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MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

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TOPIC: MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD

CLASS: XII, ENGLISH CORE

VERY VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

Short Questions (30-40 Words)


Q 1: At the dining table why did Zitkala-Sa begin to cry when others started
eating?

Q 2: According to Zitkala-Sa what does ‘eating by formula’ mean?

Q 3: How did Zitkala-Sa’s first day in the land of apples begin?

Q 4: Why did Bama reach home late after school?

Q 5: Why was Zitkala-Sa in tears on the first day in the land of apples?

Q 6: What comic incident did Bama narrate to her brother? Why was he not
amused?

Q 7: Which words of her brother made a deep impression on Bama?

Q 8: What is common between Zitkala-Sa and Bama?

Q 9: Why did Zitkala-Sa resist the shingling of her hair?

Q 10: What sort of shows or entertainment attracted Bama?

Q 11: What were the articles in the stalls and shops that fascinated Bama on
her way back from school?

Q 12: How could Bama rise above the indignities?

Q 13: How long would it take Bama to walk home from her school?

Q 14: What did Zitkala-Sa feel when her long hair was cut?

Q 15: What was the advice that Annan give to Bama? Did she follow it?
Q 16: “I felt like sinking to the floor,” says Zitkala-Sa. When did she feel so and
why?

Q 17: What did Judewin tell Zitkala-Sa? How did she react to it?

Q 18: Why did the landlord’s man ask Bama’s brother in which street he lived?
What was the significance?

Q 19: Why was Zitkala-Sa terrified when Judewin told her that her hair would
be cut short?

Q 20: When did Bama first come to know of the social discrimination faced by
the people of her community?

Q 21: How did Zitkala-Sa try to prevent the shingling of her hair?

Q 22: Describe the experience Bama had on her way back home which made
her feel sad.

Long Questions (120 – 150 Words)


Q 1: What were Zitkala-Sa’s experiences on her first day in the land of apples?

Q 2: How did the scene she saw in the marketplace change Bama’s life?

Q 3: What activities did Bama witness on her way back from school?

Q 4: Describe how Zitkala-Sa tried in vain to save her hair from being cut.
Why did she want to save her hair?

Q 5: What are the similarities in the lives of Bama and Zitkala-Sa though they
belong to different cultures?

Q 6: What oppression and discrimination did Zitkala-Sa and Bama experience


during their childhood? How did they respond to their respective situations?

Value Based Questions


Q 1: In India, the so-called lower castes have been treated cruelly for a long
time. Who advised Bama to fight against this prejudice, when and how?

Q 2: Untouchability is not only a crime; it is inhuman too. Why and how did
Bama decide to fight against it?

Q 3: The two accounts that you read in the story are based in two distant
cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?

Q 4: It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of
rebellion are sowed very early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form
cannot escape being noticed even by children?

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