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Lost Spring

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of Lost Spring?

a)

Willliam Douglas

b)

Anees Jung

c)

Selma Lageriof

d)

Louis Fischer

2.

What does the author analyze in the story?

a)

Poor children and their exploitation

b)

Rich people

c)

garbage

d)

epidemic

3.

What is the central theme of the story Lost Spring?

a)

Saheb and Mukesh

b)

Spring Season

c)

Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood

d)

garbage

4.

What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?

a)

Extreme Poverty

b)

peers

c)

parents

d)

greed

5.

This story is an excerpt from which book of the author?

a)

Unveiling India

b)

Breaking the Silence

c)

The Song of India

d)

Lost Spring - Stories of stolen childhood

6.

Name the birth place of the author.

a)

U.S.A

b)

Callifornia

c)

Kochi

d)

Rourkela

7.

What does the title 'Lost Spring' symbolise?

a)

lost blooming childhood

b)

autumn season

c)

lost money

d)

lost age

8.

Saheb hailed from which place?

a)

Delhi

b)

Seemapuri

c)

Greenfields of Dhaka

d)

None

9.

Why did Saheb leave his house?

a)

Because storm swept away his house and field

b)

to enjoy a life of leisure

c)

to find friends

d)

to go to college

10.

What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?

a)

hard work

b)

Destiny

c)

People arpund him

d)

Acute poverty

11.

Why did Saheb leave Dhaka?

a)

Because of lack of resources

b)

Because of lack of enough food

c)

Because of friends

d)

Because of parents

12.

Who are responsible for the poor condition of bangle makers in Firozabad?

a)

Parents

b)

Society

c)

Bureaucrats

d)

All

13.

What efforts can help Mukesh materialise his dream of becoming a car driver?

a)

Hard work

b)

going to garage

c)

guidance of his owner

d)

all of the above

14.

What are the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry?

a)

miserable life

b)

impaired vision

c)

Poor health

d)

All of the above

15.

Who employs the local families of Firozabad?

a)

The glass blowing industry

b)

Politicians

c)

Merchants

d)

Bureaucrats

16.

What is the function of glass blowing industry?

a)

to mould glass and make colorful bangles

b)

to mould glass

c)

to make doors

d)

to make windows

17.

What makes the working condition of the children worst in the glass industry?

a)

Dark dingy cells without light and air

b)

dazzling and sparking of welding light

c)

high temprature

d)

All of the above

18.

What excuse do the rag pickers give for not wearing chappals?

a)

mothers don't give

b)

no interest

c)

a tradition

d)

all of the above

19.

Who is Mukesh?

a)

worker

b)

ragpicker

c)

student

d)

farmer

20.

What compels the workers in bangle industry of Firozabad to poverty?

a)

cast and ancestral profession

b)

Karam theory and society

c)

Bureaucrats and politicians

d)

All of the above