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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                  ENGLISH LESSON NOTES
                                                          CLASS X
               Amanda


               Short questions & answers
               Q1: What picture of Amanda do you form from the poem ‘Amanda’?

               Q2: What is Amanda asked to do or not to do?

               Q3: What does Amanda long to do at the sea?

               Q4: Is Amanda an orphan? Why does she say that?

               Q5: How old do you think Amanda is ? How do you know this ?

               Q6: Who do you think is speaking to Amanda in the poem ?

               Q7: What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid ?

               Q8: Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Write briefly.

               Q9: Why does Amanda Want to be Rapunzel?

               Q10: What does Amanda yearn for? What does the poem tell you about her?

               Text book questions & answers



               Q1- How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this?

               Q2- Who do you think is speaking to her?

               Q3- Why are stanzas 2,4 and 6 given in parenthesis?

               Q4- Who is the speaker in stanzas 2,4and 6? Do you think this speaker is listening to the
               speaker in stanzas 1,3,5 and 7?

               Q5- What could do if she were a mermaid?

               Q6- Is Amanda an orphan? Why does she say so?

               Q7- Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Why does Amanda want to be Rapunzel?

               Q8- What does the girl yearn for? What does this poem tell you about Amanda?
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