Extra Questions
Extract Based Questions
Read the following extracts carefully and choose the correct option
Question 1 :
Don’t bit your nails. Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
i) Who is giving instructions to Amanda!
a) Teacher
b) Grandmother
c) Mother
d) Father
ii) What does Amanda do to her shoulders?
a) Stretches
b) Hunches
c) Keep them loose
d) None of these
iii) What is Amanda’s sitting posture?
a) Sitting straight
b) Bending on the chair
c) Slouching
d) Not sitting at all
iv) What is the literary device used in the third line?
a) Metaphor
b) Alliteration
c) Personification
d) Simile
Answer : i) c) Mother
ii) b) Hunches
iii) c) Slouching
iv) b) Alliteration
Question 2 :
(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me-
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
i) Who do these lines refer to?
a) Amanda
b) Mermaid
c) Amanda’s sister
d) None of these
ii) Why is this stanza given within brackets?
a) to show inner thoughts of mother
b) day dreaming by Amanda
c) to show the contrast
d) Both (b) and (c)
iii) Give the word from the stanza which means “free flowing act of going with motion and force”.
a) languid
b) Blissfully
c) Drifting
d) Emerald
iv) Why does Amanda want to be sole inhabitant of sea?
a) Away from noise
b) Away from mother
c) Away from this noisy and disturbing atmosphere
d) Away from everyone
Answer : i) a) Amanda
ii) d) Both (b) and (c)
iii) c) Drifting
iv) c) Away from this noisy and disturbing atmosphere