Which of the following statement is TRUE?
The game keeper is doing justice to his job.
The gamekeeper's actions are serious dereliction of duty.
The gamekeeper saved the animals from the poachers.
The gamekeeper cleaned the surroundings for the animals around.
Who wrote the poem 'The Gallows' ?
Edward Lear
Edward Thomas
Ted Hughes
George Eliot
What did the crow do?
flew away
made noise
threw stones at the gamekeeper
committed theft and murder
"Where he swings in the wind and rain,
In the sun and in the snow".
-- Who is the 'he' referred to in these lines?
gamekeeper
weasel
crow
magpie
Fill in the blanks using an appropriate word from the poem 'The Gallows'.
To hang and ______ in rain and wind.
fly
swing
flap
talk
"He, too, flaps in the wind and rain
Alongside weasel and crow"
Fill in blanks with appropriate word.
The _______ oak tree bough.
strong
dead
thick
thin
What does " the dead oak tree bough" suggest?
the gallows
weak branch of the oak tree
the bough is dead
none of these
What is the central theme of the poem 'The Gallows' ?
Enjoy the gifts of Mother Nature.
People protect and violate the law.
Hate animals.
Support crime.
Match the following:
A B
a. Weasel i. no sleeper
b. Crow ii. had long tongue and long tail
c. Magpie iii. lived in the sun with all his family
a - i ; b - ii ; c - iii
a - ii ; b - iii ; c - i
a - iii ; b - i ; c - ii
a - iii ; b - ii ; c - i