An Elementary School Classroom Part 2

What does the poet show through expressions ‘so blot their maps with slums as big as doom’?

• his clot the street
• enjoy the maps
• big maps
• poet’s protest against social injustice and inequalities

Mention any two images used to explain the plight of the slum children.

• open handed map
• from his desk
• belled, flowery
• foggy slums and bottle bits on stones

What attracts the slum children?

• (a)The animals
• The movies
• icecream
• All beautiful things like ship, Sun

In what sense are the slum chidren different?

• their IQ
• their wisdom
• their dresses
• because of no access to hope and openness of the world

What does the expression ‘Open handed map ” show?

• power of the poor
• the poor are powerful
• the poor are powerless
• maps are drawn at the orders of the powerful people like hitler

Who was sitting at the back of the dim class?

• a girl
• an old man
• a teacher
• an unnoticed young boy

What kind of look the faces and hair of the children give?

• a rich and beautiful
• organized
• healthy
• pale faces and scattered and undone hair

Why is the head of the tall girl ‘weighed down’?

• by the burden of studies
• by the burden of work
• by the burden of the world
• All these

What does the poet wish for the children of the slums?

• He wish them to be happy and healthy
• He wishes a good change for them
• he wants them to lead a healthy and happy life
• All these

How can powerful people help the poor children?

• by fighting with the government
• by fighting with the powerful
• by bridging gaps of inequalities and injustice
• by fighting with the rich