Assignment in English

Check Your Understanding

A. Answer the following questions.
1. Who is Patricia? Why did the narrator and his wife adopt her?
2. Cite passages to prove that Patricia finds a second home in the household of the narrator.
3. Is there a part in the story which gives you a hint that Patricia will leave the narrator's household? Prove your answer. This literary technique called foreshadowing hints about an event that will occur later in the story.
4. Why isn't the narrator surprised when Patricia decides to leave school?
5. How does Patricia feel about her home in the hill?
6. Do you think the following descriptions of Patricia's place account for her preference to go back to the hills?

a. "The nights are not silent. There, the voice of the jungle is a thing one cannot forget. Many birds and wild things live there, wild things that speak music endlessly."
b."...tall grass that rubs against your arms pleasantly"
c."No town lights to drive away the jungle moon."

7. What picture is conveyed in the quoted passages above? What expressions make the picture vivid?
8. Does the selection bring out positive traits of a Filipino adolescent? If yes, cite instances in Patricia's life that bring out the following:

a. love for family
b. respect for others
c. dependability
d. gracious manners

9. Is there truism in the saying "Home is where your heart is." Prove your answer.

B. Do these.

1. Imagine that you have been asked to interview Patricia. Write an imaginary interview, including how she would answer your questions.
2. Provide another ending to the story. Make it clear what really happens to Patricia.


-FAITHGONZALESFIDEL :P