The ball Poem-

Where has the boy lost the ball?

• forest

• city

• street

• water

How does the boy feel when he loses his dearest ball?

• confused

• shaken

• trembling

• all of the above

what does the poet say about money?

• external

• internal

• useless

• meaningful

What does the poet say the world is made of?

• joy

• sadness

• possessions

• troubles

What meaning is the boy learning?

• meaning of loss

• meaning of life

• meaning of responsibility

• meaning of playing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

poet of the poem The Ball Poem:

• Leslie Norris

• John Berryman

• Liam o' Flaherty

• Robein Klein

'An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy.' This line shows

• a) the boy's sadness at losing the ball.

• b) The intensity of the feeling of the boy.

• c) The enormity of the loss itself.

• d) The over sensitive nature of the boy.

'The first responsibility' the poet refers to is

• a) the need to take care of one's possessions

• b) the necessity of keeping the ball safely

• c) the urge to locate the lost ball

• d) the ability to understand the depth of grief at a loss.

'Balls, balls will be lost always'. It implies that

• a) Balls are generally lost in play.

• b) Loss is an integral part of life.

• c) One has to be prepared to face and accept losses

• d) One should not lose the hope of finding the lost object.

The poet rejects two suggestions that people normally make to pacify a boy who has lost

a ball. These are:

• a) Loss of a ball is natural and no use crying over it

• b) Losses make us stronger and we must learn from our experience.

• c) The lost ball can be replaced and it is very cheap.

• d) Whatever is lost cannot be bought back and feeling sad for a loss is of no use.