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Q1 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.Ans: (i)To save themselves from waves on 2nd January; they tried to slow the ship,by removing the storm jib, and lashing a rope at stern. Then, they lasher everything. Checked life-raft drill, put oilskins, and life jackets, and waited.
(ii)When the captain came at deck he saw that Larry and Herb was already pumping out the water. Then the captain took out the canvas and started blocking or covering the holes from where the water is coming on the deck so that the chances of sinking of ship could be reduced. Their electric pump circuit was short circuited, but he remembered that they had another electric pump, and it worked after connecting it to the pipe.
Q2 Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
Ans: They were very stressed definitely because the voyagers were continuously pumping out the water from the deck for 36 hours. And later they felt relaxed at the situation was getting better after that panic situation. And later they had their first meal in 2 days. And in two days they suffered from lot of mental stress and fear of death.
Q3 Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.
Ans: In the first section, story describes that the journey begins from Plymouth (England) to 3500km east pf Cape Town (Africa). The narrator was happy that he
was going to follow the path of James Cook and he was very confident. And in the next section, they faced gigantic waves which was double in size of their ship. They were scared of dying. But as a responsible captain the narrator took necessary precautions to save themselves from that scary and difficult situation. This section shows their confidence and fighting spirit and strong will power. And in the next section, on January 6th, the Wave Walker rode out of the storm and they were searching the island and in the evening, they found the Amsterdam Island.