POEM: BALL POEM

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Who loses his ball?

(a) the poet (b) the boy

(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of the above

2. Where has the boy lost his ball?

(a) in the water (b) in the school

(c) in the fire (d) at home

3. How does the boy feel when he loses his ball?

(a) confused (b) shaken

(c) trembling (d) all of the above

4. What does the poet say about money?

(a) internal (b) external

(c) useless (d) all of the above

5. What does the poet say about this world is made of?

(a) possessions (b) happiness

(c) joys (d) troubles

6. The boy remembers his days.

(a) infancy (b) young

(c) old (d) all of the above

7. What could the poet buy for the boy?

(a) book (b) bag

(c) ball (d) toys

8. How are the boy’s eyes?

(a) brilliant (b) dull

(c) desperate (d) all of the above

9. What meaning is the boy learning?

(a) meaning of loss (b) meaning of life

(c) meaning of playing (d) the meaning of happiness

10. Who is the poet of the poem `The Ball Poem’?

(a) Carolyn Wells (b) John Berryman

(c) Leslie Norris (d) Robin Klein

11. “What is the boy now, who has lost his ball, What, what is he to do? I saw it go

Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over - there it is in the water !

No use to say ‘O there are other balls.”

A. What has happened to the boy -

i) he is fallen into the water ii) he has lost his ball

iii) he has lost his money iv) his friends have left him alone

B. Why does the poet say “No use to say ‘O there are other balls’ -

i) because the boy wants the same ball that he has lost.

ii) because the boy doesn’t want any ball.

iii) because the boy doesn’t like to play with ball.

iv) because no other balls are available

C. How does the boy feel -

i) happy ii) upset

iii) satisfied iv) indifferent

12. “An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy

As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down

All his young days into the harbour where

His ball went. I would not intrude on him

A dime, another ball, is worthless”

A. The boy’s ball has gone -

i) across the roadii) into the water

iii) under the table iv) rolled down the street

B. How has the loss affected the boy -

i) he stands stiffly staring at the ball

ii) he accepts his loss happily

 iii) he goes and buys another ball

iv) he asks the poet to get back his ball

C. The poet doesn’t want to interfere by -

i) consoling the boy ii) talking to the boy

iii) buying him another ball iv) giving him money

13. “Now he senses first responsibility

In a world of possessions. People will take Balls, Balls will be lost always. Little boy

And no one buys a ball back. Money is external”

A. The boy understands that -

i) there is no importance of balls in life

ii) there are losses in life

iii) we should be attached to our things

iv) one must learn to bear the losses in life

B. The word ‘balls’ signify -

i) toys possessed by children ii) small things in life

iii) things that we posses in life iv) sweet thoughts in our mind.

C. ‘Money is external’ means -

i) money has no value at all.

ii) money can give us only temporary happiness

iii) money comes from foreign countries

iv) money is very valuable

2. An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy.

As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down. All his young days in to the harbour where. His ball
went. I would not intrude on him; A dime, another ball, is worthless, Now

He senses first responsibility In a world of possession.

a) The boy is in grief because his ball has been ......

i) destroyed by the pet ii) taken foreely

iii) lost iv) given to the other boy.

b) The boy feels trouble and stands rigid because he is thinking about his.......

i) old days ii) young days

iii) school days iv) day spent with friends

c) The poet does not offer the new ball because he wants to teach him the value of ......

i) ability ii) capacity

iii) responsibility iv) money

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q1. What has the boy lost in the water?

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Q2. Where did the ball land finally?

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Q3. What was the reaction of the boy at the loss of his ball?

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Q4. Where was the boy staring down?

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Q5. What does ‘in the world of possessions’ means?

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Q6. Do you think the boy has lost something earlier?

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Q7. What lesson does the boy learn?

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Q8. Why is money called external?

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Q9. Why are the boy’s eyes desperate?

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Q10. Who is the poet of the poem ‘The Ball Poem’?

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