Question

Read the following extract and answer the questions:

“All night the roots work To disengage themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor. The leaves strain towards the glass small twigs stiff with exertion  long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof like newly discharged patients half dazed, moving to the clinic doors (Trees)

1. What do the roots work upon all night? 1
2. Each part of the trees works to get itself free. Describe their struggle. (answer in about 40 words) 2
3. Fill the blank with one word. 1
   The long branches are compared to ______.
4. The phrase ‘half-dazed’ is used for the branches as they adjust from being indoors to being in the open. It highlights the branches’: 1
   1. disorientation and fragility
   2. experience and privilege
   3. hurt and injury
   4. barrenness and pain

Answer 1

1. The roots work to disengage themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor.
2. All night the roots pry themselves from the veranda’s cracks, leaves strain against the glass, twigs go stiff with exertion, and long-cramped boughs shuffle under the roof like newly discharged patients, half-dazed as they move toward the open night.
3. The long branches are compared to patients.
4. disorientation and fragility.