SARPANG
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
ANNUAL EXAMINATION 2013
Cl. VII Full Mark: 100
English Paper II Reading &
Literature Writing Time: 2 hrs
Read the following
Directions carefully:
* In this paper there
are three sections A, B& C. Each section has two sets of questions. Set I
and II. Set I comprises of question No Ia and Ib. Set II corresponds to
question No.2 across all sections. You must attempt one set of questions from
each section.
*You must attempt three
sets of questions in all. Your choice must include one set II (Q No.2) from any
of the three sections. Read the directions to each question carefully.
* Write all answers in
the answer sheet provided separately. Do not forget to copy the section, set
and question numbers correctly.
Section A: short story (35 Marks)
Direction:
From the two sets of questions under this genre, choose ONE SET and write your
responses on the answer sheet. The questions are based on the story “The Dauntless Girl”
SET I (35 Marks)
Question
1 a:
Each question below is followed by four responses. Choose the correct answer and
write in your answer sheet.
(1 x15 Marks)
I.
The author of
this story is
a. Tshering
Gyeltshen b. Naomi Waken c. Ruskin Bond d. Kevin Crossley-Holland
II.
Who is the main
character in the story?
a. The
Sexton b. A farmer c. Mary d. A blacksmith
III.
The main
character of the story is:
a. A
brave girl b. a greedy man c. an irresponsible father d. a cruel squire
IV.
What did Mary
bring from the inn?
a. a
skull bone b. a thighbone c. a bottle of whisky d. a bag of gold
V.
Who was Mary?
a. Miller’s
daughter b. farmer’s daughter c. farmer’s servant d. farmer’s niece
VI.
The miller and
the blacksmith were delighted because:
a. Mary
was not afraid of anything b Mary
brought another bottle of whisky
c. Mary was young and beautiful d. Mary promised to do anything they asked
VII.
Who commented
that Mary was ‘bold as brass’?
a. The
farmer b. the blacksmith c. the miller d the sexton
VIII. The greediest
character in the story is:
a. The
farmer b. the blacksmith c. the sexton d. the miller
IX. Bold as brass is an
example of:
a. simile b hyperbole c. metaphor d. personification
X. The old sexton’s “eyes
popped out of his head”. The underlined phrase means:
a. became blind b. he was shocked c. he was excited d. eye balls came out of
sockets
XI. The low moaning
sounds that came out of the unoccupied house at night….The appropriate phrase
to complete this sentence would be:
a. made
him shine like a lantern b. scared
him out of his wits c. made him
bold as brass d. made
his eyes pop out.
XII. This story is an
example of:
a. fantasy
b. folktale c. contemporary realistic fiction d. novel
XIII. Some events of
the story are:
A. sexton
dies
B. The
squire marries Mary
C. Mary
goes to work for the squire
D. Mary
goes to the inn to fetch wine
E. Mary
shuts the church door behind her
The correct order of the events is:
a. A,B,C,D,E b. D,E,A,C,B
c. E,D,C,B,A d.
A,C,B,D,A
XIV. Mary was angry in
the dead house because:
a. she was alone b. she saw the sexton hiding there
c.
she heard a voice d. she
did not see any skull bone
XV. The death of the
sexton teaches us the moral that:
a. We
should be brave b.
greed leads to harm
c. don’t travel alone at night d. don’t listen to others
Question
I b – 20 Marks
Direction:
Answer the following questions in complete sentences of your own.
I.
Why Mary is
considered a dauntless girl? (2)
II.
What is the
setting of the story?
(3)
III.
How did the
sexton die? Who is responsible for his death? (5)
IV.
What was the
problem/conflict of the story? Is it solved at the end? How was it solved? (5)
V.
Do you consider
Mary to be a hero? Explain your thinking in detail. (5)
SET II – 35 Marks
Q2.
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words (5x7)
I.
What are the
reasons for calling Mary a dauntless girl? Was she also a clever girl? Explain.
