Q.1
What is the poem about?
  • A normal occurrence in nature of a bird searching for its food and its interaction with a human.
  • A fight between a bird and a poet.
  • A bird eating a beetle.
  • A bird teaching others how to eat a worm.
Q.2
Find antonyms for 'careless', 'cooked', 'courageous' and 'slow' from the poem?
  • convenient, raw, frightened, rapid
  • cautious, hurried, frightened, rapid
  • cautious, raw, hopped, rapid
  • cautious, raw, frightened and rapid
Q.3
What did the bird do with its feathers?
  • The bird cleaned its feathers.
  • The bird spread out its feathers and flew.
  • The bird used the feathers to protect itself.
  • The bird used the feathers to push the beetle.
Q.4
Why has the poet called the grass 'convenient'?
  • Because the bird could see the beetle in the grass.
  • Because grass is greener on the other side.
  • Because it was easy for the bird to have dew from it.
  • Because the bird could see the worm in the grass.
Q.5
How do you explain the 'plashless' in the last line?
  • The poet tells us that the bird cannot swim.
  • Since the bird does not have oars it could not splash in the water.
  • Since dew was on the grass the bird did not make a splash.
  • The poet compares the flight of the bird as though it was a 'swim' in the air without the accompanying splashes on water.
Q.6
The bird did not do which of the following?
  • Cook the worm and eat it.
  • Let the beetle pass.
  • Unroll his feathers.
  • Glance with rapid eyes.
Q.7
How does the poet describe the eyes of the bird?
  • Watery like dew.
  • Like grass.
  • Like frightened beads.
  • Like butterflies.
Q.8
Which of the following is a metaphor?
  • A bird came down the walk.
  • He stirred his Velvet Head.
  • He bit an angle-worm in halves.
  • And then hopped sideways to the wall.
Q.9
"They looked like frightened Beads" - What figure of speech is found here?
  • Metaphor
  • Hyperbole
  • Proverb
  • Simile
Q.10
The word 'cautious' is used in reference to which character in the poem?
  • The poet.
  • The bird.
  • The beetle.
  • The worm.
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