Question 32

SECTION D (10 marks)

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
a) At what time of the day did they return home?

IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP

BY: LATIFF MOHIDIN

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At dawn they returned home

their soaky clothes torn
and approached the stove
their limbs marked by scratches
their legs full of wounds
but on their brows
there was not a sign of despair

b) What has happened to their clothes?

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c) What do they saw in the water?

The whole day and night just passed

they had to brave the horrendous flood
in the water all the time
between bloated carcasses
and tiny chips of tree barks
desperately looking for their sons
albino buffalo that was never found

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d) What are they looking for?
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They were born amidst hardship

and grew up without a sigh or a complaint
now they are in the kitchen, making
jokes while rolling their cigarette leaves

e) Which line tells you that they are used to this

hardship and do not consider it a problem?

Question 33

HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES

BY: BIBSY SOENHARJO

Stanza 1
a) What kind of eyes does the man have?
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b) Which line suggests that the woman was unaware of the

man?
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c) How could she be wise?

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d) Who should she not compromise with?

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e) Name one lesson that you have learned from this poem.
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