BOMBAY PRESIDENCY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, MUMBAI

I SEMESTER EXAMINATION, 2023-24

Grade: 6 SUBJECT: English II Time: 1hour
Date: 29/08/2023 Marks: 40
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1. Read the given questions carefully.
2. Answers to this paper must be written on separate sheets.

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SECTION A
PROSE

Q.1 (A) Read the given extract carefully and answer the following:

“Are you sure that you didn’t suspect? Not one bit? Not the least tiny, weeny mite?”

1. Who said these words to whom? (1)

2. What had frightened Clover? (2)
3. Who is being expected in the above line? (1)
4. Write the significance of “the least tiny, weeny mite.” (1)

Q.1 (B) Read the given extract carefully and answer the following:

“May the lord, who sees everything, look after you and all those who are precious to you.”

1. Who said these to whom and when? (2)

2. What did the narrator discover the next morning when he awoke? (2)
3. How could the narrator tell that his father was fine? (1)

Q.2) Choose the correct option: (10)

SECTION A
POEM
Q.2 (a) Read the given stanza carefully and answer the following:

“Though the sturdy oak has known

Many a blast that bowed her
She has risen again and grown
Loftier and prouder.”

1. Who is ‘she’ referred to here? (1)

2. What does the wind do to her? (1)
3. How does she rise again? (1)
4. What is the poet trying to teach us? (2)
Q.2 (b) Read the given stanza carefully and answer the following:

“They liked learning lessons

from Jean-Claude Van Damme,
and acting like action-film star
Jackie Chan.”

1. What is unusual about the poet’s pet? (2)

2. Was the poet’s pet good at guarding his house? How do we know this? (2)
3. What is weird about the poet’s mouse? (1)

Q.Choose the correct option: (10)

1. In the poem “My Cat knows Karate’. What is the main theme?
a. The importance of physical strength
b. The bond between a pet and its owner.
c. The power of martial arts.
d. The intelligence of cats.
2. Which literary device is used in the line “That’s the test that tries you”?
a. Simile
b. Personification
c. Alliteration
d. Metaphor
3. What is the tone of the poem “My cat knows karate”.
a. Humorous
b. Sad
c. Serious
d. Mysterious
4. Why does the poet call his mouse a ‘crack up’?
a. Because the mouse is dump
b. Because the mouse loves to eats crackers
c. Because the mouse cracks up on every little joke
d. Because the mouse is a prankster.
5. What does the title “My Cat Knows Karate” suggest about the content of the poem?
a. The cat is trained in martial arts
b. The cat is aggressive and dangerous
c. The cat’s ability to protect its owner
d. The cat has a special talent
6. What does the title “Don’t give up” suggest about the poem’s content?
a. The poem is about the importance of friendship.
b. The poem is about overcoming challenges
c. The poem is about the beauty of nature
d. The poem is about embracing the failure.
7. Which line from the poem supports the idea if you succeed easily.
a. Loftier and prouder
b. If by easy work you beat
c. The more will prize you
d. Up a little longer
8. “She has risen again and grown”. Name the poetic device her.
a. Alliteration
 b. Repetition
c. Simile
d. Personification
9. ‘Though the sturdy oak has known, many a blast that bowed her’.---What do you
mean by the underlined phrase?
a. has survived bombings
b. he survived thunderstorms
c. has survived many blows of stormy winds
d. has survived heavy rains
10. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem ‘Don’t give up’ .
a. aa,bb
b. ab,ab
c. ac,ab
d. ab,cb