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Last Lesson, Lost Spring, Mother at sixty-six and school

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the probable reason for children remaining barefoot?

a)

Lack of money

b)

Physical illness

c)

Perpetual state of poverty

d)

A tradition to remain barefoot

2.

Meaning of "Saheb-e-Alam"

a)

Good Human Being

b)

Lord of Universe

c)

Sun

d)

Moon

3.

Subtitle of Lost Spring

a)

Winter & Summer

b)

Suffering of Saheb

c)

Stories of Stolen Childhood

d)

None of the above

4.

Author of "Lost Spring"

a)

Khushwant Singh

b)

M.K.Gandhi

c)

William Douglas

d)

Anees Jung

5.

Important Character of Part 1 of the story "lost Spring"

a)

Mohan

b)

Mukesh

c)

Saheb

d)

None of the above

6.

Metaphor is a

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

figure of speech

d)

participle

7.

The story of 'The Last Lesson' is set in the backdrop of__________.

a)

France-Germany War

b)

France-Britain war

c)

Franco-Prussian War

d)

World War-II

8.

What was the unusual thing that Franz noticed when he reached at the school?

a)

Everyone was reciting their lessons loudly.

b)

The teacher was rapping his ruler on the table.

c)

There was a lot of commotion.

d)

It was very calm and quiet.

9.

Read the following extract and answer the question that follows:

“I won’t scold you, little Franz; you must feel bad enough."

Q- Who does 'I' refer to in the above line?

a)

Wachter

b)

The former Mayor

c)

M. Hamel

d)

The former postmaster

10.

Which one of these is NOT TRUE in context of the realization of Franz that he won't be able to learn French from the next day?

a)

He felt sorry for not learning his lessons.

b)

He thought his books were nuisance.

c)

He started loving grammar, history etc. which he hated earlier.

d)

He developed love for his teacher at the idea of his teacher going away.

11.

Why does M. Hamel ask the people to guard their language?

a)

because it was the clearest language.

b)

because it was the most logical language.

c)

because it was like a key to prison for enslaved people.

d)

because it was the most beautiful language.

12.

Where was the poet driving to?

a)

home

b)

playground

c)

Cochin

d)

airport

13.

What were the parting words of the poet?

a)

see you soon

b)

Meet you soon

c)

See you later

d)

Call you soon

14.

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

a)

Stephen Spender

b)

Kamla Das

c)

John Keats

d)

Pablo Neruda

15.

Why does the poet look out of the window?

a)

to look out at the trees

b)

to distract herself

c)

to look at the children

d)

to cure her boredom

16.

The paper-seeming boy with rat’s eyes means

The boy is

a)

sly and secretive

b)

thin, hungry and weak

c)

unpleasant looking

d)

All of the above

17.

What is the figure of speech used in the line "these children’s faces like rootless weeds"?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Pun

18.

What does the poet mean by "all their future’s painted with a fog"?

a)

Their future is beautiful like fog.

b)

The children have painted their future with fog.

c)

The fog blocks their future.

d)

Their future is dark and hazy just like fog.

19.

This poem follows the ideology of__________.

a)

Socialism

b)

Fascism

c)

Feminism

d)

Capitalism

20.

What is the figure of speech used in the line "far far from rivers"?

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor