Somebody's Mother

Who is the poet of this chapter?

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Mary Dow Brine

• William Shakespeare

• Roald Dahl

Who is referred to as old and ragged and gray?

• The boy

• The snow

• The woman

• None of the above

What is the rhyme scheme for this paragraph?

Who is the speaker of these lines?

• The speaker is the old woman who helps the young boy.

• The speaker is the old lady who helps the old woman.

• The speaker is the girl who helps the old man.

• The speaker is the young boy who helps the old lady.

What does the boy hope for?

• Somebody helps his own mother when she is old

• The old woman gives him a reward for helping her

• Somebody helps him when he is old and aged

• I don't know

What is the meaning of the word 'throng'?

• In the middle

• Worn out

• Crowd of people

• None of the above

State true or false:

1. The boy did not help the old lady.

2. The old lady was poor and ragged.

• 1. True

  2. False

• 1. False

  2. False

• 1. False

  2. True

• 1. True

  2. True

Who is the speaker of the 4th line in the above paragraph?

• The boy

• The old lady

• The man

• The snow

Describe the old woman’s clothes, posture and looks.

• The old woman was old and gray. She wore torn clothes. Her feet were aged and slow. She was bent due to old age.

• It was a snowy cold winter day.

• The woman was young. She wore beautiful clothes and she was from a rich family. She was not bent due to her young age.

• The woman was cruel and evil and wore new clothes everyday.

What are the lines that describe how the people in the street behaved?

• Of human beings who passed her by

  Nor heeded the glance of her anxious eyes

• Of human beings who passed her by

  Nor heeded the glance of her worried eyes

• Both 'A' and 'B'

• None of the above