II.
Draw a handy
story map for ‘The Dauntless Girl’
showing the elements of the story.
III.
Compare Mary and
other characters in the story. Who do you like best? Give reasons for your
answer.
IV.
Compose an
imaginary interview that a journalist (newspaper reporter) has with Mary about her
early life. Each should speak five times.
V.
Mary is a clever
girl who used the opportunities that she got to rise in her life from the
position of a drunkard farmer’s daughter to the wife of the squire. Do you
agree with this statement? Explain your answer in detail.
SECTION B- ESSAY (35 Marks)
Direction-
Read the essay given below carefully. From the two sets of questions on this
text, choose one set and write your responses on the answer sheet.
In Puerto Rico many years ago near Condalo Lagoon
there lived a poor fisherman. He lived alone in a hut. His only companion was
his dog.
The fisherman and his dog were devoted to each
other. They might be seen strolling on the white sandy beach. Or they might be
seen coming through the tangle of vines along the road that led to San Juan
.However; there was one place where nobody saw them together. That was in the
fisherman’s boat. The man never took the dog along with him.
But the dog was always beside his master as the
fisherman made his little boat ready to sail. When the man pulled out to sea
each morning, the dog would hamper up on the high ridge that separated the
Condalo Lagoon from the open sea. There he would sit and watch all day. The dog
never moved until late afternoon when he saw the little boat return. Then he
would race back to the shore to greet his master. And together the man and the
dog would set off for San Juan to sell the fresh-caught fish.
As the years went by, the fisherman grew older. So
did the faithful dog. The fisherman still went out to sea. The dog still
watched for his return, sitting on the high ridge above the lagoon.
One morning early in September, the fisherman was
getting his little boat ready. All at once the dog began to bark and howl. He
circled around the fisherman and tugged at his trousers. The fisherman could
not remember when he had seen his dog act so strangely. He patted the dog’s
back, thinking the dog wanted to play. But nothing made any difference. The dog
kept barking. The fisherman laughed and continued getting ready. Finally he
gave the dog another pat. Then he climbed into the boat and sailed away. The
dog went to his watching place, still barking and howling.
There were other fishing boats out that morning. The
sky was blue and the breeze soft and fresh. Suddenly the soft breeze changed.
It began to blow wildly. The fisherman’s boat was seized by the wind and
whirled around. The day darkened. Rain began to fall.
“It’s a hurricane!” said the fisherman”. A hurricane
blowing onshore!”
The man thought of his dog at once. Had the dog left
the ridge and run home? Or was he still sitting there? The fisherman tried to
steer his boat and turn it toward the shore. Suddenly a great wave swept over
his head and tossed the boat away.
When dawn came next morning, the hurricane was over.
The families of other fishermen ran to the shore and watched for the return of
their boats. They waited and waited but none returned.
Then the people went slowly back to their homes to
endure their grief and start a new life. As they rebuilt their village, no one
gave a thought to the fisherman’s dog.
Several months later a group of villagers was out
gathering sea shells. They noticed what appeared to be the figure of a dog
sitting high on the ridge above the lagoon.
“Look!” said one.”Isn’t that the old fisherman’s
dog?” “How could it be, after all this time?”said another.
To prove his point, the first man climbed the ragged
stony ridge to get hold of the dog. But when he reached the spot, he found only
a rock- a rock shaped like a dog. The
man came down quickly. But as soon as the people looked up again, they saw the
stone dog. His head was held high. His body alert, as if ready to spring into
the sea. He just sat there on top of the ridge, waiting ,waiting…
And there he sits today for anyone to see.
SET I – 35 MARKS
Question
1a-
Each question below is followed by four responses. Choose the correct answers
and write them on your answer sheet.
(15)
I.
This is an
example of:
a. Narrative
writing b. descriptive writing c. persuasive writing d. argumentative writing
II.
Where does the
story take place?
a. In
Portugal b. In Puerto
Rico c. In Poland d. In an unknown land
III.
