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1.What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?Ans.
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....................2.Why are the young trees described as
'sprinting'?
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3.How does the poet describe her mother?Ans.
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....................4.Why did the poet look outside the car and
with what result?
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....................5.What does the poet mean by 'all I did was
smile and smile and smile.................'?
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....................6.What do the parting words of the poet and
her smile signify?
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7.What does the poet do after the security check up?Ans.
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....................8.What is the main theme of the poem?
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....................9.Find out the word from the extract which
means 'be half asleep'.
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