LESSON -1
(The Portrait of a Lady), LESSON-2 (We're not Afraid to Die.....If We ca
All Be Together), LESSON -3 (Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues), LESSON 4 (The
Laburnum Top)
1. What Chief qualities of the grandmother do you get in the lesson The portrait of
Lady' ? Suggest the qualities.
2. What was the turning point of the friendship of the author and the grandmoth
3. Give the reasons why the grandmother was distressed and dissatisfied with th
in the City School?
4. Describe how everybody including the sparrows mourns grandmother death
5. How did the narrator and his family members spend the first leg of the jou
6. What happen on Jan 2 and what precautions did the Captain take to save
7. Describe the situation in Jan 4.Why did the narrator and Mary feel that t
near?
8. We're not afraid to Die.....is a saga of patience and bravery comment.
9. Who discovered Tut's Tomb and what problems did he face with rega
mummy?
mas the tradition
in Egypt regarding the dead? Name the th
Answers
Answer:
1.The author's grandmother first leg of their journey passed pleasantly. Their troubles started when they moved out of Cape Town. But even hostile weather couldn't dampen their spirits. Though the weather changed for the worse on the New Year's Day, they all participated in its celebrations.
2.The turning point in the narrator's and his grandmother's friendship came when the author was summoned to the city by his parents. In the village, he and his grandmother had been going together to the school . His grandmother was also able to help him with his studies.
3.The author's grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the school because in city school he learnt English words and western science and learning the law of gravity, Archimedes' principles. She was distressed that they were not taught about God and the scriptures .
4.Everybody including the sparrows mourned grandmother's death ." Elaborate . ... The sparrows came there to morn the death of grandmother. The auther's mother threw little crumbs to them but they paid no heed to the bread. When the people carried the narrator's grandmother's corpse off, they flew away quiety.
5. The first leg of their journey passed pleasantly. Their troubles started when they moved out of Cape Town. But even hostile weather couldn't dampen their spirits. Though the weather changed for the worse on the New Year's Day, they all participated in its celebrations.
6.As the narrator realised that disaster awaited further ahead, he took precautions by slowing the boat down. They dropped the storm jib and lashed a heavy mooring rope in a loop across the stern.
7.On January 4, after 36 hours of continuous pumping, they could pump the water out. Mary found some corned beef and biscuits. They ate their first meal in almost two day But their respite was short lived.
8.We're not Afraid to Die” is a saga of patience and bravery. Comment. “We're not Afraid to Die” is the story of rare courage and perseverance that was shown by the narrator, crewmen, his wife and children. All the dangers and disasters were confronted with patience, courage and determination.
9.Tutankhamun's mummy was discovered by English Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team on October 28, 1925 in tomb KV62 of Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Tutankhamun was the 13th pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, making his mummy over 3,300 years old.