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    1) The passage is about a family that embarked on a round-the-world voyage by boat. They anchored offshore of an island where all 28 inhabitants welcomed them ashore. 2) During a storm, a large wave hit their boat causing it to rise up the face of the wave. The narrator thought they might ride over the top of the wave for a moment. 3) The narrator and his daughter suffered injuries when the waves tossed them about, but the children's presence and behavior during the crisis influenced the narrator positively.

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    1) The passage is about a family that embarked on a round-the-world voyage by boat. They anchored offshore of an island where all 28 inhabitants welcomed them ashore. 2) During a storm, a large wave hit their boat causing it to rise up the face of the wave. The narrator thought they might ride over the top of the wave for a moment. 3) The narrator and his daughter suffered injuries when the waves tossed them about, but the children's presence and behavior during the crisis influenced the narrator positively.

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    1) The passage is about a family that embarked on a round-the-world voyage by boat. They anchored offshore of an island where all 28 inhabitants welcomed them ashore. 2) During a storm, a large wave hit their boat causing it to rise up the face of the wave. The narrator thought they might ride over the top of the wave for a moment. 3) The narrator and his daughter suffered injuries when the waves tossed them about, but the children's presence and behavior during the crisis influenced the narrator positively.

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    DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BANGALORE NORTH

    ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT- CLASS XI


    “ We’re Not Afraid to Die if We Can All Be Together”

    I Read the extract and answer the questions 

    I] We anchored offshore for the night, and the next morning all 28 inhabitants of the island
    cheered us as they helped us ashore.

    a. Who does ‘we’ refer to?


    a. Which island did they reach?
    b. How did the island look like?
    c. What were the thoughts running in the narrator’s mind when he felt land under his
    feet? 

    II ] The roar increased to a thunder as the stern moved up the face of the wave, and for a
    moment I thought we might ride over it.

    a. What happened immediately after the given lines?


    a. Describe the narrator’s condition at this point.
    b. How did Mary help her husband to enable him to make repairs?
    c. Justify the name given to the boat.

    II Answer the following questions in about 30 to 40 words: 

    a. What preparations were made by the narrator before their round the world voyage?
    a. What preparations did the narrator make to face the stormy sea on January 2 ? nd

    b. How did the children’s presence and behaviour during the crisis influence the
    narrator?

    d. What injuries did the narrator and his daughter suffer when the sea waves tossed
    them about?

    III Answer the following questions in about 150 words each 

    a) Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the
    text.
    b) What impression do you form of the narrator on the basis of reading ‘We’re Not Afraid to
    Die If We All Can be Together’?

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