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Elementary School Classroom in a Slum

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An Elementary School Classroom in a slum is written by

a)

Anees Jung

b)

Stephen Spender

c)

Jack Finney

d)

Kamala Das

2.

What kind of classroom is mentioned here?

a)

Classroom in a city

b)

Classroom in a village

c)

Classroom in a town

d)

Classroom in a slum

3.

The children in the classroom are compared to

a)

Rootless weeds

b)

Flowers in Tyrolese valley

c)

Wild plants

d)

Valuable plants

4.

The paper seeming boy. What poetic device is used here?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

5.

Who is sitting at the back of the classroom?

a)

The tall girl

b)

The paper seeming boy

c)

Boy with stunted growth

d)

A sweet young boy

6.

What does the boy with stunted growth recite?

a)

His father's gnarled disease

b)

His lessons from his desk

c)

Extreme Poverty and helplessness

d)

All of the above

7.

What is the color of the classroom walls?

a)

White

b)

Pale white

c)

Sour cream

d)

Cream

8.

What does 'Shakespeare's head' represent?

a)

A picture donated by someone

b)

The textbook in the classroom

c)

Statue of Shakespeare

d)

Play by Shakespeare

9.

What does open handed map mean?

a)

Map of the slum

b)

World map

c)

World map created by the rich and powerful

d)

World map including the slum

10.

'Lead sky' What poetic device is used here?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Imagery

11.

Why is Shakespeare wicked?

a)

Shakespeare did not visit here

b)

Shakespeare's word are not accessible to the slum children

c)

Shakespeare did not write anything for them

d)

Shakespeare is well known to them

12.

Why is the map a bad example?

a)

Tempts the slum children to steal

b)

Shows them exact places

c)

No slum is mentioned there

d)

Has very beautiful places

13.

What does cramped holes refer to?

a)

Rat holes

b)

Drainage

c)

Holes on trees

d)

Homes of slum people

14.

'Like bottle bits on stones' What poetic device is used here?

a)

Simile

b)

Imagery

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor

15.

All of their time and space are foggy slum. What does this mean?

a)

The slum children have a bright future.

b)

The slum children have a bleak and dark future.

c)

They have a lot of hope.

d)

They have a lot of opportunities.

16.

Who must take care of the elementary school?

a)

Governor

b)

Inspector

c)

Visitor

d)

All of the above

17.

What is the world of the children?

a)

The windows and the narrow street.

b)

The world map

c)

The bright world outside

d)

Foreign lands

18.

What does the poet want the children to do?

a)

Break open the shackles of the slum

b)

Run away from the slum

c)

Live in the slum

d)

Not engage in any activity

19.

What does the poet want for the children?

a)

Food and shelter

b)

Fresh air and education

c)

New clothes

d)

New houses

20.

Who according to the poet can create history?

a)

Those who are powerful.

b)

Those who are wealthy.

c)

Those with power of education.

d)

Those with clarity of thought.