List of top English Questions on We're not afraid to Die if we can all be together

What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face-to-face with death?
Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?
How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?
What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?
We have come across words like ‘gale’ and ‘storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for ‘storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for ‘storm’?
Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.
Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.
Here are the terms for different kinds of vessels: yacht, boat, canoe, ship, steamer, schooner. Think of similar terms in your language.
‘Catamaran’ is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.
Have you heard any boatmen’s songs? What kind of emotions do these songs usually express?
The following words used in the text as ship terminology are also commonly used in another sense. In what contexts would you use the other meaning?
knot     stern     boom     hatch     anchor
The following three compound words end in -ship. What does each of them mean?
airship     flagship     lightship
The following are the meanings listed in the dictionary against the phrase ‘take on’. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account:
take on sth:to begin to have a particular quality or appearance;
to assume sth
take sb on:to employ sb;
to engage sb to accept sb as one’s opponent in a game, contest or conflict
take sb/sth on:to decide to do sth;
to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship;
to take sth/sb on board