Duff and Dutt question bunch class 10 My Own True Family Page 207, 208
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Page- 207
Stanza- 1 & 2
(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1) ‘My Own’ True Family’ is written by – (d) Ted Hughes.
(2) The bag of the old woman was – (c) little
(3) The Poet crept in – (b) an Oakwood
(4) The poet was looking for a/an – (a) stag
(5) The poet met an old – (d) woman
(6) The old woman was – (c) knobbly stick and rag
(7) The old woman had the poet’s secret inside her – (a) little bag
(8) The old woman began to – (b) Cackle
(9) The poet began to – (c) quake
(10) As the old woman opened her little bag, the poet became – (d) twice awake
(11) The poet was surrounded by a – (b) Staring tribe
(12) The poet was tied to a – (a) Stake
(13) The poem strongly focuses on – (a) the need to protect our natural environment
(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.
(i) The narrator was in search of a ___stag.______________________
(ii) The poet crept in an Oakwood as ____he was looking for a stag.________________
(iii) The old woman whom the poet met in the Oakwood was ___all knobbly stick and rag.________________
(iv) The old woman said that __she had the poet’s secret inside her little bag._____________________
(v) As the old woman began to cackle __the poet began to quake.____________________
(vi) The poet became twice awake when __the old woman opened up her little bag.________________
(vii) The poet found that he was __surrounded by a staring tribe and tied to a stake.______________________
(C) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/ words in support of your answer.
(i) The poet was running after a lamb. (false)
Supportive sentence: the poet was looking for a stag.
(ii) The poet crept in an orchard. (false)
Supportive sentence: the poet crept in an Oakwood.
(iii) The poet was looking for a female deer. (false)
Supportive sentence: the poet was looking for a stag.
(iv) The poet met an old man. (false)
Supportive sentence: the poet met an old woman there.
(v) The old man had the poet’s secret in her bag. (false)
Supportive sentence: the old woman had the poet’s secret in her little bag.
(vi) The poet was afraid on hearing the old woman’s cackle. (true)
Supportive sentence: as the old woman began to cackle she began to quake.
(D) (1) Answer the questions.
i) The poet crept in an Oakwood.
ii) There was the poet’s secret inside the old woman’s bag.
iii) The poet crept in an Oakwood to look for a stag.
iv) The poet met an old woman there.
v) The poet was looking for a stag.
vi) The old woman was all knobbly stick and rag.
vii) The old woman told the poet that she had his secret in her little bag.
viii) When the old woman began to cackle the poet began to quake.
ix) When she opened her little bag the poet became twice awake. She found herself surrounded by a staring tribe and tied to a stake.
(2) Answer the questions.
i) The line suggests that the poet became fully awake when the old woman opened up her little bag. He was curious to know what was there in her bag.
ii) The poem focuses on the importance of protecting our surrounding environment. All the animals and trees maintain a natural balance in our environment which is required for our well-being.
iii) The poet’s search for the stag symbolises that he was looking for a wild animal in the forest.
The old woman all knobbly stick and rag means that she knows all about the ancient practices and history to protect the environment. So, she wants to warn us about protecting environment for our own benefits.
(E) Complete the chart with information from the text:
Statement |
Reason |
(i) The poet crept in an oakwood |
(i) To look for a stag. |
(ii) The poet began to quake. |
(ii) The old woman began to cackle. |
(iii) The poet became twice awake. |
(iii) The old woman opened up her little bag. |
Page- 208
Stanza- 2-5
(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1) The oak – trees are described as the poet’s –(b) true family
(2) The staring tribe told the poet that they are the –(c) oak – trees
(3) The tribe belongs to the poet’s true –(d) family
(4) The oak – trees are –(a) chopped down
(5) When the oak – trees are chopped down the poet does not –(c) Wink an eye
(6) The tribe threatens the poet to make a –(c) Promise
(7) Against every felled oak – tree the tribe asked the poet to plant –(d) two oak – trees
(8) If the poet fails to swear, the black oak bark will –(a) Wrinkle
(9) The black oak bark will root the poet among the –(b) Oaks
(10) The poet was altered by a /an –(c) dream
(11) The poet came out of the oak wood, back to –(a) human company
(12) The walk of the poet was that of a –(b) human child
(13) After the experience the poet’s heart became a –(d) tree
(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.
(i) The oak – trees told the poet ___that they were his own family._____________________
(ii) When the trees are chopped down __and torn up the poet do not blink an eye.________________
(iii) Whenever the poet sees an oak – tree felled, he should __swear to plant two oak trees.__________________
(iv) The poet will meet his death unless _he makes a promise to plant oak trees.____________________
(v) The oak – trees asked the poet to swear ___that he would plant two trees then._________________
(vi) When the poet returned to human company ___his walk was the walk of a human child._________________
(vii) Though the poet was a human child by physique ___but his heart was a tree.______________
(C) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.
(i) The members of the tribe were none else but the oak – trees. (true)
Supportive sentence: the tribe said that they are the oak trees and the poet’s own true family.
(ii) The poet protested when the oak – trees were chopped down. (false)
Supportive sentence: when the oak trees are chopped down and torn up, he does not blink an eye.
(iii) The tribe threatened to kill the poet. (false)
Supportive sentence: the tribe said unless he makes a promise, he is going to die.
(iv) The visionary dream had no effect on the poet. (false)
Supportive sentence: this was his dream beneath the boughs, the dream altered him.
(v) The poet never came back to the human company. (false)
Supportive sentence: when he came out of the oakwood, he came back to human company.
(vi) On his way back, the poet was a human child in form, but a tree in shape. (false)
Supportive sentence: his walk was the walk of a human child, but his heart was a tree.
(D) Answer the questions.
i) The tribe introduced themselves as the oak trees which was his own true family.
ii) The tribe gave the condition that unless the poet made a promise, he was going to die then.
iii) The poet was asked that whenever he saw an oak tree felled, he would plant two.
iv) The tribe threatened the poet unless he swear the black oak bark would wrinkle over him.
v) The poet’s dream beneath the boughs altered him.