FLAMINGO –AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM IN A SLUM (POETRY)

MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. What awards the ‘worlds its world’?

a. Donations b. Civilized dome c. Tyrolese Valley d. Open- Handed map

2. Who is the poet of ‘An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum’?

a. Stephen Spender b. Pablo Neruda c. Robert Frost d. Adrienne Rich

3. Who is referred to as “wicked”?

a. Spender b. Neruda c. Shakespeare d. Keats

4. What is considered to be a bad example?

a. Ships b. Map c. Sun d. Love

5. Who was reciting about the father’s gnarled disease?

a. The tall Girl b. Paper seeming boy c. Unlucky heir d. Sweet Young boy

6. Which poetic device is used in ‘the paper seeming boy’?

a. Alliteration b. Simile c. Transferred epithet d. Metaphor

7. The children’s faces are compared to rootless weeds, which means they are?

a. Insecure b. Malnourished c. Uneducated d. Disabled

8. The boy is described as unlucky heir because he:

a. Is unnoted b. Has weighed down head c. Has rats eyes d. Has twisted bones

9. ‘Their future’s painted with a fog’ means the future is:

a. Without hope b. Full of hope c. Secretive d. Tempting

10. The poem “Elementary…. Slum” speaks about:

a. A child labour b. Gender discrimination c. Social injustice d. Language Inequalities

11. What according to the poet would bring about a change in the lives of slum children?

a. A visit by people b. Help in education c. To give them money d. To take care of their health

12. How would the children use ‘white and green leaves?

a. To remove social injustice b. To remove class inequalities c. To remove illiteracy d. To explore the world

13. Why are dreams important in the lives of slum children?

a. To motivate for the future b. To enjoy life c. To encourage others d. To realise their deprivations

14. ‘Education is a powerful tool for change’ but not in slum schools. Why?

a. Children are ill and exhausted b. Hungry and weak c. Mentally ill d. Careless attitude of authorities

15. What does ‘stars of words’ signify?

a. Twinkling of stars b.Sparkled in the sky c.Knowledge and empowerment d. A clear sky to generate hope
FILL UPS/SENTENCE COMPLETION TYPE QUESTIONS

1. The Poem is written by ___________________________________.

2. The ‘stunted, unlucky heir’ inherited the disease from ______________________________.

3. The colour of lead sky is _______________________.

4. The colour of the sour cream wall is ________________________.

5. The walls of the classroom are decorated with the pictures of __________________________________________________.

6. Slum children receive _______________________ as an inheritance.

7. The poetic device used in ‘like rootless weeds is ____________________.

8. “Belled, flowery, Tyrolese valley” refers to ______________________.

9. ‘Slag heap’ refers to ________________________.

10. The image used to describe the hopelessness of the boy in the class is __________________________________.

11. The poet sees the slum children as victims of social injustice because _______________________________________.

12. The young and sweet boy differs from other children as _________________________________________.

13. The images of ‘cloudless dawn’ and ‘civilised dome’ have been used to ____________________________________.

14. “Let the tongues run naked into books” would help the slum children achieve _____________________________.

15. The visit of the governor, inspector and visitor implies ______________________________________________.
REFERENCE TO CONTEXT TYPE QUESTIONS

FLAMINGO –AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM IN A SLUM (POETRY)

1. “far far from………..rat’s eyes”

a. Where are the children sitting?

b. Which poetic device is used in line 2?

c. Why is the girl’s head weighed down?

d. Explain: ‘The paper- seeming boy, with rat eyes’

2. “The stunted, unlucky……. Other than this,”

a. Name the poem and the poet.

b. Why has the boy been called ‘the unlucky heir’?

c. What does the boy’s dream signify?

d. What is the stunted boy reciting?

3. “on sour cream walls ………world its world”

a. What is the colour of the walls?

b. Name two things that show progress and advancement:

c. Explain ‘civilized dome riding all cities.’

d. How does the open- handed map award the world its world?

4. “and yet, for these…………………….stars of words”

a. Which is the world of slum children?

b. Explain: their future’s painted with a fog.

c. How is the life of slum children different from other children?

d. Which poetic device is used in line 4?

5. “Surely, Shakespeare…………………………..endless night”?

a. Who does ‘them’ refer to in the second line?

b. Why is Shakespeare called as wicked?

c. How is the life of these children according to the poet?

d. What tempts the slum children and how?

6. “On their slag heap……………as big as doom”

a. Mention two images used to describe the slum.

b. What do the images signify?

c. What does slag heap refer to?

d. Explain: “These children…………bones”.

7. “Unless governor……………... catacombs”

a. What becomes window for these children?

b. Why does the poet refer to the visit of the governor, inspector and visitor?

c. Mention the poetic device in line 3.

d. How are the windows shut upon the lives?

8. “Break O break………………….……language is the sun”

a. Name the poem and the poet.

b. Explain: “let their tongues run naked into books.”

c. What will happen once the white and green leaves open?

d. What does the poet want to be broken?