WorksheetsDEEP WATER
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who is the author of 'Deep Water'?
Alphonse Daudet
Pearl S. Buck
William Douglas
Stephen Spender
How old was William when the Y.M.C.A incident occurred?
three or four years old
four or five years old
eight or nine years old
ten or eleven years old
Douglas first developed an aversion to water when he had gone with his father to a beach in ......
Florida
Texas
California
New York
The boy who threw Douglas into the pool was ........years old.
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
Why did Douglas have an aversion to water from the beginning?
because he used to have nightmares of drowning in water
because he wasn't able to learn to swim
because he didn't like the taste of water
because he was knocked down by a wave
When the big boy threw the author into the pool, did he lose his presence of mind?
Yes
No
Both a & b
I'm not sure
Which genre does the story "Deep Water' belong to?
biography
autobiography
horror
science fiction
What was the condition of his legs?
his legs were kicking
they were soft
they seemed paralyzed
they were active
When did Douglas finally conquer his fear?
when his instructor gave his approval
when he tried swimming alone at different places
when he was able to put his face under the water
when he tried different strokes on his own in the pool
Which proverb most aptly describes the theme of the story 'Deep Water'?
all's well that ends well
time and tide wait for none
cut your coat according to your cloth
where there's a will, there's a way
When the author's feet touched the bottom, he:
made a big jump
lay flat at the bottom
made no efforts to come to the surface
none of these
Yakima river as according to mother of William Douglas was
trecherous
treachrous
treacherous
trechereous
