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Question-1. What does a ball cost?

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

Question-2. The boy has lost

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

Question-3. He' here stands for

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

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

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

Question-5. What is the boy playing with?

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

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

  1. Because he has lost his money.
  2. Because he has lost his gloves
  3. None of the Above
  4. Because he has lost his ball.
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. final
  2. conclusive
  3. fateful
  4. consequent
Answer-7

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

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

Question-9. Where does the ball go?

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

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

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

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

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

Question-12. His first responsibility' here refers to

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

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

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

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

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

Question-15. Who is the poet ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-20. The word 'possessions' means

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

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

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

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

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

Question-23. Giving another ball to the child is

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

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

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

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

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

Question-26. Who would not intrude the boy?

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

Question-27. Where was the boy staring down?

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

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

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

Question-29. What has the boy lost ?

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

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

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

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

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

Question-32. Where did the ball fall into ?

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



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