Amanda – Important Questions

In the poem Amanda, the poet Robin Klein says that a child should never be denied freedom. It deals with the upbringing of a small child, Amanda. It highlights the struggles faced by the child.

Important Question and Answers

Q. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!

1. The speaker wants Amanda to learn ____________.
   1. good habits
   2. bad habits
   3. pleasing habits
   4. no habits
2. Who is the speaker?
   1. Amanda’s grandfather
   2. Amanda’s teacher
   3. Amanda’s mother
   4. Amanda’s father
3. Pick out the word from the passage which means same as ‘erect’.
   1. hunch
   2. slouching
   3. bite
   4. straight
4. Name the poet?
   1. Rudyard Kipling
   2. Robert Frost
   3. Robin Klein
   4. William Butler Yeats

Answer

1. good habits
2. Amanda’s mother
3. straight
4. Robin Klein

Q. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

Stop that sulking at once, Amanda!
You’re always so moody, Amanda!
Anyone would think that I nagged at you,
Amanda!

1. Who is always so moody?
   1. Amanda
   2. Amanda’s father
   3. Amanda’s mother
   4. All of them
2. Who loved freedom?
   1. Amanda’s friends
   2. Amanda’s classmates
   3. Amanda’s parents
   4. Amanda
3. Who would have thought that Amanda was nagged by her parents?
   1. anyone
   2. everyone
   3. someone
   4. no one
4. Which word in the passage means the same as ‘bad tempered’?
   1. moody
   2. slouching
   3. sulking
   4. hushed

Answer

1. Amanda
2. Amanda
3. anyone
4. sulking

Q. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me—
a mermaid, drifting blissfuly.

1. Who is ‘me’ in these lines?
   1. Amanda’s mother
   2. Amanda’s sister
   3. Amanda’s friend
   4. Amanda herself
2. Amanda’s desire was to be a mermaid, living in the _______________ sea.
   1. blue
   2. green
   3. yellow
   4. red
3. Emerlad also means _______________.
   1. green
   2. red
   3. blue
   4. yellow
4. Find out the word from the extract which also means ‘relaxed’.
   1. emerald
   2. blissfully
   3. languid
   4. inhabitant

Answer

1. Amanda herself
2. green
3. green
4. blissfully

Q. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me —
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.

1. The speaker here is________.
   1. Amanda’s friend
   2. Amanda herself
   3. Amanda’s mother
   4. Amanda’s teacher
2. What does Amanda imagine herself to be?
   1. a fairy
   2. a princess
   3. a beggar
   4. a mermaid
3. Where does the mermaid live?
   1. In emerald sea
   2. In red sea
   3. In blue sea
   4. In deep sea
4. Find a word in the passage which means the same as ‘resident’?
   1. languid
   2. inhabitant
   3. drifting
   4. blissfully

Answer

1. Amanda herself
2. a mermaid
3. in emerald sea
4. inhabitant

Q. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

Did you finish your homework, Amanda?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes,
Amanda

1. According to the narrator, Amanda is a very __________ girl.
   1. cute
   2. responsible
   3. naughty
   4. careless
2. Amanda is asked to finish her __________ .
   1. homework
   2. milk
   3. meal
   4. playing
3. __________ is talking to Amanda.
   1. Both the parents
   2. One of the parents
   3. Her mother
   4. Her father
4. I told you to clean your __________.
   1. room
   2. shoes
   3. table
   4. book shelf

Answer

1. careless
2. homework
3. one of the parents
4. shoes

Q. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

(I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)

1. Amanda imagines herself as a /on __________.
2. She is:
   1. roaming around the valley
   2. roaming around the town
   3. roaming around the fields
   4. roaming around the street
3. She makes patterns on soft dust with her
   1. fingers
   2. hands
   3. shoes
   4. bare feet
4. The silence is __________ the freedom is sweet.

Answer

1. orphan
2. roaming around the street
3. bare feet
4. golden

Q. Why does Amanda desire herself to be an orphan?

Ans. Amanda desires herself to be an orphan as she wants to live a life of her own without any disturbance. She feels troubled by her parents.

Q. What can you depict of Amanda’s nature?

Ans. Amanda is a moody girl. She is nagged most of the time. She often escapes from reality, which makes her moody and dull.

Q. Does the title ‘Amanda’ suit the poem?

Ans. The title of the poem revolves around the little girl, Amanda, who feels that her life is full of struggle with no freedom. She imagines calmness away from her nagging parents. So we can say that the title is justified.

Q. How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this?

Ans. Amanda might be 9 – 10 years old school going girl. This fact is known because her parents are trying to inculcate good habits in her, but she is very innocent and immature.