Does Mandela think the oppressor is free | Class 10 English - First Flight Chapter Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom NCERT Solutions

What made Mr Keesing allow Anne to talk in class?

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

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.

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?

What ideals does Nelson Mandela set for the future of South Africa?

Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable? How?

Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher?

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?

What does courage mean to Mandela?

What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?

Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?

Have you ever planned something entirely on your own, without taking grown- ups into your confidence? What did you plan, and how? Did you carry out your plan?

“I’ll take the risk”. What is the risk? Why does the narrator take it?

Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourselves and give reasons for your answer.

Who read the letter?

How did Mandela’s ‘hunger for freedom’ change his life?

At the beginning of his speech, Mandela mentions “an extraordinary human disaster”. What does he mean by this? What is the “glorious human achievement” he speaks of at the end?

What does Mandela thank the international leaders for ?

What does Mandela mean when he says he is “simply the sum of all those African patriots”, who had gone before him ?