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Read the following lines and answer with reference to the context

I looked again at her, wan,pale as a late winter’s moon and felt that oldfamiliar ache, my childhoods fear,but all I said was see you soon,Amma, all I did was smile and smile and smile...

1. What is the poet’s childhood fear?

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2. What does the word ‘smile’ signify?

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3. Why is the Poet’s mother compared to the late winter’s moon?

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SHORT QUESTIONS

1. Why does Kamla Das describe the young trees as sprinting?

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2. Why does the poet put that thought away and looks out side?

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M.M. 15

1. Name of the poet is __________________________________ 1

2. Poet was going to ___________________________________ 1

3. Poet’s mother looks like ______________________________ 1

4. Poet realizes that her mother would not _________________ 1

5. Give the synonym of:- 2

a) Ashen b) Sprinting

c) Doze d) Corpse

6. Trees are described as sprinting because _______________ 2

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7. Write down the contrast between childhood and old age. 3

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8. The childhood fear of the poet is ______________________ 2

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9. Why has the mother been compared to a ‘late winter’s moon’? 2

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On sour cream walls, donations. Shakespeare’s head,Cloudless at dawn civilized dome riding all cities.Belled, flowery, Tyrolese valley. Open handed mapAwarding the world its world and yet, for these Children,these windows, not this map, their world,Where all their future’s painted with a fog.

1. Where is donation and Shakespeare’s head place?

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2. Which world is of the children in a slum?

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3. Explain “awarding the world its world”?

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4. What is the future of children?

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1. How can education help to be the saviour of the slum children?

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2. Give the condition of the children in slums?

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MCQ BASED QUESTIONS

1. ____________ has/have been appealed to help the lot of slum children

(a) The teacher (b) The governor

(c) The inspector (d) The Visitor

(e) All of the above

2. The closed windows of the slums can be broken open by:

(a) education (b) sanitation

(c) Transportation (d) Electrician

3. Those whose language has the warmth and power of the sun alone canmake:

(a) The episode (b) The history

(c) The fiction (d) The biography.

4. Run azure on gold sands refers to:

(a) prosperity (b) enrichment

(c) blossoming (d) making the world of miseries,full of pleasure.

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Match the words with their meanings.

(A) (B)

Gusty bent

Weeds telling

Twisted stormy

Creative grass-like wild plants

Reciting Pale traces

Pallor unclear

Dim making creation

How is the last stanza different from the first three stanzas of the poem?

B. Fill in the blanks on the basis of the poem “An elementary schoolclassroom is a slum”.

(a) The poem focuses on the theme of __________ and ___________.

(b) The walls of the classroom are ___________and _________

(c) The poem is about the children of _________ __________

(d) 6 things mentioned in the poem describing the pathetic conditionof the slum children are

1._________ 2.____________ 3._____________

4._________ 5.____________ 6.______________

(e) In the poem sun is the symbol of ____________, _______andconfidence.

(f) The poet wants the slum children the __________freely.

(g) The map of the world does not show the_______ ____ of the slumchildren.

(h) A young boy sitting at the back of the class room dreams ofplaying games like a ____________.

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(i) The poet of the poem “An elementary school classroom in a slumis ___________

(j) The paper seeming boy with rat’s eyes is symbolic of ___________.

(k) ‘Slag. heap in the third stanza refers ‘to

19. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Tick in thebox___if the statement is true. Tick in the box if the statement is false.

(a) The poet of the above poem is Kamala Das.

(b) The poet in the above poem has concentrated on the themes ofsocial injustice and class inequalities.

(c) The children’s faces have been covered to beautiful flowers.

(d) The short heighted girl has weighed down her head.

(e) This poem is about the children of Kashmir valley.

(f) The walls of the classroom are dirty and Gamey.

(g) The slum children are undernourished and poverty shaken.

(h) There is no different between the children living in the slum and inthe city.

(i) The slum children also want to expose the green fields, goldensend and bright world.

(j) There is a shift from pessimism in the first three stanza tooptimization the final stanza of the poem.

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Now we will count to twelveAnd we will all keep still.For once on the face of the EarthLet’s not speak in any language,Let’s stop for one second,and not move our arms so much.

1. Why does poet ask us to count twelve?

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2. What should we not do for a second?

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3. Find the word which mean:

(1) Motionless (2) Surface

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SHORT QUESTIONS

1. How can the idea of wars, and the vanquished be negated?

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2. What is sadness that the poet refers to?

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Tick Most Appropriate Answer from Following Multiple Chose Questions.

1. What is the theme of poem ‘keeping quiet’?

(a) stop wars (b) maintain silence

(c) introspection (d) advocate inactivity

2. Poet of poem ‘keeping quiet.

(a) Kamala Das (b) Pablo Naruda

(c) John Keats (d) Stephen spender

3. What is our single mindedness?

(a) Never understanding ourselves.

(b) Being in rush and hurry.

(c) Being selfish.

(d) Keeping our lives moving.

4. What is exotic moment?

(a) Keeping still. (b) Not moving arms so much.

(c) Not speaking in any language (d) keeping quiet.

5. What is reason of sadness in our life?

(a) Never understanding ourselves.

(b) Threatening ourselves with death.


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(c) a and b both (d) neither a nor b.

6. What is unique about earth?

(a) It is always alive. (b) It has life under apparent stillness.

(c) It never dies. (d) It is still.

7. What is poets concept of doing nothing?

(a) Not to gather salt (b) Not to harm whales and fishes

(c) Not to get involved in wars (d) Introspection

8. ‘Victory with no survivors’ means

(a) Victory kills all. (b) No one could survive victory.

(c) No one could survive deadly wars.

(d) None of above.

9. What is apposite of ‘keeping quiet’?

(a) Speaking out (b) Making noice

(c) Producing sound (d) Moving arms.

10. What does poet advocates in poem’ keeping quiet’?

(a) death (b) inactivity

(c) apparent stillness (d) introspection.


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Answer the following questions

(i) The name of the poet is_______

(ii) In the poem the poet brings out the importance of_____

(iii) Counting up to twelve and keeping still help us to______

(iv) The ‘sadness’ referred in the poem is_____

(v) What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can belife under apparent stillness?

