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ishLi
ter
atur
e
Cl
ass:11
Sessi
on:2020-
2021

Chapt
er:We’
reNotAf
rai
dtoDi
e…i
fWeCanAl
lBeToget
her

Shor
tQuest
ionsandAnswer
s

Quest i
on1.Wher edi dthenarratorwanttogo?Why ?
Answer .Thenar r
atorandhi sfamilyl
ovedadventur
es.Thenarratorwant edt o
duplicatethe‘r
ound-the-worl
d’voyagemadebyt hefamousexpl orerCapt ai
n
JamesCook200y ear sago.So,hesetsailinWavewalker,
aboatspeci all
y
designedandmadef orthepurpose.Perhapsthedangersandadv entureinvolved
i
nt hev oyageandt heirdesi
retoaccompl i
shsomethinguniquebeckonedt hem to
under t
aket hej
ourney .
Question2.Whydi dtheytakeont wocrewmenwi t
hthem atCapeTown?
Answer .Befor
eheadingEastf r
om CapeTown,theytookont wocrewmenwho
wereexper i
encedseamen.Theywer eLarryVi
gil
,anAmer icanandHerbSeigl
er,a
Swiss.Thenar r
atort
ookthisstepbecauseheknewt hattheywouldrequi
rehelp
tot
ackl eoneofthewor l
d’sroughestseas–thesouther
nI ndi
anOcean.
Questi
on3.Howwast heweatheronthemor ningof2ndJanuary?
Answer.OnNewYear ’sDay
, t
heweathersawnoi mprovementandwasbad.On
2ndJanuar
y,itgotevenworse.Thewav esweregiganti
c.Theyweresai
li
ngwith
onl
yasmal l
stormjibbutst
illwer
egoingpr et
tyfast
.Ast heshi
prosetothet
op
ofeachwavetheycouldseetheendless,enormoussear ol
li
ngtowar
dsthem.
Thewindseemedt obehowling.

Questi
on4.Whatwast heresul
toft
he‘tr
emendousexplosion’
?
Answer.Thegigant
icwav ehitt
heboatandat r
emendousexplosi
onshookt
he
deck.Ator
rentofgreenandwhi t
ewaterbrokeovert
heship.
Thenarr
ator
’sheadsmashedagainstt
hewheel andhewasfl
ungov
erboar
d.He
wasalmostdeadandthewholeshipwasreducedtoawreck.

Other
swereal
sohur
tinthepr
ocess.Thent
hef
rant
icef
for
tst
osav
etheboat
andever
ybody
’sl
i
febegan.
Quest
ion5.WhatareMay daycall
s?Whywastheshipgetti
ngnorepl
iest
oi t
s
Maydaycal
ls?
Answer.Maydaycal
lsar
edi st
resssi
gnal
ssentthr
oughtheradi
obyshipsfacing
tr
oubl
einthesea.Theyar
emadet ogethel
pfr
om othershi
pspassi
ngnearby.

TheboatWavewal
kerwasnotget
ti
ngrepli
est
oitsMaydaycal
l
sbecauset
he
boathadr
eachedaremot
epartoftheseawher
eothershi
psdi
dnotgo.
Questi
on6.Whathappenedont hemor ningof3rdJanuary?
Answer.Byt hemor ningof3r dJanuar y
, t
heyhadmanagedt opumpoutt hewat er
outoftheboatt oar easonablelev el
andt hesit
uati
onwasundercont rolbut,they
suspectedahugel eaksomewher eandf oundthatnearl
yalltheboat’smainr ib
fr
ameswer edamageddownt oi tsbott
om.Thenar ratorknewt hatWav ewalker
wil
lnotbeabl etohol dtogetherlongenought oreachAust r
alia.Sothenarrator
madesomecal cul
at i
onsandf oundt wosmal l
isl
andsaf ewhundr edkilomet r
es
totheEast.Theyhopedt oreachoneoft hem.
Question7.Just if
yt hetitl
eoft hestor
y:“We’r
eNotAf raidt oDie…”
Answer .“We’reNotAf r
aidt oDi e…ifWeCanAl lBeToget her”isthest oryofrar
e
courageandper severancet hatwasshownbyt henar rator,hi
scr ewmen, hiswife
andchi l
dren.Everybodyconf rontedthedisast
erwi thpat ience,courageand
determinati
on.Ev ent hechi l
drenshowedcour age.Theydi dnotgi veuphope
eventil
l t
helastmoment .Thenar r
atormadeall possibleat t
empt st osavetheir
l
ives.Likehisfather,Jonr eact edverybravel
ythattheywer enotaf r
aidtodie,but
i
twoul dbebet teriftheydi edt ogether
.Hence,thet i
tl
ei saptandl ogical
ly
j
ustif
ied.
Quest i
on8.Whydi dJonathancallthenar
rat
or,thebestdaddyandbestcaptain
i
nt hewor l
d?
Answer .Jonathancall
edthenar rat
orthebestdaddyandt hebestcaptai
ninthe
wor l
dbecauset heyhadreachedt heisl
andli
eAmst er
dam.Hissonwas
expressinghisrel
iefandgrati
tudetowardshisfatherduetothenarrat
or’
s
devotiontosav ethem al
lfrom deathaswellashisseafar
ingski
ll
s.Hewast he
“bestdaddy”becausehi
sdevoti
ont ot
hem hel
pedthem survi
vethestor
m wi
th
hiseffort
stokeeptheboataf
loat.Hewasthe“bestcaptai
n”becausehehad
correctl
yenabl
edthem t
osteertothei
slandsothattheysurv
ived.
Quest i
on9.Descr i
beli
eAmst er
dam.Howdi ditsi
nhabitantsbehavewitht
he
newcomer s?
Answer .l
ieAmst er
dam wasaFr enchscienti
fi
cbase.Itwas‘ ableakpi
eceof
volcani
crock’.I
thadlit
tl
ev eget
ati
onbutst i
l
litappearedtobe‘ t
hemostbeautif
ul
i
slandint heworld’
.Theboatanchoredoffshoreforthenight.Thenextmorni
ng
all28inhabit
antsoftheisl
andcheeredthem andhelpedt hem ashore.