12th Eng.Poem-1 My Mother At Sixty Six Class Test -20 Marks

M.R.CITI PUBLIC SCHOOL BALACHAUR

Class Test

Class XII Sub. English

MM.25. Time : 01 Period

Q1.Read The given Extract and answer the questions.

A) but after airport'ssecurity check, standing a few yards away, I looked again at her, Wan, pale as a late winter's moon and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood's fear but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,All I did was smile and smile and smile......1x6=6

(a) Choose the correct option:

In the above extract the narrator feels:

(i) satisfied (ii) fearful (iii) nostalgic

(iv) regretful

(b) Identify the word in the extract that means 'colourless'.

(c) Complete the following analogy correctly:

She sang like a bird: Simile

All I did was smile and smile and smile:

(d)Read the following statement and choose the correct option:

(1) The poet had gone through the security check.

(II) She did not want to look at her mother.

(i) (1) is true, but (II) is false.

(ii) (1) is false. but (II) is true.

(iii) Both (1) and (II) are true.

(iv) Both (1) and (II) are false.

(e) What childhood fear is the poet referring to?

(f) Fill the blank with appropriate words with reference to the extract:

Pale as a winter's moon suggests…….

B) Driving from my parent's home to Cochin last Friday morning, I saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse and realised with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought away, 1x6=6

(a) Where was the poet coming from?

(b) Where was the poet's mother?

(i) At Cochin airport (ii) In Madras

(iii) In the car (iv) At her home

(c) How does the poet describe her mother?

(i) She was young and smart

(ii) She was beautiful

(iii) She looked old and sick

(iv) All of the above

(d) State whether the given statement is True or False.

She' refers to the poet's mother in the second last line of the stanza.

(e) What does 'corpse' mean?

(f) They are in…..and going to…..

Q2.Answer the following question any five

2x5=10

a. Why has the mother been compared to the late winter's moon?

b. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?

c. What is the childhood fear of Kamla Das?

d. What do you mean by Spilling out, Sprinting , Corpse,Wan

e. Where has the poetess used Alliteration simile in the above extract? Find out.

f. Write the rhyming scheme and Mood/ tone of the poem.

Q3. Long answer type Textual question

1x4=4

a. In today's fast life children neglect there ageing parents.What do you think children can do to have an involved and inclusive relationship with their elderly parents.

b.Analyse the poem my mother at Sixty Six briefly

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