(vi) Why shouldn’t we ‘sheak in any language’ and ‘not move our arms somuch’?

(vii) What is the ‘exotic moment’ the poet wishes for?

(viii) What does the poet say about those ‘who prepare green wars’?


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Such the sun, the moon,Trees old, and young, sprouting a shady boonFor simple sheep; and such are daffodilsWith the green world they live in; and clear rillsThat for themselves a cooling covert make‘Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk - rose blooms;And such to is the grandeur of doomsWe have imagined for the mighty dead;All lovely tales that we have heard or read;An endless fountain of immortal drink,Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.

1. Who are the mighty dead? How do we know about them?

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2. What images do the poet use to convey that beauty is everlasting?

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3. Name the some beautiful things that the poet mentions?

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1. What is ‘the endless fountain’ a reference to? What are its effects?

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2. Why does the poet say that “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”?

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Theme-The happens that anything beautiful provides, never fads into nothing newbut multiplies manifold whenever it return, to our mind.

Choose words from poem which have corresponding meaning.

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(c) ___________ (d) ___________

(e) ___________ (f) ___________

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II. Pick up phrase from the poem imply.

(A) Beauty dispels the sadness and despondency in one’ soul

(B) Beauty is perennial source of motivation and inspiration. Fountainfrom where mankind candient the exile of life.

(c) Beauty is pouring into us from the Heaven is by God as greater giftto man.

III List the quality of human being that cause suffering and pain.

(i) ______darkened ways.

(ii) ______and unhuman attitude.

(iii) ______centered.

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IV Grandeur associated with might dead means grandness is associated withthe dead who are ri_____ and po____because of their de____ inspire usthrough their st______ The mighty even it their death continue to i____us.


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Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,Bright topaz denizens of a world of greenThey do not fear the men beneath the tree;They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.

1. What are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers doing?

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2. How do they look like?

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3. How do they pace?

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4. What do Denizens mean? What does ‘the world of green’ refer to?

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1. Describe Aunt Jennifer’s tigers?

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2. Why are her hands referred to as terrified?

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3. What kind of married life did she lead?

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4. Do you sympathise with her? Why?

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5. Why did Aunt Jennifer choose to embroider tigers on panel?

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1. Aunt Jennifer’s figures are:

(a) Chasing the deer. (b) Sleeping in the caves.

(c) Jumping across a screen. (d) Scratching their hair.

2. The prancing tigers look like:

(a) rubies (b) emeralds

(c) topaz (d) quartz

3. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers are:

(a) Shabing (b) tightening

(c) Vibrating through-owl wool-knitting

(d) Benambing.

4. Uncle’s wedding band is:

(a) light (b) glossy

(c) Smooth (d) Bulky and heavy.

5. Uncle appears to be quite a __________Person.

(a) dominating (b) Cruel

(c) hard hearted (d) All


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6. Who is Aunt referred to in the poem?

(a) Mrs. Charlie. (b) Aunt Superna

(c) Aunt Jennifer (d) Aunt Smith.

7. The Tigers were:

(a) Made in the panel (b) framed in glasses

(c) engraved on a stone (d) sketched on the wall.

8. Even after Aunt Jennifer’s death the tigers will continue:

(a) Preying (b) jumping across the screen.

(c) Chasing the deer. (d) gazing at the Aunt’s photo.

9. Aunt Jennifer’s figures are:

(a) Real (b) photographed.

(c) Created with hands in a panel

(d) flesh and blood.

10. 6 chivatric certainty denotes:

(a) Matchless energy (b) Unflinching confidence

(c) utmost power and strength (d) untiring stamina


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Answer the following question briefly - 30 to 40 words

1. Why does the Tiger King get this name?

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2. Why did the Maharaja ban the hunting of tiger? Why was it celebrationtime for tigers in Pratibandapuram?

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3. How would you rate tiger king as a father? Why?

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4. What was the King’s reaction to the prediction made by the astrologers?

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Write the answer in more than 100 words - (100 to 125)

1. The story ‘The Tiger King’s has a strong message hidden in it. What is thismessage?

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2. Give character sketch of tiger king in your own words. How does the writeruse satire as a tool to get his message across?

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LET US SUMMARIZE

Complete the summary of the lesson:

1. The Maharaja ________________ was called “Tiger King”. When he wasjust 10 days old, it was told that he would be killed by a __________. Thechild grew up like any other _____________ drinking English cow’s milk,taught by an English tutor, looked after by an English nanny and watchedEnglish films.

2. When he was ____________, he was crowned as king. Then the prediction______________ reached his ear and he in turn to safe guard himselfkilled ____________. The astrologer told him that he can kill 99 tigers butshould be careful with the _______________.

3. From then he started killing tigers. A ______________ visited the statewho was fond of hunting tigers. The officer requested for getting_____________ with a tiger killed by Maharaja but this request was_____________. So to please the officer, the Maharaja sent_______________ to his wife expecting that she would take 1 or 2 Insteadshe kept all. It cost Rs. ____________ but his state was secured.

4. In 10 years he killed _____ tigers but by then tiger population became______________ in Pratibandapuram so he decided to marry a girl fromroyal state which had more tigers to complete his target. Whenever hevisited his __________ he killed 5-6 tigers. So he killed 99 tigers and wasfeverishly anxious to kill __________ but couldn’t find any.

5. News about the presence of a tiger near a village proved _________ TheDewan visited _________________ and brought an old tiger and placedit in the forest. The Maharaja shot the tiger and left the place with greattriumph. The bullet ____________ hit the tiger but out of fear the tiger had


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collapsed. The ____________ killed the tiger and brought it in grandprocession.

6. When it was the 3rd birthday of the __________, he wanted to buy apresent from a toy shop. He bought ____________ which was poorlycarved. While the Maharaja was playing with the toy, ___________ piercedhis right hand. In one day, the infection got flared. Though he was_____________ he died. Thus the hundredth tiger took his final____________ upon the “Tiger King”.


