GITARATTAN JINDAL PUBLIC SCHOOLROHINI DELHI-110085CLASS : XII SUBJECT : ENGLISHASSIGNMENT – 2LESSON – 1THE LOST SPRING: STORIES OF STOLEN CHILDHOODAnswer the following questions in about 30-40 words:-a) What explanation does Anees Jung offer for the children not wearing footwear?b) How is Saheb’s name a total contrast to his very existence?c) What does the author describe the children of slums as partners in survival?d) “I go inside when no one is around.” Where does Saheb go? Why? Why does he go thereonly when on one is around?e) To be born in the caste of bangle makers has become both a destiny and a curse. Discussbriefly.f) Anees Jung speaks about the coexistence of two diverse, distinct worlds with respect tothe bangle makers. What are they?g) The family occupation of bangle making and poverty is the accepted order in Firozabad.Comment with respect to Mukesh’s grandmother.h) What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?i) Do you think the ‘fenced gate’ has a metaphor attached to it?j) There is something ironical about the old woman wearing bangles? what is it?Answer the following question in 150 words:-

‘Together they have imposed the baggage on the child…’ Elucidate.

GITARATTAN JINDAL PUBLIC SCHOOLROHINI DELHI-110085CLASS : XII SUBJECT : ENGLISHBOOK: FLAMINGOASSIGNMENT – 1THE LAST LESSONA. Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words: (9x2=18 marks)Q1. How did Saheb react to the idea of going to school?Q2. Bring out the irony in Saheb's name?Q3. Why does the writer feel that it is not tradition but poverty that children do not wear shoes?Q4. Why does the writer feel that the child in Udipi was more fortunate than others?Q5. Why had people from Bangladesh left their own fields and come to settle in the slums in

Seemapuri?Q6. What does the garbage mean to the slum dwellers? What does it mean to the children?Q7. Saheb unlike the other children of his age , is resigned to his fate and does not covet for what hethinks is beyond his means. Justify.Q8. How is Mukesh different from Saheb?Q9. Describe the miserable plight of the people working at the glass furnace?B. Answer the following questions in about 150 words: ( 10 marks each)Q1. Describe the miserable condition of the people at Seemapuri.Q2. Seemapuri is a place near to the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it. Explain this statement incontext of the chapter " The Last Lesson"?Q3. Describe the poverty of living conditions of

the people in Firozabad as described by the writer.

GITARATTAN JINDAL PUBLIC SCHOOLROHINI DELHI-110085SUBJECT : ENGISHASSIGNMENT – 3BOOK FLAMINGO – DEEP WATERCLASS : XII MM : 30Answer the following questions in 30-40 words: - (2*7=14 MARKS)a) What did the writer notice when he was sitting alone on the side of Y.M.C.A. pool?b) What did the eighteen year old boy do to the writer and why?c) What did the writer remember when he came to himself after the misadventure at the pool?d) What did the writer finally do to get over his fear of water?e) When did the writer join the Y.M.C.A. pool and why?f) What special method did the instructor used to teach the writer to swim?g) What is the misadventure writer is talking about?Answer the following question in about 150-200 words: - (8*2=16 MARKS)a) Narrate briefly the writer emotions and fears when he was thrown into the pool. What plans did he maketo come to the surface?b) How did the instructor build a swimmer out of

the Douglar?