Cover these topics for SAT-2 (October)
Prose Ch. - The Hundred Dresses-I, II
From the Diary of Anne Frank
Poem - Amanda
Animals
Suppl. L - The Making of a Scientist
The Necklace
Grammar - Modals
MCQ/Very Short Type (5+4=9 marks)
1. Who is the writer of ‘The Hundred Dresses’?
Ans. El Bsor Ester
2. Who was Wanda?
Ans. A young polish girl
3. Where did Wanda live?
Ans. At Boggins Heights
4. Who was the most popular girl in the school?
Ans. Peggy
5. What kind of girl was Peggy?
Ans. Pretty, rich and intelligent girl
6. Who wrote a letter to Miss Mason?
Ans.
7.
Ans. To stop others from bullying
8. Who was Anne Frank?
Ans. A young Jewish girl
9. Where was Anne Frank born?
Ans. Frankfurt
10. When was Anne Frank born?
Ans. 12th June 1929
11. How old was Anne Frank?
Ans. 13 years old
12. What was the name of Anne’s father?
Ans. Otto Frank
13. Who was the elder sister of Anne?
Ans. Margot
14. In which city were Anne and Margot sent to live with their grandmother?
Ans. Aachen (Germany)
15. Who gave an essay to Anne?
Ans. Mr. Keesing
16. Who was Mr. Keesing?
Ans. Math teacher
17. What was the name of the diary?
Ans. Kitty
18. Who was Mrs. Kuperus?
Ans. Anne’s teacher in 6th class, headmistress in her school
19. How many teachers were there in Anne’s school?
Ans. Nine teachers
20. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Amanda’?
Ans. Robin Klein
21. What had the speaker asked Amanda to do?
Ans. To do her homework
22. What does the speaker forbid Amanda to eat?
Ans. Chocolate
23. How does Amanda imagine herself?
Ans. A
mermaid
24. Where was Rapunzel?
Ans. In a tower
25. Who had imprisoned Rapunzel?
Ans. A
witch
26. Who is the poet of ‘Animals’?
Ans. Walt Whitman
27. What does the poet wish to live with?
Ans. With animals
28. How do the animals seem to the poet?
Ans. Calm and self-contented, kind, feelings for all and sympathy
29. Who is always complaining about their condition?
Ans. Human beings
30. Who is the writer of the lesson, ”The Making of a Scientist?
Ans. Robert W. Peterson
31. At what grade did Richard get a hint of what real Science is?
Ans. in 7th grade
32. What was Richard Ebright’s fascination for?
Ans. For butterflies
33. What did Ebright start collecting in his childhood?
Ans. Coins, rocks and butterflies
34. Which was Ebright’s home town?
Ans. Reading
35. Who encouraged Ebright’s interest in learning?
Ans. His mother
36. Which theory discovered by Ebright?
Ans. How cells work
37. Which are two types of butterflies?
Ans. Viceroy and monarch
38. Which book did Ebright’s mother give him to?
Ans. Travels of Monarch X
39. Who is the writer of the lesson ‘The Necklace’?
Ans. Guy de Maupassant
40. Who is invited to a grand party?
Ans. Matilda Loisel
Short Type (3x2=6 marks)
1. What makes writing a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?
Ans. Writing in a diary is a strange experience for Anne because she has never writing anything before. Secondly, she thinks that no one will be interested in the thoughts of a thirteen year old girl, except herself. So it was better to record those thoughts in her diary.
2. How do you know that Anne was close to her grandmother?
Ans. Anne lived with her grandmother for sometime while her parents settled down in Holland. She was very close to her Grandmother. Anne herself reveals that she loved her grandmother a lot and she used to think about her often. In 1942, on her birthday, she lit one candle for her.
3. Who was Wanda?
Ans. Wanda Petronski was a Polish girl. She lived in Boggins Heights, which was the poor part of town.
4. What is the central Idea of the poem, ‘Amanda’?
Ans. The central idea of the poem is that children love freedom. They do not want many restrictions on their activities. They have their own dream world. They like to spend most of their time in that dream world.
5. Is Amanda an orphan?
Why does she say so?
Ans. No, Amanda is not an orphan. She says so because she wants freedom. So that she can roam in the streets.
