We are seven
A.Fill in
the blanks:
1. The name
of the poem:
2. The name
of the poet:
3. The child
described as:
4. The word
‘cottage’ refers to:
5.
Adjectives used to describe eyes:
6. The dress
of the girl looks:
7. The
person getting attracted by eyes:
8. ‘I pray
you tell’ here the word ‘I’ refers to:
9. Conway
referring to:
10. Number
of dead brothers:
11. Number
of brothers gone to sea:
12. The
person with whom the girl lives:
13. The feeling
of which the girl has no idea:
14. The girl
enjoying air because of being:
15. The
appearance of hair of the girl:
B. M. C. Qs:
1. Which of
the following is felt by the girl?
a) Life b)
sunlight c) water d) all of above
2. Which of
the following refers to age of the girl?
a) 9 b) 7 c)
6 d) 8
3. Which of
the following is clustered around the head of the girl?
a) Hair b)
limb c) eye d) leg
4. Which of
the following makes the narrator glad?
a) Eyes
belonging to her b) limbs of the girl c) face of her d) beauty of the girl
5. What does
the word ‘clustered’ mean?
a) Classified
b) described c) written d) grouped
6. Which of
the following refers to color of the graves?
a) Red b)
yellow c) green d) blue
7. Which of
the following refers to the distance between the cottage and graves?
a) Not only
12 but also 13 b) only 12 steps c) either 12 or 13 d) 12 steps or more
8. What does
the phrase ‘their spirits in heaven’ mean here?
a) Living
brothers b) dead brothers c) injured brothers d) tired brothers
9. Who is
addressed by ‘O master’?
a) The
reader b) the poet c) brother d) the maid herself
10. Why is
the word ‘nay’ used here?
a) To say
negative b) saying positive c) to answer wrongly d) expressing angrily
11. How are
the dead bodies kept?
a) Between
two b) among many c) on many d) side by side
12. How are
the limbs of the girl?
a) dead b)
without power c) alive d) weak
13. Which of
the following refers to burial place?
a) mother’s
door b) village where she lives c) churchyard d) woods
14. Which of
the following refers to number of dead brothers?
a) Two b)
three c) four d) seven
15. Which of
the following refers to the location of burial place?
a) over the
churchyard tree b) on the churchyard tree c) beside the churchyard tree d)
beneath the churchyard tree
C. True or
false
1. The girl
in the poem has no idea of death.
2. The poet
sees a boy who lives in a village.
3. The age
belonging to girl is 8.
4. The
number sister said by girl is seven.
5. The
girl-worn dress is said to be neat and clean.
6. The eyes
which the girl has are very fair.
7. The poet
got glad by the beauty that the girl has.
8. The girl
whom the narrator saw has a village appearance.
9. The girl
who enjoys air has active limbs, which means she is alive.
10. Two dead
brothers went to Conway to live there.
11. Two are
gone to sea.
12. “Nay, we
are seven!” It means the girl is innocence.
13. “Their
graves green” means the burial place is full of green trees and grass.
14. It takes
the girl to go to the churchyard 14 steps or more.
15. The poet
tells the girl to run because of being alive.
D. Writing
answer:
1. What is the name of the poem? 2. Who has written the poem? 3. Mention the main theme of the poem. 4. Summarize the poem. 5. Where is the poem set? 6. What kind of child is referred to here? 7. What does she draw? 8. What does she feel? 9. What does not the girl know and why? 9. Who does the narrator met? 10. How old is the girl? 11. How is her hair? 12. What is clustered and where? 13. What does she look? 14. What does her dress look? 15. How are her eyes? 16. What makes the narrator glad? 17. What is first question asked the narrator? 18. What does she reply and how? 19. What is the second question asked by the poet? 20. What does she reply? 21. Mention the brothers where they go and live. 22. Where are two brothers and why? 23. Where does she live and how? 24. When does the poet get surprised and why? 25. How many brothers and sisters are they actually? 26. How is the graveyard and why? 27. How does she go the burial place? 28. Where are the spirits and why? 29. What does she reply and why? 30. Where are dead bodies kept? 31. What does the poem teach us?
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