Revision Questions

(With a Twist ;))

The Shed by Frank Flynn
1. Describe the look of the shed. / How did the poet describe the shed at the end of his garden?
2. What did the poet’s brother tell the poet? / Why was the poet hesitant to enter the shed?
3. Where is the shed located? What do you mean by a shed?
4. Where is the ghost in the shed? /What did the poet’s brother tell him about the ghost in the
shed? / How did the poet’s brother scare the poet?
5. Who is the speaker in the poem and are they scared of the shed? / Why doesn’t the speaker
enter the shed just yet?
6. Why was the spider no longer in its home? / Why do you think the spider was no longer there
on the spider web? / What does the empty spider web show?
7. Did the poem afraid of the ghost in the shed? / What did the poet think of the ghost in the
shed?
Expert Detectives by Sharada Dwivedi
1. Why does Maya think of Mr. Nath as a crook? / What makes Mr. Nath a crook in the eyes of
Maya?
2. Describe Mr. Nath. / Who was Mr. Nath? / Describe the features of Mr. Nath that Maya
thought were signs of a crook.
3. Does Nishad agree with Maya about Mr. Nath? / How is Nishad’s perception Mr. Nath
different from that of Maya’s?
4. Why did Nishad and Maya get a holiday? / How did Maya get the chance to investigate Mr.
Nath?
5. What made Maya suspicious about Mr. Nath? / What was “strange” about Mr. Nath’s
Sundays?
6. What did Nishad give to Mr. Nath? And why?
7. Significance of the title “Expert Detectives”. / Why is the story titled “Expert Detectives”?
Gopal and the Hilsa Fish by Narendra Biswaell
1. What were the people in the kingdom talking about? / What was the matter of gossip in the
kingdom?
2. What was the challenge that the king gave to Gopal? / What was the challenge that Gopal
took up?
3. What did Gopal do to stop talking about Hilsa fish? / What made the people finally stop
talking about Hilsa fish?
4. What did we learn from the story? / What lesson do we learn from Gopal’s act in the story?
5. What did the people think of Gopal? / What was the reaction Gopal received from the people?
6. Who was Gopal in the story? / Write briefly about Gopal in “Gopal and the Hilsa Fish”.
7. How were the customers convinced to buy Hilsa fish? / How did the fishmongers convince
the customers to buy Hilsa fish?
Meadow Surprises by Lois Brandt Phillips
1. What do we understand by Meadow? / What is a meadow?
2. Where do we find the seeds of a dandelion? / Where are the dandelion seeds in the poem?
3. Which line in the poem suggests that you need a keen eye and a sharp ear to enjoy a meadow?
/ Where in the poem does the poet suggest we need a keen eye and a sharp ear to enjoy a
meadow?
 4. What does Meadow Surprise teach us about nature? / What do we learn from Meadow
Surprises?
5. What do you mean by “Velvety”? / What does velvety mean in the poem?
6. Why can’t we see the rabbit? / How are we able to see the rabbit?
7. What is the living place of ants? What are the living place of ants called in the poem?
8. What does fuzzy head mean? / What do you mean by fuzzy head?
9. What do the butterflies use to drink the nectar? / How do the butterflies drink the nectar?
10. What are the different house we see in nature? / What are the different houses in the poem?
Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy
1. What are the questions the king thinks of? / Mention the questions the king is looking the
answers to.
2. Why does the king look for his three questions? / What is the aim behind the king looking for
his answers?
3. What do his court ministers suggest about knowing the right time? / What was the king
suggested about knowing the right time?
4. Whom does the king go for his answers?
5. Why is the king in disguise when he goes to the hermit?
6. How does the hermit answer the king’s questions? / What event led to the king getting his
answers?
7. Why didn’t the hermit answer the king’s question right away?
8. What did the king do to help the wounded man? / How did the king help the wounded man?
9. Who was the wounded man? / Identify the wounded man.
10. Why did the wounded man want to kill the king? / What motivated the man to want to kill the
king?
11. What were the answers the hermit gave to the king at the end? / Mention the answers the
hermit gave the king.