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Poem Analysis and Comprehension Questions

The document consists of a series of extracts followed by questions related to each extract. It includes multiple-choice questions about the meanings of phrases, the identities of poets, and the interpretations of the text. The extracts cover themes of school experiences, expression, freedom, and childhood worries.

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Poem Analysis and Comprehension Questions

The document consists of a series of extracts followed by questions related to each extract. It includes multiple-choice questions about the meanings of phrases, the identities of poets, and the interpretations of the text. The extracts cover themes of school experiences, expression, freedom, and childhood worries.

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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:-

1. Did they ever lose their hymn books


Did they ever leave their greens?
Did they scribble on the desk tops?
Did they wear old dirty jeans?
i) The speaker in the poem thinks that the teachers are ------ beings.
a) sub-human b) divine c) aerial d) superhuman
ii) ‘leave their greens’ means
a) leave their bags b) leave their green vegetables and leaves
c) leave their fishes d) none of the above
iii) The poet of these lines is:
a) Mary O’neil b) E.V. Lucas c) Tagore d)Peter Dixon
2. Never let a thought shrivel and die
For want of a way to say it
For English is a wonderful game
And all of you can play it.
i) --------------- fade or die if they are not expressed.
a) complaints b) words c) views d) thoughts
ii) The word ‘shrivel’ means
a) shrink b) tear c) shriek d) shallow
iii) The extract is taken from:
a) What If b) The wonderful words c) The quarrel d) vocation
iv) The poet of these lines is:
a) Mary O’neil b) E.V. Lucas c) Tagore d)Peter Dixon
3. When at four in the afternoon I come back from the school,
I can see through the gate of that house the gardener digging the ground.
He does what he likes with his spade, he soils
His clothes with dust, nobody takes him to task.
i) While returning from school in the afternoon the child sees -----------
a) a carpenter b) a gardener c) a washerman d) a baker
ii) The gardener works with -------------
a) a hammer b) an axe c) a spade d) plough
iii) The child wishes to be free like ------------
a) the hawker b) the gardener c) the watchman d) all of the above
iv) The poet of these lines is:
a) Mary O’neil b) E.V. Lucas c) Tagore d)Peter Dixon
4. Whatif I’m dumb in school?
Whatif they’ve closed the swimming-pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there’s poison in my cup?
i) The poet of these lines is:
a) Lorraine [Link] b) Harry Behn c) Peter Dixon d) Shel Silverstein
ii) The speaker is worried about ---------
a) if he fails b) if he is dumb c) if his parents get divorced d) all of the above
iii) A dumb is a person who cannot ------ a) see b) hear c) speak d) think
iv) The speaker of these lines is: a) a small boy b) a priest c) a man d) a woman

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