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1. Choose the words having the same meaning as the bold words

(a) The astrologers predicted the death of king by tiger.

(i) To have power or inference

(ii) To tell the future of events

(iii) To help the people (iv) To kill somebody.

(b) The king took vow to kill the tigers.

(i) taking pledge (ii) to feel excited

(iii) to feel very sad (iv) to take firm decision.

(c) He collected ninety-nine tiger skins which adorned the palacewalls

(i) to give good opinion

(ii) made to look very attractive

(iii) decorated (iv) feeling ignored

(d) The wooden tiger had sharp quills which pierced hand of king.

(i) giving deep wound (ii) to make a small hole

(iii) long structure built in sea (iv) system of stretchingexercises

(e) The wild beast fell as a crumpled heap after the shot.

(i) long struggle (iii) break into small pieces

(ii) crowd of people (iv) begin to fall or come toends


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1. Who was Dr. Sadao Hoki and where did he live?

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2. What did Hana and Sadao see coming out of the mist?

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3. Hana told Yumi to wash the soldier. How did Yumi react?

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4. Justify the title of the story ‘The Enemy’.

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5. How did the General react when Sadao informed him about the prisonerof war?

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1. Depict character sketch of Dr. Sadao in your own words from the lesson‘The Enemy’.

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2. Describe Dr. Sadao as a doctor.

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Complete the given story by filling in the blanks appropriately.

Sadao’s ___________wanted his son to be a ___________. After his

education in Japan he went to___________for___________. He mastered

the art of___________had___________children. The were living

___________. One day they found a___________man at ___________who

was a___________. They brought him to their ___________ and

___________ him. All the servants were___________. This act and

they___________Sadao’s home. Sadao___________

the___________about an enemy’s presence in his home. He promised

that he would send his___________to___________the enemy and

remove___________. The General___________his promise. Sadao gave

___________ clothes to the enemy alongwith a ___________filled with

___________ and ___________. He told him to flash at the time of

___________. Sadao told the General that American had ___________.

The General was happy with Sadao’s___________and promised him

a___________.

Write qualities of :

(i) Sadao___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

(ii) His Father___________ ___________ ___________ ___________


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(iii) His Wife Hana___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

(iv) American Professor___________ ___________ ___________

(v) The Maid Yumi___________ ___________ ___________

(vi) Gardener___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

(vii) War Prisoner___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

(viii) General___________ ___________ ___________ ___________


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1. Dr. Sadao was a famous doctor of

(a) America (b) Japan

(c) China (d) Nepal

2. Dr. Sadao had___________children

(a) Four (b) Five

(c) Three (d) Two

3. At what age Dr. Sadao had been sent to America?

(a) Twenty (b) Twenty-one

(c) Twenty-two (d) Twenty-three

4. What was the name of Dr. Sadao’s wife?

(a) Rupa (b) Hana

(c) Pooja (d) Naina

5. Where did Hana meet with Dr. Sadao?

(a) In Japan (b) In Australia

(b) In America (d) In China

6. Where Dr. Sadao saw the wound of the man?

(a) One head (b) Leg

(c) Back (d) Hand


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7. What was written on the cap of white-man?

(a) American force (b) Air-force captain

(c) U.S. Navy (d) Army

8. What is the name of Dr. Sadao’s maid?

(a) Hana (b) Seema

(c) Yumi (d) Naina


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1. Who was Roger Skunk and what was his problem?

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2. What did the Wizard do to Roger Skunk?

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3. Why was Roger’s mother angry and what did she do?

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4. Why does little Jo want that the wizard should hit hard on the head of thestupid mommy?

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1. Discuss the significance of the title ‘Should Wizard hit Mommy’.

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2. Write a character sketch of Jack.

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SELECT THE CORRECT OPTION

1. Jack is Jo’s__________(Father/Mother)

2. Jack told stories__________(Out of his head from story book)

3. The main character of the story was__________(George/Roger)

4. The story used to be about__________(Creature/being human)

5. Each story was a__________of the basic story. (Addition/alteration)

6. Jo wanted to hear the story of__________. (Skunk/dog)

7. No animal would play with Roger Skunk because of__________smell.(flower/foul)

8–9. Skunk went to__________who sent him to__________(a wizard/an owl)

10. Roger Skunk wanted the smell of__________ (Jasmine/roses)

11. Wizard wanted_________pennies as his fee (four/seven.)

12. With changed smell, all the animals__________Roger Skunk. (hated/liked.)

13. Jo was__________listener (Active/Passive.)

14. Roger’s mother found the smell__________.(Awful/pleasant)

15. She__________the Wizard with an umbrella. (gifted/hit.)

16. Jo__________this ending of the story (Accepted/Rejected.)


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17. Jo concluded that Roger Skunk’s mommy was __________(intelligent/stupid.)

18. Jack told him that mommy is always__________(Wrong/right)

19. Skunk’s smell is useful for its__________(Distruction/protection)

20. Jo wanted that Wizard should hit the mommy back with his__________(umbrella/Magic Wand)

Divide the following attributes for Jack and Jo.

Innocent, father, mature, daughter, intelligent imposing, story-teller,good-listener, creative, sensitive, confused, understanding.

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1. In which time, Jack told a story to his daughter?

(a) Evening (b) Morning

(c) Afternoon (d) Night

2. How old was Jo in the story?

(a) Two (b) Three

(c) Four (d) Five

3. On which animal Jack told a story in this lesson?

(a) Roger Fish (b) Roger Squirrel

(d) Roger Skunk (d) Roger Chipmunk.

4. Like which flower, Skunk wanted his smell?

(a) Rose (b) Lily

(c) Lotus (d) Sunflower

5. For changing his smell, where did Skunk go?

(a) To owl (b) To Wizard

(c) To astrologer (d) To Daddy

6. What was the name of the river?

(a) Tapi (b) Crick

(c) Ganga (d) Neil


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7. How many pennies did Skunk have?

