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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?

Can you say how 10th May is an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa?

How did Valli plan her bus ride? What did she find out about the bus, and how did she save up the fare?

Why were two national anthems sung?

What was Valli’s deepest desire? Find the words and phrases in the story that tell you this.

Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?

Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?

Find the lines in the text which tell you that Valli was enjoying her ride on the bus.

Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind”?

What do you think Valli was planning to do?

Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?