Chapter – 2
We’re Not Afraid to Die… If We Can All Be Together
In this post, we have given the Important Questions of the chapter 2 “We’re Not Afraid to Die… If We Can All Be Together”. It is the 2nd chapter of the prose of Class 11th English.
| Board | CBSE Board, UP Board, JAC Board, HBSE Board, UBSE Board, PSEB Board, RBSE Board |
| Textbook | NCERT |
| Class | Class 11 |
| Subject | English Hornbill |
| Chapter no. | Chapter 2 |
| Chapter Name | We’re Not Afraid to Die… If We Can All Be Together |
| Category | Class 11 English Important Questions |
| Medium | English |
Short Answer Type
Q.1. What preparations were made by the narrator before their round the world Voyage?
Ans. The writer wanted to go around the world voyage as captain James Cook had done about 200 years earlier. For about 16 years, both he and his wife used to spend all their free time in improving their sailing skills on the British sea. They made a 23 m long boat wave walker, with great skill. They tested it in the roughest weather.
Finally, the started their Voyage in July 1976.
Q.2. How did the first leg of the journey pass? What happened to them immediately after they left?
Ans. The first leg of the journey was from Plymouth (England) to Cape Town (Southernmost trip of Africa). It was a journey of 1,05,000 kilometres. It passed quite pleasantly. But after leaving Cape Town, they had to face strong galer.
Q.3. How does the author describe Wave walker?
Ans. Wave walker was the name given to the narrator’s boat. It was professionally built. It was a 23-metre long, wooden-hulled 30-ton boat. The narrator spent months fitting it out and testing it in the roughest weather.
Q.4. What did the travellers find at dawn on 2 January and what preparation did the make?
Ans. On this dawn, the waves were gigantic. The ship rose to the top of each wave that came their way. There was fear of shipwreck. So they made all possible preparations to save the ship and themselves as follows :
- They dropped the storm jib to slow down ship.
- They secured everything rightly.
- The attached lifelines to the life-rafts.
- They put on their oilskins and life-jackets.
Q.5. “We are not afraid to die.” Who speaks the words and when?
Ans. The narrator’ Son Janathan, 6 years old, made this remark when his father went in to comfort the children. “But Daddy,” he went on, “We are n’t afraid of dying if we can all be together- you and mummy, She and I”.
Q.6. How did she make her father laugh when the situation was almost hopeless?
Ans. The situation was hopeless and the parents were still tense. She made a card and drew their caricatures, laugh. The card also thanked them and gave a message of hope.
Long Answer Type Question
Q.7. What did you notice about the difference between the way in which the adults and the children reacted when faced with danger?
Ans. Both the adults and the children stand together when faced with danger. There is not much difference in the way they react. The only difference is that children can’t fight the sea like adults. But they don’t panic at all. They don’t add difficulties of the elders. They show rare courage, as Jon Says to his father, “We are not afraid of
dying if we can all be together”. It adds to the father’s determination to fight the sea. Mary, Larry and Herb — all play their role heroically.
Q.8. How does story suggest that optimism helps to ‘endure the direct stress?
Ans. One who is optimistic has no fear of failures. Nothing is too difficult or impossible for him. He goes on and on with the hope that he will succeed Gordon Cook’s story conveys the same idea. It was only his courage and optimism that did n’t let him give up. He kept fighting the storm with courage he never gave up hope of success. Any other person would have given up in despair and died on the sea. Thus the story proves that optimism helps to endure the direst stress.
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