(a) Two (b) Three

(c) Four (d) Five

8. How many times Roger Skunk turned?

(a) One (b) Three

(c) Five (d) Seven

9. Why were other animals run from Skunk?

(a) for good smell (b) for rose smell

(c) for bad smell (d) for no smell

10. What was the name of Jack’s daughter?

(a) Hnnie (c) Susan

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1. Why is Derry in panic? What explanation does he give to Mr. Lamb?

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2. How does Mr. Lamb find solace in his daily life?

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3. How does Mr. Lamb die?

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4. How did Derry get his face burned?

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5. How did Mr. Lamb get one of his legs blown off? What do children callhim?

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1. Contrast the character of Mr. Lamb and Derry in your own words.

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2. Derry is defiant due to inferiority complex in him. Does he show signs ofchange in him at the end?

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Divide the words given below in two groups:

Burnt face, tin leg, 14 years old, lonely Old man, inferiority complex, kind-hearted,Withdrawn, amiable, afraid of people, ugly face, lamey-lamb, positive attitude.

Derry Mr. Lamb

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Complete the sentences given below :

1. Mr. Lamb lost his leg_____ _____ _____ _____.

2. Derry’s face looked ugly because____________________________

3. Mr. Lamb lived in__________________________________________

4. Derry sheaked into his garden because__________________________

5. Mr. Lamb told him not be afraid of him because_____________________

6. Derry felt that people____________ ____________

7. Mr. Lamb’s garden is full of____________ ____________ ___________

8. Mr. Lamb spends his time by____________ ____________ __________


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9. Mr. Lamb takes to Derry in_________________________.

10. He tells him that he ha got_______________________________.

11. What we think about ourselves is more important than_______________

12. Derry’s brief association with Mr. Lamb brings about__________________

13. He promises Mr. Lamb that_________________________

14. Mr. Lamb doubts his promise because__________________________

15. Inspite of his mother’s opposition, Derry comes back and finds_____________________________________________


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1. Why was Evans called “Eva0ns the break”? How did he prove himself areal breaker?

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2. What did McLeery say about Evans?

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3. Why was Stephens worried about McLeery?

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4. How was Evans arrested?

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1. Describe Evans highlighting his success in outwitting everyone from thegovernor to the prison officers?

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2. Draw a character sketch of Evans in you own words.

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Match the following characters :

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1. Mr. Bell Senior Prison Officer

2. Mr. Jackson A prisoner

3. James Roderick Evans An Invigilator

4. Mr. Carter Detective Chief Inspector

5. Mr. Stephen Detective Superintendent

6. The Reverand S. McLeery Junior prison officer

Complete the following sentences :

1. Evants wants to appear for_________________________.

2. Evans was a jail bird because___________________________.

3. The prison officers called him_______________________________.

4. Evans is a kleptomaniac as_____________________________.

5. Examination centre is set_____________________________________.

6. Evans gave razer and scissor back to prison officer but did not remove hishat because___________________________________.

7. Unusual Thing found in McLeery’s bag was________________________

8. Evans wanted a blanket from McLeery because____________________


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9. The Governor had arranged a microphone in the room of Evans sothat_______________________________

10. Evans was able to hide _____________________________________

11. Rubber ring contained ________________________________________

12. The Governor reached at the correct Golden Lion Hotel with the help of_________________________________

13. Evans was arrested but he managed to escape because ______________________________________________________

14. Governor of Oxford prison is called gullible because ___________________

15. The photocopy sheet pasted don question paper read __________________


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1. What kind of a person was Evans?

(a) Social Worker (b) Teacher

(c) Police-man (d) ‘Jail Bird’

2. Who was Carter?

(a) Governor (b) Clerk

(c) Prison-officer (d) Detective Superintendent.

3. Who do you think was the invigilator?

(a) Evans (b) McLeery

(c) Jackson (d) Carter

4. Why did evans not take off his hat?

5. What important clues were hidden in the German Question paper.

6. The examination was Scheduled to begin at :

(a) 9:15 a.m. (b) 8:45 a.m.

(c) 8:50 a.m. (d) 9:10 a.m.

7. Examination started at:

(a) 9:10 a.m. (b) 9:15 a.m.

(c) 9:00 a.m. (d) 9:25 a.m.


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8. His Index number was–

(a) 312 (b) 310

(c) 311 (d) 313

9. His centre number was–

(a) 271 (b) 270

(c) 269 (d) 268


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List the attributes of Evan to complete his word map given below :

Pleasent

Evan

List the things/characteristics, Governor’s own specializations / Eventsshort led to Evan’s capture

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1. How and why did the narrator’s soul struggle to find peace?

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2. Why did she feel miserable in the dining room?

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3. What customs did Zitkala-Sa find strange in her new school?

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4. Why was Bama so distracted on her way to and back from school?

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1. Though Zitlkala-Sa and Bama belong to two different cultures, they showa common bond. What is this bond? Explain.

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Read the following sentences carefully and rewrite them after makingnecessary corrections.

1. On her first day Zitkala-Sa saw that ground was covered with dust andtrees were fruitless.

2. She found the sound of the bell and clatter of shoes was very pleasant toears.

3. Indian girls were in soft shoes and beautiful dresses.

4. In the dining room she felt comfortable because she know ‘eating byformula’.

5. Short hair was worn by modern and courageous person.

6. She decided not to struggle but submit.

7. She hid herself in a large cupboard.

8. She was taken out with love and she relaxed on a chair.

9. She laughed a lot when soft fingers of Judewin touched her neck.

10. She felt like a strong animal loved by its master.

11. Bama was in twelfth class and know about untouchability.

12. The distance from her school to home could be covered din one hour.

13. She walked very fast and took only ten minutes to reach her home.

14. She never stopped to watch anything happening on the way.


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15. One day she saw that a dance floor had been set up and the policemanthere to watch every activity.

16. She saw her brother carrying a small box in both his hands.

17. Her father was amused to listen this incident.

18. They belonged to upper caste and things become pure with their touch.

19. She devoted herself to singing and failed in her studies.

20. Both the women belonged to mainstream communities and fought againstequality, love, harmony and justice prevalent in the society.


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1. Complete the following statements/sentences by filling in appropriate words/phrases.