6. What is the theme of
the poem ‘The Animals’?
Ans. The theme of poem is that animals are superior to human beings. In this poem the poet compares animals with the human beings. The poet says that animals are far better than human beings. Human beings are always dissatisfied. But animals do not do like this. So the poet wants to live with the animals.
7. Mention three things that humans do and animals don’t?
Ans. Human beings weep for their sins, but animals don’t.
Human complain to God for their duty, but animals don’t
Human cry for their conditions, but animals don’t
8. How did Ebright's mother encourage him to become a scientist?
Ans. Richard Ebright's mother helped him by encouraging his interest in learning. She took him on trips, bought him telescopes, microscopes, cameras, mounting materials and other equipment, and helped him in many other ways.
9. How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright's life?
Ans. Her mother gave him a book 'The Travels of Monarch-X' This book was about the migration of monarch butterflies to Central America. This book opened the new world of Science for him.
10. What kind of a person
Mme Loisel? Why is she always unhappy?
Ans. Mme Loisel was young and pretty woman. She was born in clerk family. She wants to spend a happy and luxuries life. It was not possible in clerk family. So she is always unhappy.
Essay Type (5 marks)
1. ‘Paper has more patience than people’. Elucidate.
Ans. Anne Frank felt lonely in the world. She had loving parents, an elder sister and a number of friends. But she was not intimate with anyone. She could to talk to them about common everyday matters. But she could not express her inner feelings to them. She wanted a patient listener. But she found that people had no patience to listen to her. She wanted to share her ideas. So she decided to maintain a diary. A diary is not a human being. It has a lot more patience than man. One can express one’s thoughts freely. The diary does not get bored. It is a true friend. It never rejects the offer of friendship. That is why Anne Frank says that paper has more patience than people.
2. Give a brief character sketch of Wanda Petronski.
Ans. Wanda Petronski is a Polish girl who has shifted to America from Poland with her parents.Wanda is a name difficult to pronounce. She belongs to a very poor family and lives in the poor area of town with her brother and father upon Boggins Heights. She is very shy and quiet. She does not talk to anyone and hardly speaks anything in class. She doesn't laugh in the class. She has no friends and sits in the last row of the class with some naughty boys so that nobody notices her. She wears the same faded blue dress every day which is not ironed but clean.
3. Give a brief character sketch of Mrs. Matilda Loisel.
Ans. Matilda is the young and beautiful wife of Mr. Loisel, a clerk in the board of Education. She is proud of her beauty. She thinks she is a victim of social injustice and irony of fate. She is unhappy with her husband‟s small income, house and old furniture.
Her husband does his best to make her as happy as he can afford. He puts up with her foolish demands. The loss of the necklace proves a turning point in the development of her character. After the loss she becomes a mature, humble and grateful wife who can gladly sacrifice every pleasure to get her husband out of his financial misery. It makes her a careful and responsible woman.
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Exercise-1
1. She …………….dance very well. (can)
2. I …….lift this box if I tried. (could)
3. …..you live long! (May)
4. My brother ........ swim across the river. (can)
5. You …. to respect your elders. (ought)
6. He … not worry any more. (need)
7. We …..respect our parents. (should)
8. Anyone ….make mistakes. (can)
9. You ..........leave the room immediately. (must)
10. Man ….. not tease animals. (must)
11. It is raining. You …. water the plants. (need not)
12. I …. rather die than beg. (would)
13. …… that I were a King! (Would)
14. If you work hard, you…. pass (will)
15. You …. work hard. (should)
Exercise-2
1. ……you proper in life! (May)
2. A servant …. obey his master. (must)
3. ….I borrow your pen, sir? (May)
4. Rajiv …. speak five languages. (can)
5. I ….. rather starve than steal. (would)
6. One ….keep one’s promise. (must)
7. You ….. follow the rules. (must)
8. It ….. rain today. (may/might)
9. We …. obey the rules. (must)
10. Work hard lest you…. fail again. (should)
11. You …. to keep your left on the road. (ought)
12. ……you pass the salt to him? (Would)
13. How…. You misbehave? (dare)
14. …..that I were a millionaire? (Would)
15. I….. solve this problem. (can)