1. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?

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2. Why are the young trees described as 'sprinting'?
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3. How does the poet describe her mother?
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4. Why did the poet look outside the car and with what result?
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5. What does the poet mean by 'all I did was smile and smile and smile.................'?
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6. What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?
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7. What does the poet do after the security check up?

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8. What is the main theme of the poem?
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9. Find out the word from the extract which means 'be half asleep'.
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