1. What is the name of Harris's wife, Mr.
Crocker?
A. Miley Crocker – Harris
B. Haley Crocker – Harris
C. Millie Crocker – Harris
D. None of the above
Answer:
(A) Millie Crocker – Harris
2. On the last day of school, what did
Taplow do?
A. Timepass
B. Completing homework
C. Extra work
D. Nothing
Answer:
(C) Extra Work
3. How did Frank react when Mrs.
Crocker–Harris arrived?
A. He was relieved
B. He was happy
C. He was nervous
D. None of the above
Answer:
(A) He was relieved.
4. Does Taplow think that Mr.
Crocker–Harris is biased?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Maybe
D. Can’t say
Answer:
(A) No
5. What is Taplow’s age?
A. Five
B. Fourteen
C. Sixteen
D. Twenty
Answer:
(C) Sixteen
6. Who is Frank?
A. Parent
B. Principal
C. Student
D. Teacher
Answer:
(D) Teacher
7. Which book Taplow was reading?
A. Julius Caesar
B. English novel
C. The Agamemnon
D. History textbook
Answer:
(C) The Agamemnon
8. Millie Crocker – Harris, how would you
describe her?
A. fat woman, forties
B. thin woman, in her twenties
C. thin women, smartly dressed
D. Thin Woman, late thirties, smartly dressed
Answer:
(D) Thin Woman, late thirties, smartly dressed.
9. Who has written ‘The Browning
Version’?
A. Terence Rattigan
B. Mr. Edgar S. Woolard
C. Mr. Lester Brown
D. Kushwant Singh
Answer:
(A) Terence Rattigan
10. Why was Mr. Crocker– Harris named
'Hardly Human' by Taplow?
A. He is all shriveled up
B. He is very rude to everyone
C. He finds peace in failing students
D. Because he is a sadist
Answer:
(B) He is all shriveled up.
11. What does the word ‘Slacker’ mean?
A. An active person
B. An agile person
C. A lazy person
D. A smart person
Answer:
(C) A lazy person
12. Why is Taplow required to perform
extra work?
A. because he was called by his teacher
B. because he was there to help his teacher
C. because he didn’t performed well in his studies
D. because he has missed his previous week due to
illness
Answer:
(D) because he has missed his previous week due to illness.
13. What does ‘Remove’ mean in the
chapter?
A. get rid of
B. unfasten
C. take away something
D. a division in British Schools
Answer:
(D) a division in British Schools.
14. What sets Mr. Crocker–Harris apart
from other educators?
A. as he is rude
B. as he is old
C. as he is strict
D. as he is not biased
Answer:
(D) as he is not biased.
15. In the absence of her husband, what
did Millie suggest to Taplow?
A. to go to the chemist to get her prescription
filled
B. to play golf
C. to wait
D. to go to his home
Answer:
(A) to go to chemist to get her prescription filled.
16. Who said the lines, ‘Come along,
Taplow. Do not be so selfish as to keep a good joke to yourself.’?
A. Millie
B. Frank
C. Principal
D. Mr. Crocker-Harris
Answer:
(B) Frank
17. What short name does Taplow call Mr.
Crocker–Harris in his absence?
A. Harris
B. Crock
C. Crocker
D. Teacher
Answer:
(B) Crock
18. What was special about Mr. Crocker
Harris?
A. He declared the result on the last day of term
B. He declared the result beforehand
C. He declared the result after everyone had
declared
D. All of the above
Answer: (A) He declared the result on the last day of term.
Poem:
Childhood by Markus Natten
1. Why do adults talk and preach about
love but don't show it in their actions?
A. because they do not want to
B. because they are hypocrites
C. because they are double-faced
D. because they invest in only those whom they find
interesting
Answer:
(B) because they are hypocrites
2. Where did the poet use antithesis in a
poem when two opposite words are used together in a sentence?
A. Forgotten place
B. Hell and Heaven
C. Preached of love
D. Infant’s face
Answer:
(B) Hell and Heaven
3. After what age did the poet realize
that he had lost his childhood?
A. Ten
B. Eleven
C. Twelve
D. Thirteen
Answer:
(B) Eleven
4. When the poet realized he could use
his mind however he wanted, what did he notice about himself?
A. He sensed his own individuality and a separate
personality
B. He sensed that he is as intelligent as his
friends
C. He sensed that he could use his mind in creative
work
D. He sensed that he is very smart
Answer:
(A) He sensed his own individuality and a separate personality.
5. What word is the antonym of 'hidden'?
A. Out
B. Partial
C. Open
D. Closed
Answer:
(A) Out
6. Who is the poet of the poem
‘Childhood’?
A. Shirley Toulson
B. Walt Whitman
C. Markus Natten
D. Naipul
Answer:
(C) Markus Natten
7. Where did he see himself as a child
now?
A. Only in his memories
B. In other kids
C. In an infant’s face
D. Nowhere
Answer:
(C) In an infant’s face
8. When the poet lost his childhood, what
did he learn about himself?
A. that he is dumb
B. that he is very intelligent
C. that he can use in whatever way he wants
D. None of the Above
Answer:
(C) that he can use in whatever way he wants.
9. What did the poet come to understand
about adults?
A. they have to earn money
B. that they are mature
C. they are cunning
D. they are not what they seem to be
Answer:
(D) they are not what they seem to be.
10. What was it in the Geography book
that the poet couldn't find?
A. Country
B. Island
C. End to sky
D. Hell and Heaven
Answer:
(D) Hell and Heaven
11. What did the poet learn about Hell
and Heaven?
A. They were in India
B. They were in America
C. They were imaginary places
D. They could be found in Geography books
Answer:
(C) They were imaginary places.
12. What is the subject of the poem
"Childhood"?
A. Poet’s father childhood
B. Poet’s lost childhood
C. Childhood of every person
D. Childhood of poet’s child
Answer:
(B) Poet’s lost childhood.
13. What is the meaning of the word
‘ceased’?
A. Starting of something
B. Come to an end
C. In the middle
D. To chase something
Answer:
(B) Come to an end.
14. According to the poet, adults are
_______
A. Hypocrites
B. Smart
C. Lovable
D. Intelligent and Cunning
Answer:
(A) Hypocrites
15.
Which of the following is NOT one of the options where the poet believes his
childhood has passed him by?
A. The time when he realized that adults were
hypocrites
B. The time when he ceased to be twelve
C. The time when he realized that hell and heaven
could not be found in Geography
D. None of the above
Answer:
(B) The time when he ceased to be twelve.
16. In the following line, what poetic
device has been used?
Was it when I found my mind was really
mine
A. Similie
B. Metaphor
C. Alliteration
D. Personification
Answer:
(C) Alliteration
17. Who are ‘they’ in the poem?
A. Poet’s parents
B. Poet’s cousins
C. Poet’s friends
D. Adults around the poet
Answer:
(D) Adults around the poet.
18. What is that day in the poem?
A. The day poet loses his childhood
B. The day poet loses his car
C. The day poet loses his book
D. The day poet loses his mind
Answer: (A) The day poet loses his childhood.
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