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13. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.<br />
Write the correct option in your answer sheets.<br />
(4)<br />
My Mother!<br />
You come to me like heaven's caring arms,<br />
I remember the war days when life was challenge and toil –<br />
Miles to walk hours before sunrise.<br />
(a) Who are 'you' and 'me' in the above lines<br />
(i) Poet's mother; poet (ii) Poet; poet's mother<br />
(iii) Poet; poet's grandmother (iv) Poet's mother; poet's brother<br />
(b) What does 'war days' refer to here<br />
(i) I world war (ii) II world war<br />
(iii) War between India and Pakistan (iv) War between India and China<br />
(c) Why did the poet have to walk so much early in the morning<br />
(i) to learn Arabic<br />
(ii) to take lessons from the saintly teacher<br />
(iii) to bring milk from the market<br />
(iv) both (i) and (ii)<br />
(d) Name the poem and the poet.<br />
(i) 'My Mother' by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam<br />
(ii) 'My Mother' by Ruskin Bond<br />
(iii) 'My Mother' by Joseph Rudyard Kipling<br />
(iv) 'My Mother' by Alexander Pope<br />
14. Answer any four of the following questions. (30-40 words)<br />
(4×2=8)<br />
(a) Why did the hermit not answer the king's questions immediately<br />
(b) Why had Margie started hating her school more than ever<br />
(c) On his way to the school, why did Swami feel that he was the worst<br />
perjurer on earth<br />
(d) What idea do you get about the children who are singing "The<br />
Children's Song"<br />
(e) At what age did the grandmother learn climbing trees Who taught<br />
her the art of climbing<br />
15. 'What a waste!' What is Tommy referring to as a waste Do you think it is<br />
really a waste (40-50 words)<br />
(3)<br />
16. You are Samuel. You felt quite surprised at Swami's strange behaviour in<br />
the class. You decided to write a page in your diary describing your feelings<br />
at caning him. Write the diary entry in about 80-90 words.<br />
OR<br />
You are the king. You were quite exited and satisfied after getting the<br />
answers to your three questions. You decided to write a letter of thanks to<br />
the hermit expressing your feelings of gratitude for his words of wisdom.<br />
(80-90 words)<br />
(6)<br />
<strong>VIII</strong>-<strong>ENGLISH</strong> <strong>COURSE</strong> - "A"<br />
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