(a) Sophie aspires to become a boutique owner, .........................,actress and ..........................

(b) Geoff is an apprentice..........................

(c) Sophie was fascinated about Geoff’s life of ........................... thoughshe did not have any idea of it.

(d) Watching a football match on Saturday was a weekly ......................for Sophie’s family.

(e) Danny Casey’s not turning-up became a burden of ....................forSophie.

2. Answer the following in approximately 30 words each.

(a) What secret did Sophie share with Geoff?

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(b) Why couldn’t Sophie get an autograph of Danny Casey?

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(c) What happened to Sophie’s date with Danny Casey?

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(d) What was the temperamental difference between Sophie andJansie?

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3. Answer the following questions in approximately 150-200 each. (Useadditional sheet/space for answer)

(a) Teenage dreams and fantasies may lead to despair anddisappointment. Explain

(b) Self-awareness and self-restraint bring pleasure and satisfaction inlife. Justify the statement.


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State the following as True or False.

1. Sophie wanted to own a boutique. _________________

2. Jansie always believed Sophie _________________

3. Sophie’s brother was an apprentice mechanic. _________________

4. Sophie was very close to his father. _________________

5. Donny Casey was an Irish Footballer. _________________

6. Sophie got his autograph. _________________

7. Sophie was a daydreamer. _________________

8. Sophie shared her secrets with Geoff. _________________

9. Jansie was a nosey girl. _________________

10. Sophie’s family was poor. _________________


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1. Complete the following statement/sentences by filling appropriate words/phrases in the blanks.

(a) Franz did not know the first word about...................... .

(b) Franz resisted his ...................... to attend his school.

(c) For two years the bad news came from ...................... .

(d) The usual beginning ...................... was missing on the day of thatlast lesson.

(e) M Hamel wore his special dress on ...................... and ......................days.

(f) Hamel asked his class to be very ...................... .

(g) Franz uses the expression ‘wretches’ for ...................... .

(h) Hamel blamed ...................... , ...................... and ...................... forpoor state of French language.

(i) Hamel compared the mother tongue with a ................. ....................

(j) No one paid any attention to beetles that flew in the class becauseall were busy in ...................... .

2. Answer the following questions using not more than 30 words.


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(a) What appeared more tempting to Franz than the rule of participles?

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(b) What types of the bad news did the narrator mention?

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(c) “But nothing happened.” What was the narrator expecting to facein Hamel’s class?

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(d) What surprised Franz most when he took his seat in the class andfelt a little relaxed?

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(e) “The new master comes tomorrow”. Who is this new master andwhat for he/she is coming?

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(f) How did Franz take Hamel’s announcement regarding the last classof French?

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(g) Why did Franz believe that the country was theirs no more?

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(h) What did M Hamel say about the French language?

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3. Answer the following in about 150-200 words each. (Use additional sheet/space for answer)

(a) Suddenly Franz forgot Hamel’s ruler and nuisance of books anddeveloped love for his books and teacher both. What caused thischange in his outlook?

(b) “I never saw him look so tall”. Explain the observation.

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SKILL AREAS : READING, THINKING & WRITING

1. Complete the following sentences : 1×5=5

(i) The school was as quiet as____________.

(ii) M. Hamel had put on his fine Sunday clothes in honourof____________.

(iii) By repeating France, Alsace, France, Alsace the author in invokinga sense of____________.

(iv) Hamel blames____________for being a little selfish at times.

(v) The teacher wrote on the blackboard in large words___________.

2. MCQ 1×5=5

(i) What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?

(a) the rules for debate (b) the rules of etiquette

(c) the rules for participles

(d) the rules for determiners Ans.____________

(ii) What had been put up on the bullet in board?

(a) an order from Berlin (b) an order from Brazil

(c) an order from Bikaner (d) an order from Belgium

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(iii) What was the most surprising for Franz the classroom?

(a) presence of the pigeons (b) presence of the villagers

(c) presence of the blacksmith

(d) presence of the principal Ans.____________

(iv) What changes comes over little Franz after he heard M. Hamel’sannouncement about teaching of German from tomorrow?

(a) empathies with M. Hamel (b) argues with M. Hamel

(c) makes fun of M. Hamel (d) shouts at M. Hamel

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(v) How does M. Hamel regard the importance of language to enslavedpeople?

(a) a key to the questions (b) a key to escape

(c) a key to their prison (d) a key to effective study

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3. Complete the word map : 1×5=5

Patriotic

M. Hamel

4. Write a notice for your school bulletin board informing the students aboutchange of timings of your school due to extreme weather conditions.

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Write qualities of :

(i) Franz________ ________ ________ ________ ________

(ii) Mr. Hamel ________ ________ ________ ________ ________

(iii) French Language ________ ________ ________

(iv) Village Elders ________ ________ ________ ________.

Select the right option

(i) Franz was a student of___________language (German/French)

(ii) French language was taught by__________(Mr Hamel/Mr. Harris)

(iii) Franz did not know a word about__________.(Preposition/Participle

(iv) It was the last lesson of__________ (English/French)

(v) Mr. Hame wore____________ (Red/Green) coat ____________ shirtand__________cap (Frilled/embroidered)

(vi) Franz found the school__________(usual/unusual) that day.

(vii) __________were sitting at the back benches (village people/Franz’s friends)

(viii) Mr. Hamel had worked in that school for__________years (Forty/Fourteen)

(ix) Mr. Hamel declared a holiday whenever he went fo__________(watchinga movie/catching fish).

(x) Parents preferred sending their children for__________ (studies/earningmoney).


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(xi) People of Alsace had the habit of__________things. (Preponing/postponing).

(xii) Mr. Hamel wrote on the blackboard__________ (Long Live France/Vive LaFrance).

(xiii) At the end of the class, Mr. Hamel made a __________. (Gesture/Declaration)

(xiv) Franz was feeling very__________. (Remorseful/Joyful)

(xv) Earliest books were like__________ for Franz (friends/burden)

(xvi) He realised that Mr. Hamel was a__________teacher (strict/kind hearted)

(xvii) Political changes bring about a change in the study of___________(language / music)

(xviii) During last lesson the class was very__________. (noisy/silent)

(xix) Students were very__________during the last lesson (attentive/distractive)


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1. Complete the following sentences/statements by filling appropriate words/phrases.

