What does Miss Mason think of Wanda’s drawings? What do the children think of them? How do you know?
Miss Mason is very impressed with Wanda’s drawings. She considers those drawings really beautiful and worthy of winning individually. Children are also impressed by the drawing skills of her, they all applaud and whistle for her when she wins among all the girls.
What made Mr Keesing allow Anne to talk in class?
Chubukov says of Natalya: “... as if she won’t consent! She’s in love; egad, she’s like a lovesick cat...” Would you agree? Find reasons for your answer.
Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
greedy naive stupid ungrateful
selfish comical unquestioning
Why didn’t Valli want to make friends with the elderly woman?
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable? How?
What ideals does Nelson Mandela set for the future of South Africa?
How does Mandela describe the systems of government in his country
(i) in the first decade, and
(ii) in the final decade of the twentieth century?
Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher?
Why do you think Kisa Gotami understood this only the second time? In what way did the Buddha change her understanding?
Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl?
What did Lencho hope for?
What “twin obligations” does Mandela mention?
What did Valli find out about the bus journey? How did she find out these details?
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
In what way was Wanda different from the other children?
Where does Wanda live? What kind of a place do you think it is?
What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?
What do you think Valli was planning to do?