The Hero

Who wrote the poem 'The Hero'?

• Rabindranath Tagore

• Sarojini Naidu

• Vikram Seth

• Robert Frost

Who is the boy speaking to in his imagination?

• His mother

• Himself

• The dacoits

• No one

Where is the mother seated?

• on a horse

• in a bullock cart

• in a palanquin

• on a cart

How is the land they are travelling through described as?

• dark

• desolate and barren

• filled with cattle

• frightened

How did the palanquin bearers react when they saw the dacoits ?

• They ran away

• They fought the dacoits

• They hid themselves

• They stayed calm

Which of the following means 'to make you tremble with fear'?

• give an opinion

• give a cold shudder

• stay cold

• shrink in

Which one of the following is spelled correctly?

• escort

• eccort

• escortt

• esscort

"Was it not lucky that the boy was with his mother?" According to the boy who would say this?

• his brother

• the village people

• his mother

• his father

Where had all the cattle gone according to the boy in the poem?

• to graze

• they were lying down and the boy couldn't see them

• they went to their sheds

• the dacoits took them

Pick out the word which means a small round shield held by a handle or worn on the forearm.

• Spur

• Trottle

• buckler

• palanquin