Amanda
1. The sole inhabitant in the emerald sea is a/an ____.
(a) Amanda
(b) octopus
(c) mermaid
(d) shark
Ans: (c) mermaid
2. Who wrote the poem 'Amanda ?
(a) John Berryman
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Leslie Norris
(d) Robert Klein
Ans: (d) Robert Klein
3. Why should Amanda. not eat chocolate?
(a) it causes acne.
(b) it causes cancer.
(c) it will damage liver.
(d) it causes heart disease.
Ans: (a) it causes acne.
4. What does 'languid' mean in the poem Amanda?
(a) rage
(b) Green
(c) long hair
(d) relaxed
Ans: (d) relaxed
5. What made Amanda sulky and become moody?
(a) When she has to clean her shoes.
(b) When her mother gives her too many instructions.
(c) When she had to complete her homework.
(d) None of the Above
Ans: (b) When her mother gives her too many instructions.
6. What will Amanda's behaviour make people think ?
(a) her mother loves her
(b) her mother is understanding
(c) her mother harasses her
(d) both (a) and (c)
Ans: (c) her mother harasses her
7. What does she imagine being when she pictures herself in a tower ?
(a) Rapunzel
(b) Mermaid
(c) Orphan
(d) None of them
Ans: (a) Rapunzel
8. If Amanda is an orphan, what will she do ?
(a) She will not complete her homework.
(b) She will roam about in the streets.
(c) She will tease everyone in the streets.
(d) All of the Above
Ans: (b) She will roam about in the streets.
9. What does the speaker ask Amanda not to do to her nails ?
(a) wash it
(b) bite it
(c) hurt it
(d) none of the above
Ans: (b) bite it
10. Name the literary devices used in the line "Stop that slouching and sit up straight".
(a) Metaphor
(b) Assonance
(c) Alliteration
(d) Anaphora
Ans: (c) Alliteration
11. What should Amanda not to do to her shoulders ?
(a) Hunch
(b) move
(c) straight
(d) None of these
Ans: (a) Hunch
12. Who was Amanda ?
(a) A orphan girl
(b) A college going girl
(c) A school going girl
(d) None of the Above
Ans: (c) A school going girl
13. What was Amanda to finish ?
(a) her bath
(b) catch the fishes
(c) her hair
(d) her homework
Ans: (d) her homework
14. What is the meaning of "slouching"?
(a) Bend
(b) Sit in a lazy way
(c) bend backwards
(d) lie down
Ans: (b) Sit in a lazy way
15. Name the literary device used in the line "Don't bite your nails, Amanda ! Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda !"
(a) Metaphor
(b) Alliteration
(c) Enjambment
(d) Anaphora
Ans: (d) Anaphora
16. How is silence described ?
(a) Silver
(b) Love
(c) Golden
(d) Platinum
Ans: (c) Golden
17. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid ?
(a) lead a relaxing life
(b) be in the green sea
(c) All of the above
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c) All of the above
18. What does Amanda wish to do in the sea ?
(a) move slowly
(b) watch soft-moving waves
(c) catch the fishes
(d) None of the Above
Ans: (a) move slowly
19. Name the literary device used in the line "freedom is sweet"
(a) Metaphor
(b) Anaphora
(c) Alliteration
(d) Enjambment
Ans: (a) Metaphor
