Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 6 Previous Year Questions - Amanda!

Ans: The poet contrasts the narrator’s strict instructions with Amanda’s dreamy escapism, highlighting her desire for freedom against imposed discipline.

Ans: (B) instructive
​Repeating “Amanda!” in commands like “Don’t bite your nails” conveys a directive, controlling tone. The tone aims to correct Amanda’s behavior, focusing on discipline.

Ans: The “emerald sea” and “mermaid” imagery depicts freedom and bliss, contrasting with Amanda’s restricted actions like nail-biting and slouching.

Ans: Amanda’s mother appears strict and controlling. Repeated instructions like “Don’t bite your nails” suggest authority.  Commands to correct posture and behavior indicate a controlling nature.

Ans: The second verse is in brackets to indicate Amanda’s inner thoughts. It distinguishes her imaginative escape from the narrator’s commands. Brackets emphasize the shift to her private, rebellious thoughts

Ans: (C)
Amanda imagines herself as a “mermaid, drifting blissfully” in a sea, symbolizing freedom. It captures her desire for effortless freedom, like a mermaid.

Ans: Amanda’s desire to be the “sole inhabitant” reflects her longing for solitude and freedom from her mother’s control. Being the “sole inhabitant” suggests a desire for independence. The sea represents freedom from her mother’s constant instructions.

Ans: Amanda sulked and became moody because of her mother’s constant nagging and restrictions.

Ans: Amanda yearns for freedom and solitude. She is imaginative, rebellious, and desires escape from restrictions. Amanda’s fantasies (mermaid, Rapunzel) show her longing to escape control. Imagining herself as the “sole inhabitant” reflects a need for independence. Her vivid daydreams indicate a creative mind. Her sulking and fantasies suggest resistance to authority.

Ans: (B) 2 and 3

• ​The exclamation “Stop that sulking at once” conveys forcefulness.
• The command reflects the speaker’s controlling authority over Amanda.
• Incorrect Options: (1) Uncertain lacks decisiveness; (4) Meek contradicts the commanding tone; (5) Moody is Amanda’s trait, not the speaker’s.
• The tone aligns with the mother’s disciplinary approach.

Ans: The central idea of the poem seems to revolve around the tension between the demands and expectations placed upon "Amanda" in her everyday life and her inner world of imagination and freedom. The repeated instructions of her mother highlight the mundane concerns and pressures that Amanda faces.

Ans: (c) authoritative
In the line "Will you please look at me when I'm speaking to you, Amanda!", the mother’s tone suggests that she is giving instructions with an expectation of obedience. This reflects an authoritative attitude, as she wants Amanda to pay attention to her and follow her directives.

Ans: One poetic device identified in the above extract is Repetition. In the given extract, the word ‘Amanda’ has been written thrice.

Ans: Amanda being frustrated from her mother’s continuous scoldings, imagines herself as a rapunzel who lives in a tower. There she will not be disturbed by anyone and will lead a life full of peace.

Ans: (c) 
The speaker, Amanda’s mother, uses an instructive tone to give Amanda directions on what to do and what not to do.

Ans: tranquil
The word "tranquil" means calm or peaceful, which completes the analogy with "peace."

Ans: True
Amanda does indeed desire privacy and solitude, as shown by her fantasy of living like Rapunzel in a tower. However, the statement here is likely about her mother’s continuous interruptions, so it could be misunderstood as true based on interpretation.

Ans: (b)
Amanda’s mother is constantly scolding or reprimanding her, giving her instructions on how to behave.

Ans: (c)
The word "bright" is the opposite of "dull," as it suggests something vibrant or shining.

Ans: In the two lines of the poem given, Amanda’s mother’s voice is more like an order rather than an instruction. This shows that she is a nagging mother who constantly nags and instructs Amanda for something or the other. Amanda is just a small child who will obviously do things differently. But at the same time, her mother’s restricting and authoritative voice seems to loom over her desire to be free and have her own space to learn/grow. 

Ans: The poem ‘Amanda’ is about a girl being told what to do or not do. Being blamed for a number of things. Amanda had to listen to her mother’s instructions. Two things she was blamed for were that she shouldn’t bite her nails and eat chocolates. 

Ans: it may affect her face.

Ans: full of annoyance.

Ans: In a tower.

Ans: Rapunzel lived away from her parents/guardian.

Ans: Chaos.

Ans: 
HINTS:

• It is justified as Rapunzel lived with a witch wh would constantly keep a check on her and had seven rules to be followed.
• Amanda too, feels caged by the impositions.
• Amanda desires peace in isolation like Rapunzel ha in her tower; clarifying she will not let her hair dow for anyone.