12th Eng Ch-3 Deep Water 5 Solved EXTRACTs

Ch-3 FLAMINGO

DEEP WATER by William Douglas

Directions:

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

Extract -1

He yelled, 'Hi, Skinny! How'd you like to be ducked?' With that he picked me up and tossed me into the deep end. I landed in a sitting position, swallowed water, and went at once to the bottom. I was frightened, but not yet frightened out of my wits.

(a) 'He yelled'. Who yelled in the first line?

(i) The coach (il) The father

(iii) An eighteen years old boy

(iv) None of the above

(b) Who is addressed as 'skinny'?

(i) The other swimmer

(ii) The narrator's friend

(iii) The narrator (iv) The eighteen years old boy

(d) How did the narrator land?

(e) The word 'swallow' means

(f) Give an antonym of 'skinny'.

Extract -1

Answers

(a) (iii) An eighteen years old boy

(b) (iii) The narrator

(d) The narrator landed in a sitting position.

(e) to make something go down your throat to the stomach

(f) An antonym of 'skinny' is obese or plump.

Extract -2

It had happened when I was ten or eleven years old, I had decided to learn to swim. There was a pool at the YMCA in Yakima that offered exactly the opportunity. The Yakima River was treacherous. Mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river. But the YMCA pool was safe.

(a) What does 'it' refer to in the first sentence?

(b) Whom does 'l' refer to?

(i) Coach at the swimming pool

(ii) School boy

(iii) The narrator

(iv) None of the above

(i) It had dangerous water animals

(ii) Several drownings took place in it

(iii) Its water was poisonous

(iv) All of the above

(d) An antonym of 'continually' is….,

(e) How deep was the YMCA pool at the shallow end?

(f) What is the name of the lesson?

Extract -2

Answers

(a) 'It' refers to decision to learn swimming.

(b) (iii) The narrator

(d) occasionally

(e) The YMCA pool was two or three feet deep at the shallow end.

(f) The name of the lesson is 'Deep Water'.

Extract -3

It seemed a long way down. Those nine feet were more Like ninety and before I touched bottom, my lungs were ready to burst. But when my feet hit bottom. I summoned all my strength and made what I thought was a great spring upwards. I imagined I would bob to the surface like a cork. Instead, I came up slowly, I opened my eyes and saw nothing but water-water that had a dirty yellow tinge to it.

(a) Explain the reason of the narrator's experience in the lines above.

(b) What happened before he touched the bottom?

(i) His lungs were ready to burst

(ii) He was playing with waves

(iii) Fish came across him

(iv) None of the above

(i) He saw nothing around, except water

(ii) He couldn't find a rope

(iii) He couldn't shout loud enough

(iv) None of the above

(d) What did the narrator imagine?

(e) The word 'seem' means.

(f) Give a synonym of 'instead.

Extract -3

Answers

(a) He was pushed into the deepest end of the pool and didn't know how to swim ashore.

(b) (i) His lungs were ready to burst

(d) The narrator imagined that he would bob to the surface like a cork.

(e) to appear in a particular way

(f) A synonym of 'instead' is in place of.

Extract -4

The yellowish light going out. Then all effort ceased. I relaxed. Even my legs felt limp and a blackness swept over my brain. It wiped out fear; it wiped out terror. There was no more panic. It was quiet and peaceful. Nothing to be afraid of. This is nice... to be drowsy... to go to sleep... no need to jump... too tried to jump... it's nice to be carried gently... to float along in space.

(a) Where is the narrator in the above lines?

(b) 'Then all effort ceased' why?

(i) He was too exhausted

(ii) He was feeling elated

(iii) He was awaken

(iv) None of the above

(i) He successfully swam out

(ii) He died

(iii) He was taken out by someone

(iv) None of the above

(d) The word 'drowsy' means

(e) Who is the author?

(f) Give an antonym of 'panic.

Answers

Extract -4

(a) The narrator is in the middle of the pool.

(b) (i) He was too exhausted

(d) tired and wanting to sleep

(e) William Douglas is the author.

(f) An antonym of 'panic' is composure or

calmness

Extract -5

But I was not finished. I still wondered if I would be terror-stricken when I was alone in the pool. I tried it. I swam the length up and down. Tiny vestiges of the old terror would return. But now I could frown and say to that terror, "Trying to scare me, eh? Well, here's to you! Look!" And off I'd go for another length of the pool.

1. Find the analogy of 'trace':

(a) vestige (b) stark (c) frown (d) scare

2. Did the narrator actually speak to the terror?

3. What quality can be seen in the author?

(a) Courage (b) Terror (c) Fear (d) All of these

4. Who had pulled him in the swimming pool?

5. How was narrator once taken back?

(a) unconscious (b) terrified (c) joyful

(d) all of the above

6. The boy pulled him into pool due to:

(a) grudges (b) fun (c) mistakingly (d) none of these

Answer

Extract -5

1.Ans. (a) vestige 2.Ans. No, he said this in his mind 3.Ans. (a) Courage 4.Ans. A boy who may be 18 years old. 5.Ans. (a) unconscious 6. Ans. (b) fun

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