Amanda!

Question 1

What does Amanda’s Mother ask her in Stanza 1?

Answer 1

1. Not to bite her Nails
2. Not to hunch her Shoulders
3. To stop slouching and to sit up straight.

Question 2

How is the sea according to Amanda?

Answer 2

The languid, emerald sea

Question 3

Who is the sole inhabitant in the emerald sea?

Answer 3

Amanda

Question 4

With whom does Amanda compare herself in Stanza 2?

Answer 4

A Mermaid, drifting blissfully

Question 5

What does Amanda’s Mother ask her in Stanza 3?

Answer 5

1. If she finished her homework
2. If she tidied her room
3. If she cleaned her shoes

Question 6

With whom does Amanda compare herself in Stanza 4?

Answer 6

An Orphan

Question 7

What does Amanda do as an orphan?

Answer 7

1. Roam the street

2. Pattern the soft dust with her hushed, bare feet

Question 8

What does she say about silence and freedom?

Answer 8

Silence is golden and Freedom is sweet

Question 9

What does Amanda’s Mother ask her in Stanza 5?

Answer 9

1. Not to eat the chocolate
2. To remeber her acne
3. To look at her when she is speaking

Question 10

With who does Amanda compare herself in Stanza 3?

Answer 10

Rapunzel

Question 11

What does Amanda do as an Rapunzel?

Answer 11

1. She will have nothing to care

2. She will never let down her bright hair

Question 12

How is the life in the tower?

Answer 12

Tranquil and rare

Question 13

What does Amanda’s Mother ask her in Stanza 7?

Answer 13

1. Stop that sulking at once
2. She is always so moody
3. Others would think that she had nagged her