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CLASS 11 · SNAPSHOTS SUPPL.READER ENGLISH · CHAPTER 2

The Address

Original student-friendly answers for The Address and its textbook activities.

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The Address

Textbook pages

Question Read and Find Out

Why does the narrator visit Mrs Dorling, and what happens when she returns later?

Steps only

Compare her first visit with the later visit.

Answer

She seeks her mother’s belongings, but seeing them in Mrs Dorling’s house makes her leave them behind.

Question Think about It

Why does the narrator decide not to take the objects back?

Steps only

Consider what the objects mean in the new setting.

Answer

The objects cannot restore her lost home and now bring pain, so she leaves them.

Question Think about It

What does Mrs Dorling’s behaviour suggest, and how does the narrator respond to it?

Steps only

Use her actions and the narrator’s choices as evidence.

Answer

Mrs Dorling is evasive; the narrator avoids a conflict and chooses to move on.

Question Writing

Write a short paragraph about an object that reminds someone of home.

Steps only

Describe the object, the memory it carries, and how the person feels.

Answer

Describe an object and explain the memory and feeling connected to it.

Question Reading with Insight 1

What clue is given by Mrs Dorling’s question, “Have you come back?”

Steps only

State the main idea and support it with a relevant detail.

Answer

It suggests wartime displacement and that Mrs Dorling expected the family not to return.

Question Reading with Insight 2

What hardships might the narrator have faced before and after the war?

Steps only

State the main idea and support it with a relevant detail.

Answer

She faced danger, displacement and shortages during the war, then grief and the challenge of rebuilding life afterward.

Question Reading with Insight 3

Why does the narrator decide to forget the address?

Steps only

State the main idea and support it with a relevant detail.

Answer

The objects cannot bring back her lost family life, and seeing them there causes pain, so she chooses to move on.

Question Reading with Insight 4

Explain how “The Address” shows the human predicament after war.

Steps only

State the main idea and support it with a relevant detail.

Answer

War leaves people displaced and grieving; even recovered belongings cannot restore the life they lost.

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