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ACTIVITY: 1
Answer the following questions:
(i) What happened as Jon lay fast asleep?
(ii)
How did the squall arise suddenly?
(iii) Describe the condition of the ship in the squall.
(iv) What did the sailors do to stop the squall?
Answers
Explanation:
1) One quiet afternoon, he lay fast asleep and fell to dreaming again. ... In Jon's dream theseasons turned rapidly and as each turned, so did Jon in his bed. Consequently, the cap on his hesd twisted round and about. It called up a squall from the clear sky that hit the ship without a warning.
2) ii) How did the squall arise suddenly ? Ans:- The squall arose suddenly because the cap on Jon's head twisted round and about. ... Ans:- The wind of the squall was whirling about the boat. It was tearing the ship's sails and snapping the spars.
3) iii) Describe the condition of the ship in the squall. Ans:- The wind of the squall was whirling about the boat. It was tearing the ship's sails and snapping the spars.
4)
(iv) What did the sailors do to stop the squall ? Ans:- The sailors tried to remove Jon's cap from his head.