1. She soon put that thought out of her mind and

2. The poetess says her mother looked pale like a

3. The person in the car, beside the poetess, was,

4. She was going to

5. Kamala Das was an

6. What were the words she used while parting from her mother?

7. Whose house the poet was leaving?

8. What does the expression smile, smile and smile signify?

9. What arises from the complexity of the situation in the poem?

10. Why does the poet feel parted, upset and sad?