Amanda Question and Answers for Class 10 ( ten )

 Questions  from Model Question Bank & NCERT.

A. Very Short Type Questions :                                                 Mark : 1

1. Choose the correct alternative:

(a) The poem “Amanda” was written by

(i) John Berryman      (ii) Carolyn Wells      (iii) Robin Klein

Ans:    (iii) Robin Klein 

(b) Amanda likes her

(i) nails                       (ii) hairs                      (iii) her doll

Ans:    (ii) hairs

(c) The sole inhabitant in the emerald sea is

(i) a shark       (ii) a mermaid           (iii) an octopus

Ans:    (ii) a mermaid

(d) The speaker told her to clean her

(i) palms         (ii) socks         (iii) shoes

Ans:    (iii) shoes

(e) Amanda likes to have

(i) chocolates (ii) snacks       (iii) soft drinks      Answer:- (i) Chocolates

 (f) Life in a tower is

(i) like the hell                       (ii) tranquil and rare             (iii) tranquil

Ans:    (ii) tranquil and rare

2. Choose the correct meaning of the italicized words from the alternatives given in brackets.

(a) …… ‘hunch’ your shoulders ……

[raise / cut / nag]

Ans:    raise.

(b) ………… is a ‘languid’ emerald ……….

[tensed / relaxed / turmoil]

Ans:    relaxed.

(c) ……….my ‘hushed’, bare ……….

[noisy / compassion / silent]

Ans:    silent.

(d) ………. tower is ‘tranquil’ and …..

[calm / commotion / clamour]

Ans:    calm.

3. True or false

(a) Amanda is a boy.                                      Ans:    False.

(b) Amanda likes to bite her fingers.           Ans:    False.

(c) The sole inhabitant in the emerald sea is an octopus.                                                                                                                  Ans:    False.

(d) The speaker has asked Amanda to make her room orderly and tidy.                                                                             Ans:    True

(e) Amanda likes to have chocolates.                    Ans:    True.

(f) Amanda thinks herself as Rapunzel.                 Ans:    True.

(g) Amanda is asked to take a bath.                      Ans:    False.

4. Who wrote the poem, “Amanda”?

Ans:    Robin Klein wrote the poem Amanda.

5. Who is Amanda?

Ans:   Amanda is a little school going girl who wants freedom in everywhere.

6. What does Amanda like to bite?

Ans:    Basically, Amanda likes to bite her nails.

7. Who lives in a languid, emerald sea?

Ans:    A mermaid lives in a languid, emerald sea.

8. What about her homework is asked by the speaker?

Ans:    The speaker asks Amanda whether she has completed her homework or not.

9. What does the speaker ask Amanda to clean?

Ans:    The speaker asks Amanda to clean her shoes.

10. What was Amanda asked to remember?

Ans:    Amanda was asked to remember her acne.

11. How is life in a tower?

Ans:    Life in a tower is tranquil and rare.

12. What type of girl is Amanda as mentioned in the final stanza?

Ans:    Amanda is a so moody type of girl as mentioned in the final stanza.

13. Give the meaning of the following words –

hunch, slouching, drifting, roaming, hushed, tranquil, nagged

Ans:    hunch – to raise, slouching – bending, drifting – moving slowly, roaming – wandering / purposelessly moving about, hushed – silent, tranquil – relaxed / calm, nagged – disturbed.

Short Type Questions : Marks : 2/3

1. Who is Amanda? How old is she?

Ans:    Amanda is a young school-going little girl. She was in her teen age.

2. What is a mermaid?

Ans:    A mermaid is an imaginary creature which has half  woman and half like a fish and lives in the oceans.

3. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?

Ans:    Amanda could drift blissfully in a calm, emerald sea if she were a mermaid.
Also, she would drift blissfully in the calm and emerald sea.

4. What does Amanda imagine doing as an orphan?

Ans:   
           As an orphan, Amanda imagines the roaming on streets and the make patterns in soft dust with her silent mood and bare feet.