(a) ........................... caused great damage to Saheb’s fields and homein Dhaka.

(b) The army of bare foot boys is compared with the moving birdswhich disappear at ...........................

(c) To stay .............................. is a tradition among slum children.

(d) Mukesh wants to become a ........................... ...........................

(e) Firozabad’s bangle makers are suffering from the vicious circle of............................., ......................... and the police men.

2. Answer the following questions in approximately 30 words each.

(a) “ Is your school ready?” What does the query state about Saheb?

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(b) What according to the author may be an explanation for the slumchildren staying barefoot?

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(c) Seemapuri, a place on the periphery of Delhi, yet miles away fromit. Explain.

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(d) Why Saheb is no longer master of his own after joining the teashop?

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(e) What wrong have the middlemen done to the bangle makers?

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3. Answer the following in approximately 150-200 words each. (Use additionalsheet/space for answer)

(a) “But promises like mine abound in every corner of this bleak world.”Explain the statement.

(b) “Garbage to them is gold.” Explain in the light of the rag pickers ofSeemapuri.

(c) “Daring is not part of his growing up.” Justify the statement.


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SKILL AREAS : READING, WRITING, THINKING

1. Complete the following : (exploitation, other children, emotional,immense poverty, child labour) underprivileged children in India

(a) suffer from__________

(b) live a life of__________

(c) too dream like__________

(d) are caught in the web of__________

(e) undergo physical, mental and__________suffering.

2. MCQ

(i) Meaning of Saheb-e-Alam is

(a) Lord of the Universe (b) Lord of the Rag pickers

(c) Lord of the car mechanicsAns.__________

(ii) Saheb-e-Alam lives with many others in Seemapuri who surviveby

(a) ragpicking (b) stealing

(c) begging Ans. __________


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(iii) At teastall as a child labour, Saheb-e-Alam has lost

(a) his plastic bag (b) his wallet

(c) the carefree look Ans. __________

(iv) Seemapuri – a settlement of Bangladeshi squatters their houses

(a) are multistoreyed (b) lack basic amenities

(c) look like bungalows Ans. __________

(v) Mukesh wants to be a

(a) pilot (b) car mechanic

(d) driver Ans. __________

3. Complete the word map – 1×2=2

Garbage

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dren For Adults

It is wrapped in ______ It is a means of ______

4. Complete the following paras : 1×8=8

(a) Workers in the glass bangles industry have to work in__________.They work in__________cells without air and light. Thus they losethe__________of the eyes. The powder from the polishing ofbangles__________them and causes__________problems too.

(b) Moneylenders, police, bureaucrats and politicians all__________them. They suffer from constant fear of ill treatment by__________.There is no__________among bangle makers who can organizethem.


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1. Match the following :

Seemapuri Superstitions

Saheb Glass bangle industry

Mukesh a poor bangle-maker

Firozabad Wants to become motor mechanic

Savita On the periphery of Delhi

Mukesh’ Grandmother Works on tea-stall

2. Write a few words about Seemapuri

(i) Location – _________ __________ __________ _________

(ii) People – _________ __________ __________ _________

(iii) Profession – _________ __________ __________ _________

(iv) Houses – _________ __________ __________ _________

(v) School – _________ __________ __________ _________

(vi) Drainage system – _________ __________ ___________________

(vii) Identity – _________ __________ __________ _________

3. Correct the following sentences

1. Firozabad is famous for paper making industry.


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2. More than 20,000 children study in schools.

3. They work in healthy conditions – proper ventilation and light inspacious halls.

4. Mukesh’s house in very big, beautiful and they live comfortably.

5. Mukesh’s father sent both his children to school for good education.

6. Mukesh’s elder sister was the incharge of the house.

7. Mukesh wanted to fly an aeroplane.

8. Bangle-making is a lucrative job and bangle makers live a luxuriouslife.

9. Bangle making is very beneficial for the overall health and speciallyeyes.

10. Policemen, politicians and officers always help these rich banglemakers.

11. They want them to set a co-operative with their co-operating.

12. Saheb leads a life appropriate to his name Saheb E Alam.

13. Saheb is very happy working on tea-stall.

14. A rich boy gifted shoes to Saheb.

15. The writer fulfilled her promise of opening a school in Seemapuri.

16. Children roam about bare-foot because it is their custom.

17. Saheb’s family came from America to Delhi as his father wastransferred to Delhi in Seemapuri.

18. Squatters own the land legally.

19. Child labour is legalised in India.

20. We should always help children by engaging them in child labour.


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1. Complete the following statements/sentences by filling appropriate words/phrases.

(a) Douglas’ mother warned him against swimming in ..........................................

(b) The YMCA swimming pool was around ...................deep at thedeeper end.

(c) Douglas’ aversion to water started when he was 2-3 years old andwas knocked by a ....................... while he was with his father ona surf board.

(d) Douglas swam a distance of ......................in lake Wentworth.

(e) Crawl, breast stroke, side stroke and back stroke are types of......................

2. Answer the following questions in approximately 30 words each.

(a) Why was Douglar determined to get over his fear of water ?

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(b) “Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer.” Explain the statement.

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(c) What did Roosevelt say about fear?

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3. Answer the following in approximately 150-200 words. (Use additional sheet/space for answer).

(a) “I never went back to the pool. I feared water. I avoided it wheneverI could.” What made the author take such a decision?

(b) “Only those who have known stark terror and conquered it canappreciate.” Explain the statement in the light of Douglas’ experience.

(c) In death there is peace. There is terror only in the fear of death.Justify the statement.


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Following are multiple choice questions. Tick most appropriate answer.

1. What is the ‘misadventure’ that writer speaks about in ‘Deep Water’?

(a) Developing aversion to water

(b) Drowning experience

(c) Deprived of joy of canoeing, boating and fishing

(d) Failing strategy, bob to the surface like a cork.

