SET QUESTIONS

Name : ______________________
Class: _______________________
Answer all the questions below.
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP by Latiff Mohidin
SET 1
1. Which phrase in stanza 1 shows that the people are injured?
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2. When did the family go back home?
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3. Why do you think they approached the stove?
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4. How long did they were in the flood?
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5. Which line shows that the people endure while out in the rain?
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SET 2
Give the meaning of the following words:
1. Soaky
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2. Limbs
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3. Horrendous
:
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4. Despair :
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5. Hardship
:
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SET 3
In your opinion,
1. Why the people walk in the flood?
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2. How should we react to difficult time?
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3. Why the boy love the albino buffalo so much?
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4. Why their limbs marked by scratches?
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5. Will you be like them? Live without complain or sigh? Why?
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HE HAD SUCH QUITE EYES by Bibsy Soenharjo

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1. What did the girl think of the mans eyes?
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2. What were the eyes asking of the girl?
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3. What do you think the man said to convince the girl to accept him?
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4. What does the girl regret not doing?
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5. What do pleasure seeking guys normally do to nave girls?
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SET 2
Match correct symbolism with its meaning
Symbolism

Meaning

1.quiet eyes

a)a state of bliss

2.pools of lies

b)losing at a game of chance

3.thinnest eyes

c)areas of deceit

4.eyes breathing desolate sighs d)a difficult situation where solutions are not easily found
5.paradise

e)eyes that pour out sadness

6.the hows and whys

f)a thin veil that is easy to see through

7.losing at dice

g)eyes that do not show much emotions

SET 3
1. two pools of lies in stanza 1 refers to
a)
two people telling lies

b)

a pair of eyes that are full of lies

2. eyes that were breathing desolate sighs means

a)
eyes that reflect sadness
b)
eyes that only see sadness
3. to render him paradise is the same as
a)
to show him heaven.

b)

to grant him a state of bliss

4. The word quiet in the phrases he had such quiet eyes in stanza 1 means
a)
sad
b)
calm
5. The hows and whys refer to
a)
the questions we usually ask

b)

the difficult question-to-solve problems of

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