5. Is Amanda an orphan? Why does she say so?

Ans:    No, Amanda is not an orphan. She says so because she wants  freedom like an orphan to enjoy her life freely with entirely freedom.

6. Why is Amanda asked not to have chocolates?

Ans:    Amanda is asked not to have chocolates because to care for her acne.

7. Why does Amanda wish to be Rapunzel?

Ans:    Amanda wishes to be a Rapunzel to getting much freedom. She also wants a beautiful life in a tower like a Rapunzel life where tranquil or calm and rare life would be happened.

8. Do you think Amanda is sulking and is moody?

Ans:    Yes absolutely right. Amanda is sulking and  moody as the speaker warns her.

9. “There is a languid, emerald sea,

Where the sole inhabitant is me –

A mermaid, drifting blissfully.”

(a) Name the poet and the poem.

(b) What does Amanda think herself as mentioned in these lines?

Ans:    (a) The name of the poet is Robin Klein and the poem is “Amanda”.

(b) In these lines, Amanda thinks herself like a mermaid.

10. “Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda!

Remember your acne, Amanda!

Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you, Amanda!”

(a) Who is the speaker here?

(b) Why is Amanda asked not to eat chocolate?

Ans:    (a) The speaker here is probably Amanda’s parent or her mother.

(b) Amanda is asked not to eat chocolate because of her acne.

11. “I am Rapunzel, I have not a care;

Life in a tower is tranquil and rare;

I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair!”

(a) Who is ‘I’ referred to here?    (b) Why does the speaker want to be Rapunzel?

Ans:    (a) Here,  ‘I’ is referred to Amanda.
(b) Amanda wishes to be Rapunzel to getting much freedom. She also wants a beautiful life in tower like a Rapunzel life where tranquil or calm and rare life would be happened.

12: What picture of Amanda do you form from the poem ‘Amanda’?
Ans:   Amanda is a teenager girl. She is a school going girl. Her parent rebukes/scolds her for her moody behaviour. She wants the freedom like an orphan, a mermaid and a Rapunzel.

Q13: What is Amanda asked to do or not to do?
Ans:   Amanda is asked to sit up straight, to finish her homework, to tidy her room and to clean her shoes. On another hand, Amanda is asked not to bite her nails, not to hunch her shoulders and not to eat chocolate.


Q14: What does Amanda long to do at the sea?
Ans:   Amanda wants the freedom like a mermaid. She wants to drift blissfully for long time in the calm and emerald sea.

15: Is Amanda an orphan ? Why does she say that?
Ans:   Amanda is not an orphan. 
She says like this because her parent often rebukes her. So, she feels an orphan better than her present life.

Q16: How old do you think Amanda is ? How do you know this ?
Ans:   Amanda seems as a nine or ten years old. Because, she is instructed and scolded by her parent which is basically happened for a school student in this stage.

Q17: Who do you think is speaking to Amanda in the poem ?
Answer: Probably, her parent or her mother is speaking to Amanda.

Q18: What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid ?
Ans:     If Amanda were a mermaid, she would drift blissfully in the calm and emerald sea.

Q19: Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Write briefly.

Ans:  Rapunzel was a beautiful girl which hair was golden. A witch put her in a tower. One day, a prince saw her and he fell in love. The witch knew the matter after that. The witch was very angry on this regard and left Rapunzel in a desert. After some days and moths, one day the prince found Rapunzel and finally they were married. 

Q20: Why does Amanda Want to be Rapunzel?
Ans:   
Amanda wants to be Rapunzel to getting much freedom. She thinks that it would be better peaceful and wonderful life for Rapunzel than her present life.

Q21: What does Amanda yearn for? What does the poem tell you about her?
Ans:    Amanda yearns for much freedom. Amanda often wants to become a mermaid, an orphan and Rapunzel to getting freedom for her life.

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