Poem What Has Happened to Lulu?

: Sample Questions +
Answers
 -Where is the setting of the poem?

 -Who is asking what has happened to Lulu?

 -In stanza 6, how does the persona’s mother feel?

 -Lulu has left the house. Give two reasons why do you think
Lulu decided to do so.

 From stanza 4,
“I woke to voices late last night”
Whose voices the persona may have heard that woke him
up?

 -What can you infer from the line “I heard an engine roar”?

 -In stanza 5, what does the phrase “gust of rain” being

compared to?

 -What is the persona’s mother doing in stanza 6 and why do

you think she reacts that way? Give a reason for your answer.

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 -In stanza 1, what can be seen on Lulu’s bed?

 -In stanza 3, why do you think the persona’s mother crumples
the note?

 -I woke up to voices late last night’

 -In your opinion, why do you think teenagers run away? Give
two reasons.

 -In stanza 2,
-(i) What does the line “the curtain flapping free”
indicates?

-(ii) What did Lulu take with her?

 -In stanza 3, why do you think the mother says “It is nothing at
all?”

 -In your opinion, what do you think had happened to Lulu?

 -Who is the persona?

 -Which line in stanza 3, suggest the mother is crying?

 -Why was the mother crying?

 -The number of teenagers running away from home is on the

rise. What could be the factors that contribute to this?