English CBSE Class 11 NCERT Hornbill Chapter 2 We’re Not Afraid to Die Free Solution of Extra Questions and Answers – Extract Based Questions Short Answer Questions Long Answer Questions and Value Based Questions

Answer: Sue did not want to bother her father with her injuries. She made a card to change the pensive mood. Jonathan told his dad that they were not afraid to die because they all were together.

Kids thus motivated their parents.

Answer: Mayday call means the distress call issued by a ship in the situation of an emergency.

Probably there was no other ship in the vicinity of Wavewalker. Or signals were not propagating due to bad weather.

Hence there was no response to the distress calls.

Answer: Their ship had been damaged in a storm. They had managed to keep it afloat with lot of difficulty.

Sight of the island ensured their survival. Hence the island was called the most beautiful island in the world.

Answer: The ship was tilted almost in a horizontal position but the next wave lifted it to its upright position. Its deck was smashed. Starboard side had bulged inwards and many gaping holes had developed. Some of the pumps were also damaged.

Answer: Her head had swollen alarmingly. She had a deep cut on her arm.

She did not show her injuries at the first instance. She did not want to bother her parents while they were trying to save everybody.

Answer: Wavewalker was name of the ship used by narrator for the voyage.

It was 23 m long and its weight was 30 ton. Its body was made of wood. It was constructed by professional ship builders.

Answer: The storm jib was removed. A heavy mooring rope was tied around the stern. Everything in the ship was double-lashed, everybody practised the life-raft drill, attached lifelines, wore oilskins and life jackets.

Answer: On front of the card she had made caricature of her parents. She wrote that these are some funny people. Did they make you laugh? Inside the card she wrote that she loved both of them. This card was to say thanks to her parents and to hope for the best.

Answer: The narrator knew that the southern Indian Ocean beyond Cape Town often witnesses rough weather. So he hired two experienced crewmen to tackle one of the roughest seas the world.

Answer: In the afternoon of 4^th Jan a second storm struck the ship. By the morning of 5^th Jan their condition had again become desperate. That evening narrator felt that their end was very near.

Answer: Jonathan told that he wanted to give a hug to his father because he was the best father in the world. But the narrator denied the description.

Sue then told him that he was the best because he had found the island.

Answer: The narrator was wearing a lifeline that was attached to the ship. When the second wave straightened the ship, his lifeline received a big jerk. He was pulled in the air and landed on the ship.

Answer: By the morning of 5^th Jan the situation had again become desperate for them. The narrator tried to assure kids that they would survive. Jon replied that they were not afraid of dying if they all can be together.

Answer: The narrator consulted charts. He made an allowance for the magnetic variation in the spare compass. He made an estimate for the influence of the westerly current. Then he asked Larry to steer the ship at 185 degrees.

Answer: The area of the ocean was about 150,000 square KM and the island was about 65 KM wide. Thus area of the island was very less in comparison to the area of the ocean. Hence it was called a pinprick in the vast ocean.

Answer: During storm the ship was severely damaged. Water was gushing in.

Adults were trying to control the damage. They tried to start all the available pumps. Two of the hand pumps were chocked and one electrical pump was short circuited. A spare pump available in chart room was started. The narrator somehow closed the gaping holes on the deck and on the starboard side of the ship. They were trying to steer the ship towards nearby island.

Thus adults were worried, busy and stressed.

The children could feel the condition of adults. They tried not to worry them. Sue did not share her complete injury. She had made a card to motivate her parents. Jon had expressed his belongingness to the family.

Thus kids were trying to help their parents through small yet important acts of support and motivation.

Answer: During storm severe damage to ship was caused. The priority for the adults was to save the ship from sinking. Children could feel the stress their parents were facing. They ably supported the cause through various acts.

Sue was injured quite a lot. But she did not tell her complete injury to parents because she did not want to bother them. She had made a card for her parents. Through this card she expressed her affection and gratitude to them. This was a big motivation for the narrator.

Jonathan had realised that the situation was very tough. He expressed that he was not afraid of death. It was more important for him that the whole family was together. These were words of great maturity and wisdom.

Finally kids congratulated their father for having found the island.

Hence kids exhibited maturity and responsibility that was much above their age.

Answer: The wave was almost double the height of normal waves. Narrator’s head was smashed into the wheel and he was thrown into the sea. The ship was tilted almost in a horizontal position but the next wave lifted it to its upright position. The lifeline of narrator received a pull and he was airborne to land on the ship. His ribs cracked. His mouth was full of blood and broken teeth.

Deck of the ship was smashed by the wave. Starboard side had bulged inwards and many gaping holes had developed. Water was gushing into the ship.

The narrator tried to start all the pumps to throw water out of the ship. Some of the pumps were damaged. He started the spare pump available below the chartroom. He covered the gap in the starboard side by a canvas and water proof hatch.

Through above methods they were able to control the water level in the ship.

Answer: Success is result of right steps taken one after the other. One needs to have patience yet continue to do the best. This is called perseverance or being positive.

Every great personality who had made an impression on the development of humankind had converted his failure into grand success through perseverance. Thomas Alva Edison is one such great personality. He had said that his earlier attempts to make a bulb were not the instances of failure. But he had proved that through those methods bulb cannot be made. Finally he made the bulb.

Amount of practice a sportsperson does is phenomenal. Marry Com is a glaring example of perseverance.

Good marks scored by a student is the result of yearlong efforts. One would need to repeat this effort throughout the life to be successful.

Hence success in any field is the fruit borne on the tree of perseverance.