Nine Gold Medals

What was the event?

• The 100m race in the Special Olympics

• The 100m race in the Olympics

• The triathlon

• A running race for the specially abled

Nine Gold Medals is written by

• David Moor

• Robert Southey

• David Roth

• Wilfred Owen

What was the unexpected thing that happened?

• The shortest athlete among them stumbled, staggered and fell to his knees on the ground.

• The youngest athlete among them stumbled, staggered and fell to his knees on the ground.

• The eldest among them stopped to help the youngest runner.

• When the youngest among them fell down, everyone else continued their race

The nine sportsmen stood with smiling faces and their gold medals under the banner that declared it as a ‘Special Olympics’. This shows

• Human compassion

• Cooperation

• True sportsman spirit

• All of the above

What is the moral that the poet is trying to convey?

• It is okay to fall down once in a while.

• Winning is important.

• Compassion is more important than competition.

• All of the above