In the midst of hardship:

1. Which phrase in stanza 1 shows that the people are injured? (1 mark)
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2. Give the meaning of the following words:
(i) soaky (1 mark)_____________________________
(ii) limbs (1 mark)____________________________
3. Do you admire the actions of the people? Give a reason for your answer. (2 marks)
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4.When did the family go back home?_______________________________________
5.Why do you think some family members approached the stove?_______________________________________
6. The word horrendous means_________________________________________
7. In your opinion, how should people react to difficult times? (2 marks)
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8.Which lines indicate the suffering that the people endure while out in the rain?
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9. In your opinion, why did the boy love the albino buffalo so much? (2 marks)
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10.What is the occupation of the people in the picture?_____________________________________________
11.Provide some examples of the hardship that they face?___________________________________________
12.Do you think they are contented with their lives? Why?___________________________________________

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13. Do you admire the actions of the people? Give a reason for your answer. (2 marks)
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14.Despite the conditions of the people in the above poem, did they give up? Which line tells you this?
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15.What do you understand by but on their brows, there was not a sign of despair?
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16.Why do you think the people are desperately looking for the lost animal?
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17.Which expression suggests that the animals did not survive? ______________________________________
18.If you were born in family which has to face hardship, how do you feel? What would you do to make
your life better?
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Quotation from the poem Which line means
1. not feeling gloomy?

2. had to put up with the dreadful flood?

3. born in suffering?
4. accepted their life without complaining?