IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
by Latiff Mohidin

1.   What does the poet mean by the line "brave the horrendous flood"?
       The people had to struggle in the horrifying floods.

2.   Which word describes the feelings of the people in the poem?
      Desperately

3.   What kind of lives did these people have?
      They have had hard lives.

4.   How did the people in the poem deal with problems?
      (alternative question: Describe the attitude of the couple towards hardship)
      They accepted problems (hardship) as part and parcel of life, so they did not complain when they
      encountered problems (hardship). 

5.   How has the couple spent the last twenty-four hours?
      Looking for their son's albino buffalo

6.  "At dawn they returned home"
      To whom does the word they refer?
      A couple in a village. / A husband and wife in a village

7.   Describe the mood at the beginning of the first stanza
      Bleak / despair

8.   Do you think the people looking for the buffalo are foolishly wasting their time? Give a reason for your
      answer.
      Yes, because it is impossible to find the albino in the horrendous flood.
      No, they want to try their best to look for the buffalo because they love their son.