Cycle 2

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GREATER NOIDA
WORK STATEMENT -CYCLE 2

CLASS –IX ENGLISH
Literature : The Little Girl
RTC
1. To the little girl he was a figure to be feared and avoided. Every morning before going to work he came into
her room and gave her a casual kiss, to which she responded with “Goodbye, Father”. And oh, there was a glad
sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage growing fainter and fainter down the long road!
(a) Who was the little girl?
I. A fearful daughter
ii. A playful girl
iii. A loving daughter
iv A distraught girl
(b)Why was ‘he’ a figure to be feared and avoided?
I. He was ferrocious to look at.
ii. He was strict.
iii. He was disciplined
Iv. His voice was too loud.
(c) Why has the kiss been called ‘ a casual kiss’ here?
I. It lacks emotion
ii. It is devoid of any feelings.
iii. It lacks warmth of a father
iv All the above
(d)What brought about a glad sense of relief to the little girl?
I The father was back.
ii. The father left the house.
iii. The father would no longer shout.
The girl is free to express herself.
2. On Sunday afternoons Grandmother sent her down to the drawing-room to have a “nice talk with Father and
Mother”. But the little girl always found Mother reading and Father stretched out on the sofa, his handkerchief
on his face, his feet on one of the best cushions, sleeping soundly and snoring.
(a) Where did Grandmother send ‘her’? Why?
(b) What characteristic traits(any two) of the grandmother are displayed in the above lines?
(c) What would ‘her’ parents be doing?
(d)What do you learn about Kezia’s mother from this passage?
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
1. Briefly comment on Kezia’s relationship with her grandmother?

2. Why did Kezia like Mr Macdonald?
3.Why was Kezia punished by her Father? Was he right in doing so?
4.Do you think Kezia was wrong in tearing her father’s papers? What does it show about her character?
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1.How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?
2.Kezia felt that Mr Macdonald was a better father as compared to her own father. Do you agree with Kezia?
Why/Why not?
Poetry- Poem- Rain On The Roof

RTC
1. Now in memory comes my mother,
As she used in years agone,
To regard the darling dreamers
Ere she left them till the dawn:
O! I feel her fond look on me
As I list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
(a) What is the poet doing in the above lines?

i) The poet is sleeping and dreaming of his childhood.
ii) The poet is looking out of the window
iii) He’s looking at his mother.
iv) The poet is enjoying the pitter patter of rainfall.
(b) Why does the rain bring back the memory of the mother in the poet?
i) Because that is his most favorite memory.
ii) Because during rainy days his mother tucked him in bed.
iii) Because his mother used to watch him while he slept.
iv) Because his mother is not alive anymore.
(c) What are the poet’s feelings for his family?
i) He doesn’t remember much about his family.
ii) He misses his family.
iii) He is not sentimental about his family.
iv) He is too busy to think about his family.
(d) Name a poetic device used in the last line.
i) Alliteration
ii) Anaphora
iii) Metaphor
iv) Onomatopoeia
2. Every tinkle on the shingles

Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections
Weave their air-threads into woof,
As I listen to the patter
Of the rain upon the roof.
(a) What echoes in the poet’s heart?

(b) What is the cause of dreamy fancies?
(c) What does ‘Busy being’ refer to ?
(d) What weaves ‘air-threads into woof’?
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the poet like to do when it rains?
2. What do the words ‘list’ and ‘refrain’ refer to in ‘As I list to this refrain’?
3. How do you know that the poet loved his mother?
4. Who are the darling dreamers the poet refers to?
Long Answer Questions
1. How does the rain affect the poet? Write a detailed answer.
2. Can we say that the poet associates the sound of the rain with a sense of security? Explain in detail.
WIND
RTC
A. You brought rain again.
You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters,
crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives,
crumbling hearts —
the wind god winnows and crushes them all.
(i) What does ‘you’ refer to?
(a) Small child
(b) Author
(c) Wind
(d) Rain
(ii) ‘Poking fun at weaklings’ mean_______________
(a) Making fun of the ones who are weak.
(b) Trouble the ones who are weak.
(c) Poking the nose in the work of the ones who are weak.
(d) (a) and (b)
(iii) The poetic device used in the third line is_______________
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Personification
(d)Repetition
(iv) ‘The wind god winnows and crushes them all’ indicates that
(a) the weak always lose
(b) only the strong remain in the world
(c)the wind god is always powerful
(d) the wind tests the courage of the people
B. Wind, come softly

Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf
There, look what you did – you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
1. Write about any two destructive activities of the wind.

2. How can we make friends with the wind?
3. Find the word from the extract which is an antonym of ‘ foolish’.
4. What is the tone of the poet here? Is it same in all the lines?
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. What does the poet say the wind God winnows?
2. What should we do to make friends with the wind?
3.What are the things that the wind does in the first stanza?
4.What kind of an attitude do you think the wind has towards strong people/beings/things?
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS100-120 words

1. What challenges are posed by wind in the life of the poet and the common man?
2. . Describe the central idea of the poem.

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GREATER NOIDA

WORK STATEMENT -CYCLE 2

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. Briefly comment on Kezia’s relationship with her grandmother?

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:

Poetry- Poem- Rain On The Roof

(a) What is the poet doing in the above lines?

2. Every tinkle on the shingles

(a) What echoes in the poet’s heart?

B. Wind, come softly

1. Write about any two destructive activities of the wind.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS100-120 words

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