2. Writer of ‘Deep Water’

(a) Alphone Daudet (b) William O Douglas

(c) William (d) Aneer Jung

3. Why was writer determined to get over his fear of water?

(a) felt terrified near water (b) ruined his fishing trips

(c) deprived joy of canoeing, boating and swimming

(d) all of above.

4. How writer came over his fear of water?

(a) Went to California beach with father.

(b) Joined YMCA swimming pool

(c) Hired the introductor (d) Went to lake Identworth.


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5. Which quality of writer helped him conquer his fear?

(a) Determination (b) Confidence to face challenge

(c) Positive attitude (d) All of above.

6. ‘Fishing for landlocked Salmon’. Here Salman means–

(a) friend of writer (b) name of place

(c) a kind of lock (d) a kind of fish

7. What is meaning of ‘curtain of life fell’?

(a) falling from height (b) almost dead

(c) life is like a curtain (d) None of above.

8. ‘Back and forth across the pool’ means–

(a) attaching rope at the back of belt

(b) back side of pool

(c) swimming to and fro across length of pool

(d) taking fear rounds of pool.

9. The instructor built a swimmer ‘piece by piece’. Average following ‘pieces’in sequence taught by instructor.

(1) kicking with legs

(2) put face under water and exhale

(3) raise nose above water and inhale

(4) attach rope to belt that went through overhead pulley

(a) 2-3-4-1 (b) 4-1-3-2

(c) 4-2-3-1 (d) 4-3-1-2

10. Canoeing is similar to

(a) boating (b) swimming

(c) fishing (d) drawing


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Complete the following passage by filling the blanks.

A. In the story, the writer narrates how he overcome his fear of_________.The writer begins his story when he was_________or_________years old.Once his father took him to a sea beach. A strong wave came & knockedhim down. His heart was filled with_________. However when he grew up,he decided to learn_________. He joined a local_________. But one dayhe was sitting alone. Suddenly a big boy picked the writer up & tossed himup into the_________ he could. But all his effor ts_________.A_________swept over his brain. He felt as if he was going to_________.Luckily, he was saved. But this terror lasted for many years. It spoiled allhis joys of_________&_________whenever he wanted to put his foot inwater, his old fear_________. Finally, he decided to get an_________whowas an_________and_________person. He put in a lot of effort with thewriter and made him a_________ swimmer. Now he could swimacross_________&_________. Thus, all we have to do is_________


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(a) Under his entertaining thought the peddler compared the wholeworld with a big.......................

(b) The old man offered ........................to the rattrap seller in his cottage.

(c) The old man earlier worked as a.......................at Ramsjo Ironworks.

(d) The Iron master mistook the rattrap seller as his old acquaintancewho .........................

(e) After observing the tramp seriously, Edla Willmansson concludedthat the stranger had either ....................something or escapedfrom.....................................

(f) On the Christmas Day after dinner Edla informed the peddler thather father’s suit that he was wearing was a .................. ....................for him


(a) What types of baits does this world offer to people?

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(b) Why did the Iron master send his daughter to the forge?

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(c) What assurance did Edla give to the rattrap seller?

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(d) When did the peddler get sure that he had got trapped in the rattrap?

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(e) What did the girl and her father learn at the church?

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(f) What did the peddler leave for Elda in a package?

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(g) What did the peddler confess at the end of the story?

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3. Answer the following questions in approximately 150-200 words each. (Useadditional sheet/space for answer)


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(a) “To go up to the manor house would be like throwing himselfvoluntarily into lion’s den.” Why did the rattrap seller think so?Explain in detail.

(b) “You do preach worse than a person”, said the Iron master to hisdaughter. Justify the statement.


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1. Different terms have been used in the text for the rattrap seller. Matchthese terms in column A with their meaning in column B.

A B

(i) vagabond (a) a homeless person

(ii) peddler (b) an unknown fellow

(iii) ragamuffin (c) a travelling howker

(iv) tramp (d) a beggar

(v) stranger (e) a person in rags

2. Put the following events in correct sequence as these happen in the story–

(a) When cleaned and well dressed up. Iron master found that he wasnot an old acquaintance and asked him to leave at once.

(b) One day the rattrap sellers was struck by the idea that the wholeworld was nothing but a big rattrap.

(c) Edla learnt at Church that the rattrap peddler had robbed the oldcraftier.

(d) After declining Ironmaster’s invitation, he respected ironmaster’sdaughter Edla’s efforts and agreed to her request for ChristmasEve stay at manor’s house.

(e) People let themselves be tempted to touch the bait, then it closedin on them, bringing end to everything.

(f) As he was raised to captain by Edla, he got power to clear himself.

(g) After stealing the old Croffer’s money, he lost his way in the woodsand reached Ramsjo Ironworks.


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(h) Valet informed that the stranger had left, taken nothing with himbut left behind a Christmas present for Miss Willmanson.

(i) One day he took shettes for a night in old craftier’s roadside cottagewho was simple, generous and all alone.

(j) Ironmaster took him as ana old acquaintance and invited him tostay with him.

3. MCQ (5)

(i) For the rattrap seller, idea that the whole world was a big rattrapwas

(a) frightening (b) amazing

(c) entertaining

(ii) The old craftier amused the stranger by

(a) music (b) a game of cards

(c) videogames

(iii) After robbing the old craftier, he didn’t walk on the public highwayfor

(a) fear of a road accident

(b) fear of being chased and caught

(c) his miserable appearance

(iv) Who brought the reformation in the rattrap seller

(a) the young girl (b) the valet

(c) the old craftier

(v) Acc. to the story ‘The Rattrap’ the essential goodness in humanbeing can be awakened through

(a) hate (b) love

(c) jealousy

4. How does the rattrap man turn into a new leaf? (5)


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1. Complete the sentence with the words given in the box

Edla Willmansson, Peddler, Ironmaster, Rattrap crofter

(i) The____________enjoys the crofter’s kindness and hospitality.

(ii) The____________takes the peddler for an old regimentalacquaintance.

