ENGLISH: CHAPTER 9

DEAR MR EXAMINER
Questions with Answers
# Q1. What does the speaker in the poem thank the examiner for?
A1. The speaker in the poem thanked the examiner for all the questions.

# Q2. How many questions is the speaker able to answer?

A2. The speaker was not able to answer a single question.

as instructed
# Q3. What does the speaker write on the answer script?
A3. The speaker wrote his name, the day, the month and the year on the answer script as
instructed.

# Q4. What was Miss Quinlan doing?

A4. Miss Quinlan was marking their homework.

# Q5. What was Mandy and Angela Smythe doing?

A5. Mandy had already written ten pages and Angela Smythe was copying the answers off her cuff.

# Q6. What was mother doing?

A6. Mother was going on errands.

# Q7. What were the Grandmothers doing?

A7. The Grandmothers were drinking tea.

# Q8. What were the unemployed men doing?

A8. The unemployed men were doing crosswords or watching Crown Court on T.V.

# Q9. Where was the class going?

A9. The class was going to play tennis.

# Q10. How did Miss Quinlan react after she read the poet’s answer script?
A10. Miss Quinlan’s face was an absolute mask after reading the poet’s answer script.

/ speaker
# Q11. What favour did the poet ask of the examiner?
A11. The poet requested the examiner to give him some marks for writing the name and the date.

# Q12. Why is the poem titled “Dear Mr. Examiner”?

A12. The student in the poem is writing the letter to the examiner and so it is titled as “Dear Mr.
Examiner”

# Q13. Why do you think that the speaker writes about the other students in the class?
A13. The speaker was unable to write any answer in the paper as he was not prepared, so he
spent his time writing about the other students in the class.

# Q14. What impression do you form of the speaker of this poem?

A14. The speaker in the poem is reluctant and lacks interest in studies.

Q15. What are the other things that the speaker writes?
A15. The speaker wrote year, the month and the day.

Q16. What, according to the speaker, are the people outside the classroom doing at the time
of the examination?
A16. The speaker feels that the people outside the classroom doing at the time of the examination
are - his mother going on errands while grandmother is drinking tea, unemployed men are
solving crosswords or watching afternoon television show, Crown Court. A housewife hangs shirts
in line when the sun shined after rain, some class were playing tennis leaving their classes while
a mower chugs the hockey field.

Q17. What favour does the speaker ask of the examiner?

A17. The speaker wanted the examiner to favour him my giving some marks for writing the date and
his name.
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Q18. Answer these questions with reference to the context

(1)Mandy has written ten pages (2) Miss Quinlan’s just read what I’ve written,
But it’s probably frightful guff Her face is absolute mask
And Angela Smythe is coping
The answers off her cuff a) Who is Miss Quinlan?
b)What has she just read?
a) Who is the speaker? Where is she/he? c) Why is her face an “absolute mask”?
b)Who are Mandy and Angela? What are
they doing?
c) What opinion do you think the speaker
has of them?

A18.

1a) The speaker is the poet, Gareth Owen. 2a) Miss Quinlan was the examiner.
1b) Mandy and Angela are students who were 2b) Miss Quinlan had just read the poets’ answer
also giving the examination. Mandy had script.
already written ten pages and Angela Smythe
was copying the answers off her cuff.
1c) The speaker feels both Mandy and Angela like 2c) Miss Quinlan’s face was an absolute mask
him are unprepared for the examination, as after reading the poet’s unusual answer script.
Mandy had probably written 10 pages of silly
answers while Angela was cheating.

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 ENGLISH: CHAPTER 9

DEAR MR EXAMINER
Questions
# Q1. What does the speaker in the poem thank the examiner for?

# Q2. How many questions is the speaker able to answer?

as instructed
# Q3. What does the speaker write on the answer script?

# Q4. What was Miss Quinlan doing?

# Q5. What was Mandy and Angela Smythe doing?

# Q6. What was mother doing?

# Q7. What were the Grandmothers doing?

# Q8. What were the unemployed men doing?

# Q9. Where was the class going?

# Q10. How did Miss Quinlan react after she read the poet’s answer script?

/ speaker
# Q11. What favour did the poet ask of the examiner?

# Q12. Why is the poem titled “Dear Mr. Examiner”?

# Q13. Why do you think that the speaker writes about the other students in the class?

# Q14. What impression do you form of the speaker of this poem?

Q15. What are the other things that the speaker writes?

Q16. What, according to the speaker, are the people outside the classroom doing at the time
of the examination?

Q17. What favour does the speaker ask of the examiner?

Q18. Answer these questions with reference to the context

(1)Mandy has written ten pages (2) Miss Quinlan’s just read what I’ve written,
But it’s probably frightful guff Her face is absolute mask
And Angela Smythe is coping
The answers off her cuff a) Who is Miss Quinlan?
b)What has she just read?
a) Who is the speaker? Where is she/he? c) Why is her face an “absolute mask”?
b)Who are Mandy and Angela? What are
they doing?
c) What opinion do you think the speaker
has of them?

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