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11.Note 2: Kamala uses the 'Metaphor' or image of 'wealth' to descibe what she felt in her grandma's house-she was wealthy in love and safety.Now she feels like a poor beggar, who has no affection in her life,and has to ask for it.

Let us understand:

Choose the correct answer to th following

A. 'The house withdrew into silence'
This line means that
a) the house was haunted
b) nobody lived there any more.
c) Kamala couldn't receive love from her grandmother or interact with her.

B. 'My blood turned cold like the moon'
This line means that
a) She didn't feel warm and loved,but desolate like the moon.
b) She became a vampire.
c) She learnt that the moon was cold.

C. 'Listen to the frozen air'
This phrase means that
a) the icy air speaks to her.
b) she feels very weak and tired.
c) life in that house froze into stillness when her grandma died.

D 'Or in wild despair, pick an armful of
Darkness to bring it here to lie
Behind my bedroom door like a brooding dog...
These lines tell us that
a)the poet's dog was brooding behind the door.
b) the darkness in her grandma's place had made her feel secured, and she
wants some of it to be with her, like a loyadl dog
c) there was darkness behind her bedroom door.

d) The main idea in the poem is that
a) we should not neglect grandmothers.
b) we should learn to appreciate our parents' love.
c) Kamala received deep affection from her grandmother, and she misses it now
2 MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE
Unit 1Term 1, TNSCERT English Class 8

Answer 1

A. c
B. a
C. a
D. b
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