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Question-1. What does a ball cost?

  1. 5 dimes
  2. 10 dimes
  3. 1 dime
  4. 4 dimes
Answer-1

Question-2. The boy has lost

  1. a ball
  2. a bat
  3. a bag
  4. a bottle
Answer-2

Question-3. He' here stands for

  1. author
  2. the boy
  3. trainer
  4. Water man
Answer-3

Question-4. The poet is talking about a boy, who has lost his

  1. Ball
  2. Book
  3. Bat
  4. Pencil
Answer-4

Question-5. What is the boy playing with?

  1. bat
  2. ball
  3. car
  4. bus
Answer-5

Question-6. Why are the boy's eyes desperate?

  1. Because he has lost his ball.
  2. Because he has lost his money.
  3. Because he has lost his gloves
  4. None of the Above
Answer-6

Question-7. The poet uses the word 'ultimate' to describe the boy's reaction.Pick the meaning that DOES NOT display what, 'ultimate' means in the context given.

  1. consequent
  2. final
  3. conclusive
  4. fateful
Answer-7

Question-8. The poet seems to have indicated the merry bouncing of the ball to

  1. create a sense of rhythm in these lines.
  2. support the happiness of the experience of playing.
  3. contrast with the dejected feeling of the boy.
  4. indicate the cheerful mood of the boy.
Answer-8

Question-9. Where does the ball go?

  1. drain
  2. well
  3. house
  4. water
Answer-9

Question-10. Why does the poet decide not to condole the boy?

  1. He is busy
  2. He is indifferent
  3. It will be of no use
  4. He is happy
Answer-10

Question-11. Here the ball symbolizes….............in the poem.

  1. Hope
  2. Simple toy far play
  3. Dreams
  4. Memories of childhood
Answer-11

Question-12. His first responsibility' here refers to

  1. how to make up
  2. how to face loss
  3. how to draw water
  4. how to panic
Answer-12

Question-13. The lost of ball has taught the boy the…...............of responsibility.

  1. idea
  2. pain
  3. lesson
  4. sense
Answer-13

Question-14. Find the word from the passage which means same as 'study of knowledge'.

  1. intrude
  2. epistemology
  3. possession
  4. rigid
Answer-14

Question-15. Who is the poet ?

  1. John Berryman
  2. Robin Klein
  3. Walt Whitman
  4. Adreinne Rich
Answer-15

Question-16. Why does the speaker choose not to intrude This is so because the poet

  1. knows that it would embarrass the boy in his moment of grief.
  2. feels that it's important that the boy learn an important life lesson, undisturbed.
  3. realises that he doesn't have sufficient funds to purchase a new ball for the boy.
  4. experiences a sense of distress himself, by looking at the boy's condition.
Answer-16

Question-17. The poet does not want to interfere as he wants the child to learn to bear the

  1. loss
  2. load
  3. unhappiness
  4. responsibility
Answer-17

Question-18. What does 'in the world of possessions' means?

  1. Love
  2. Lust
  3. Materialistic things
  4. None of the Above
Answer-18

Question-19. Name the literary device used in 'And no one buys a ball back.'

  1. Metaphor
  2. Simile
  3. Alliteration
  4. Anaphora
Answer-19

Question-20. The word 'possessions' means

  1. process
  2. possess
  3. health
  4. wealth
Answer-20

Question-21. According to the poet, every man should know how to overcome the

  1. profit
  2. difficulties
  3. problems
  4. loss
Answer-21

Question-22. This will help the child in understanding his

  1. responsibility
  2. sharing
  3. duty
  4. assets
Answer-22

Question-23. Giving another ball to the child is

  1. senseless
  2. worthless
  3. useless
  4. harmless
Answer-23

Question-24. How does the child react at the loss?

  1. stands rigid
  2. trembles
  3. stares
  4. all of them
Answer-24

Question-25. Who is the poet of the poem 'The Ball Poem'?

  1. Sylvia Plath
  2. W.B Yeats
  3. Robert Frost
  4. John Berryman.
Answer-25

Question-26. Who would not intrude the boy?

  1. The Ball
  2. The Poet
  3. The Gloves
  4. None of the Above
Answer-26

Question-27. Where was the boy staring down?

  1. the sea
  2. the ocean
  3. the harbour
  4. the lake
Answer-27

Question-28. According to the poet, what is the child learning?

  1. to bear loss
  2. to take care of things
  3. to be responsible
  4. to be careful
Answer-28

Question-29. What has the boy lost ?

  1. toy
  2. ball
  3. toy car
  4. bat
Answer-29

Question-30. For the loss of which thing the boy felt grieved and helpless ?

  1. toy car
  2. video game
  3. bat
  4. ball
Answer-30

Question-31. The poem begins with a question. Based on your reading of the poem, the speaker

  1. wants the boy to answer the question.
  2. expects the passers-by to respond.
  3. is looking for answers in a self-help book.
  4. is thinking to himself.
Answer-31

Question-32. Where did the ball fall into ?

  1. water
  2. pond
  3. river
  4. pit
Answer-32



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