P1 My Mother at Sixty Six

Where was the poet driving to?

• home

• playground

• Cochin

• airport

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From where were the children spilling out?

• home

• neighbourhood

• school

• car

What were the parting words of the poet?

• see you soon

• Meet you soon

• See you later

• Call you soon

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Where was the mother sitting?

• in front of the poet

• Beside the poet

• behind the poet

• beside the driver

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Name the poet of the poem” My Mother at Sixty six”.

• Stephen Spender

• Kamla Das

• John Keats

• Pablo Neruda

Name the literary device used in the line ‘ her face ashen like that of a corpse

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

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What was the poet’s childhood fear?

• flying in a plane

• unable to join merry children

• separation from her mother

• driving in a car

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What thought did the poet try to put away?

• mother would not live long

• mother would continue sleeping

• mother would wake up

• mother would live long

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Why does the poet look out of the window?

• to look out at the trees

• to distract herself

• to look at the children

• to cure her boredom

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How does the poet distract herself from her unpleasant thoughts?

• closes her eyes

• looks at her mother’s face

• looks at the driver’s face

• looks out of the window

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