Question

what, according to the speaker, are the people outside the classroom doing at the time of the exmination. in the poem Dear Mr. Examiner

Answer 1

The speaker then imagines, what activities must be going on outside. mother's must be going on errands. grandmother's must be drinking tea. unemployed men would be doing crosswords or watching Crown court on T.V. He also describes the weather and about the activities of housewives. He talks about a class going for tennis practice, the pealing tower of the cathedral and the sound of the land mover of the hockey field. 

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