CBSE Class 10 English HOTs The Ultimate Safari

Q1. You are the guide taking the refugees across the Kruger Park. You are filled with fear and apprehension. Make a diary entry expressing your feeling after successfully reaching the camp.

Q2. As the narrator of the Ultimate Safari write a paragraph on the life in the war torn Mozambique.

Q3.”I want them to learn so that they can get good jobs and money.”What idea do you form about grand mother’s mind in relation to life and country?

Q4.Why does Nadine Gordimer call her narrative “The Ultimate Safari?”

Q5.”We were in the war too, but we were children.”Do you think the children were fighting in the war? What does the writer mean by this statement?

Q6. Imagine that you are the little girl in “The Ultimate Safari. Make a diary entry on how your grandmother was different from other refugees. (150-175Words)

Q7.Imagine you are a nurse doing your job for the refugee camp in “The Ultimate Safari.”Now describe what facilities were provided to the refugees and what impressed you about the narrator’s qualities of mind and heart in not more than 150-175 words.

Q8.Imagine you are the man who led the group through Kruger Park. You are highly impressed by the struggling nature and strong determination of the grandmother. Write your feelings about the grand mother in a diary form

Q9.Grandmother wrote a page in her diary. After the interview she gave vent to her pent up feelings .Make a diary entry for grandmother.

Q10.Imagine you are the grandfather in ‘The Ultimate Safari’ .You have survived the ordeal and are safe in one of those white men’s camp. Write a letter to grandmother about your wellbeing.

Q11.You are the narrator of ‘The Ultimate Safari’. Write a diary entry about your resolve to go back to Mozambique.

Q12.Imagine that the little girl, the narrator of ‘The Ultimate Safari’ is now a grown up woman. You are that woman’ enjoying a high status in the society. Life.You have immense gratitude towards your grandmother for making you what you are today. Write an article for a magazine expressing the ordeal of your life and your grandmother, s role in your success.

Q13.Imagine you are the narrator’s first born brother in ‘The Ultimate Safari’ .You grew up and entered a good profession. Thanks to your grandmother’s ceaseless struggles. Write a letter to your grandmother and your sister appreciating the roles they played in your life.

THE ULTIMATE SAFARI

1. War and terrorism play havoc in the lives of innocent people. Comment.

2. “We were in war, too, but we were children”. Comment upon the impact of war on the lives and minds of children.

3. Grandmother was an epitome of strength and sacrifice. Elucidate.

4. Narrator and her family were victims of the civil war going on in the country.

5. Grandmother never wanted to go back to her home. Elucidate the effect of war on her mind and soul, which marked her for life.

6.An individual’s response to circumstances gives us an insight into his or her character. Comment upon the responses of the grandfather and the grandmother to the tragedy that had befallen them.