy
another ball
what does the poet say the boys is leraning from the loss?
what does the inthe world of possessions mean?
Do you think the boy has had the ball for a big time? Is it linked to the memories
of the days when he played with it?
who do you think the boy has lost anything earlier? pick out the words that suggest
anwer?
How old is amanda? how you tell this?
what does the poem reflects about amanda and her mother?
what could amanda do if she were a mermaid?
what do you think is peaking to amanda?
why does the mother ask for room?
is amanda is an orphan why does she say so
what does the poem tells about amanda?
