WorksheetsOld man at the bridge & heart of the tree
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Authors choose words for a certain reason. Why does the author mention three times "the old man was still there"
He had no other words to use
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Repetition makes the reader see that the man is not going anywhere.
The man is only getting older, which is important for readers.
. Why did the old man leave San Carlos?
He was told that his kids are growing up too quickly
The gunfire in his city might harm him
His animals were about to cross the bridge
What is the cause of old man’s worry and guilt ?
He was too old.
He could not take the responsibilities of his animals.
He left his home town
Why can't the old man walk any further?
He was too tired to walk.
He was too old to walk.
He had already walked 12 km and he was too tired and old to walk any further.
Why did the old man thank the narrator?
Narrator helped him a lot
Narrator showed a lot of concern and asked him to move to safer place.
Narrator conversed with him amicably.
Why could the planes of Fascists not fly?
Climate was not favourable .
Old man was not ready to move.
Planes were not in good condition
"Friend of sun and sky"? The poetic device used by the author is?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
"In Hushed and happy twilight heard". Identify the poetic device.
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Meaning of 'mother's croon 'in the poem, ' The heart of the tree'?
Gentle sweet song of mother bird
bird's nest
young birds
What does he plants who plant a tree? Who said this
The Tree
The man
Henry Cuyler Bunner.