(iii) ____________is the only person who shows real sympathy for thepeddler.

(iv) The____________gave the peddler shelter in his little cottage.

(v) The world has rightly been compared to a big____________.

2. Write ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ and change the wrong sentences :– (5)

(i) The peddler in the story ‘Rattrap’ is poor and lives a life of loudness.( )

(ii) The peddler robs the ironmaster who had given him food andshelter for the night. ( )

(iii) The peddler thought that by accepting the ironmaster’s invitationhe was going to fall into a trap. ( )

(iv) The peddler is a poor man. He goes around selling fruits. ( )

(v) While leaving the peddler leaves a small packet for ironmaster asa Christmas present. ( )


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3. Match the following words :–

(i) Rattraps Church priest

(ii) ragamuffi an officer responsible for forward order.

(iii) tramp a small cage to catch rats.

(iv) shroff one who works in a forge.

(v) Parson a person wearing torn clothes

(vi) crofter Vagabond.


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(a) The narrator visited Gandhi 1942 at his Ashram in ............................................

(b) Raj Kumar Shukla, a ................................... of Champaran visitedMahatma Gandhi in 1916 during ...................... convention of IndianNational Congress.

(c) The servants of Rajendra Prasad took Gandhi as another....................................

(d) Gandhi believed that the real relief to farmers would come from.....................from fear.

(e) .........................................was a commercial crop.

(f) The secretary of the British Landlords’s Association called Gandhian ...........................

(g) Mahatma Gandhi represented the .............................in the officialcommission of enquiry.


(a) Why did Raj Kumar Shukla meet Mahatma Gandhi?

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(b) Where did Mahatma Gandhi meet J P Kripalani at first?


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(c) What was an act of courage and bravery on the part of J BKripalani?

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(d) What did Mahatma Gandhi tell the lawyers of Champaran farmers?

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(e) What was the contract between the landlords and the farmers?

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(f) What was the first victory of civil disobedience in India?

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3. Answer the following questions in approximately 150-200 words each. (Useadditional sheet/space for answer)

(a) Gandhi explained that the amount of the refund was less importantthan the fact that the landlords had been obliged to surrender part


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of the money and, with it the part of their prestige. Elaborate thevictory of the peasants.

(b) Champaran episode was a turning point in Gandhi’s life. Explain indetail.

(c) Rajendra Prasad said that Gandhi taught them a lesson in self-reliance. Explain how Gandhi did it?


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State whether ‘True’ or ‘False’

(i) annual convention of Indian National party was held at Lucknow.True/False

(ii) Gandhiji asked Rajkumar Shukla to wait for him at the appointed spot inPatna. True/False

(iii) J.B. Kriplani was a professor at Tagore’s Shantiniketan. True/False

(iv) The Landlords compelled Indigo sharecropper to plant 25% of their holdingswith Indigo. True/False.

(v) Gandhiji was the sole representative of the peasants in the EnquiryCommission. True/False

Match the Columns :

A B

(i) Rajkumar Shukla Motihari

(ii) Annual Convention of English pacifist

Indian National

Congress in 1916

(iii) The Capital of Champaran Lucknow

(iv) Charles Freer Andrews Sevagram

(v) Gandhi’s Ashram peasant from Champaran

Strike out what is not true in the following :

(a) Rajkumar Shukla was–


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(i) a share cropper (ii) a politician

(iii) delegate (iv) a landlord

(b) Rajkumar Shukla was–

(i) poor (ii) physically strong

(iii) illiterate

(c) Louis Fischer was–

(i) a photographer (ii) a journalist

(iii) an armyman

(d) Professor Malkani was–

(i) a lawyer (ii) a teacher

(iii) an advocate of home rule (iv) a landlord

(e) Reverend J.Z. Hodge was–

(i) a landlord (ii) a British missionary

(iii) an enquiry commission member

(f) Charles Frcer Andrews was–

(i) a devoted follower of Gandhi (ii) an English pacifist

(iii) a lawyer

(g) The typical Gandhi pattern was–

(i) practical (ii) loyal to abstractions

(iii) loyal to living human beings

Fill in the Blanks :

(i) In 1916, a poor peasant named____________approached Gandhiji to comeand help the Indian sharecroppers in Champaran.

(ii) Rajkumar took Gandhiji to the house of____________in Patna.


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(iii) Gandhi decided to go to____________on his way to Champaran.

(iv) By an ancient agreement, the peasants had to plant Indigo on____________on percent of the land.

(v) ____________had developed synthetic Indigo. As a result, the price ofnatural Indigo____________

(vi) The landlord finally agreed to payback____________percent of thecompensation they had illegally collected.

(vii) ____________was the first instance of civil disobedience in India.

Critical appreciation of the text (word limit 125–150 words)

1. How did Mahatma Gandhi secured justice for oppressed people throughconvincing arguments and negotiation. Elaborate in the context of thechapter ‘Indigo’.

2. What was the contribution of Rajkumar Shukla in the Champaranmovement?

3. Why did Gandhi consider the Champaran episode to be a turning point inhis life?

4. Why did Gandhi agree to the 25% settlement with the British planters?

5. How did Gandhi tackle the cultural and social backwardness in theChamparan Villages.


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CLASS - XII

Submitted by :

1. Dr. Preeti Shukla, Lect. English

S.B. Mills Sr. Sec. School, Shivaji Marg, New Delhi.

2. Binita Sangwan (I.D. 19961112)

G.G.S.S.S. No. 2, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi

3. Deepika Saini (I.D. 20072346)

4. Anita Bahl (I.D. 19931025)

G.G.S.S.S. No. 1, Khyala, New Delhi

5. Rakesh Semalty

RPVV, Raj Niwas Marg, New Delhi

6. Seema Mittal (I.D. 19870299)

G.G.S.S.S. Vivek Vihar, New Delhi

7. Tanvir Jahan (I.D. 19920472)

RSKV, Kalyan Puri, New Delhi

8. Poonam Hans (I.D. 19890080)

9. Vandana Bansal (I.D. 20026015)

G.G.S.S.S. Khaira, New Delhi

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