The only place
where nobody saw the dog and fisherman together was:
a. The
white sandy beach b. on the road to San Juan c. in the fisherman’s
boat d .in the fisherman’s hut
IV.
How often did
the fisherman take the dog in his boat?
a. always b. once in a while c. once in his lifetime d. never
V. What did the dog do
all day while the fisherman was at sea?
a. went in search of crabs b. collected dead fish from the sea shore c .sat on the high ridge and
watched d. set off to San Juan to sell
the fresh fish
VI. What is the best
adjective to describe the dog?
a. helpful
b. careful
c. faithful d. honest.
VII .What kind of story
is this?
a. Realistic
fiction b. folktale c. fable d. novel
VIII.
Why do you think
the dog acted strangely on that September morning?
a. Because
the fisherman was getting his boat ready
b. because the fisherman laughed c. because he could sense the coming
hurricane d. because he was hungry
IX.
When the
hurricane came the fisherman first thought of his dog. This shows his:
a. Love
for the dog b. dependence on the dog c. hope
that the dog will come to help d. hope
that the dog will run back home
X.
What happened to
all the fishermen who were at sea on that day?
a. Drowned
b. eaten by sharks c. returned home d. reached another place
XI.
An antonym for
the word forget used in this passage is:
a. memorize b. remember c. give a thought d. appeared
XII.
A synonym for
the word devoted that we can find in the passage is :
a. trusted b. loyal c. faithful d. honest
XIII.
At the end of
the story, the dog turns into a dog. Such supernatural things happen in ;
a. poems b. folktales c. short stories d. realistic
fiction
XIV. Which
phrase in the story tells us that all the boats and fishermen were lost at sea?
a. Tossed
the boat b. none returned c. it’s
a hurricane d. endure their grief
XV.
A suitable title
for this story would be:
a. A
faithful fisherman b. a man and his
dog c. a faithful dog d. going to sea
Question b – 20 Marks
Direction-
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.
I.
In which country
did the story take place?
(2)
II.
How did the
fisherman and the dog spend most of the day? (3)
III.
What do you
think was the reason for the dog’s strange behavior? Do you feel the story
would have been different if the fisherman had taken the dog seriously? (5)
IV.
The man loved
his dog very much. Prove it with evidences from the story (5)
V.
What features of
this story prove that this is a folktale (5)
SET II- 35 MARKS
Question:
2 Direction: Answer the
following questions briefly in about 60 words each. (5x7)
I.
What was the
usual routine of the dog and the fisherman?
II.
Explain why you
consider this story to be a folktale.
III.
How did the dog
show his loyalty to the fisherman?
IV.
Do think this is
a true story? Give reasons to support your answer.
V.
What are the lessons that we
learn from this story? Explain in detail. Write about five sentences.
SECTION C- POETRY – 30 MARKS
Directions:
Read the Poem given below by William Brightly Rands carefully. Then choose ONE
SET of questions given below and answer in the answer sheet.
Great,
wide, beautiful, wonderful world,
With
the wonderful water round you curled,
And
the wonderful grass upon your breast,
World,
you are wonderfully drest.
The
wonderful air is over me,
And
the wonderful wind is shaking the tree,
And
talks to itself on the tops of the hills.
It
walks on the water and whirls the mills.
You
friendly earth, how far do you go,
With
the wheat fields that nod and the rivers that flow,
With
the cities and gardens and cliffs and isles,
And
people upon you for thousands of miles?
Ah!
You are so great and I am so small,
I
tremble to think of you, world at all,
And
yet when I said my prayers today-
A
whisper inside me seemed to say,
“You
are more than the earth, though you are such a dot,
You
can love and think and the earth cannot.”
.
SET
I – 30 MARKS
Q.I a Direction-
Choose the most suitable answer and write in your answer sheet. 1x10)
I.
The poem
consists of
a. three
stanzas b. five stanzas c. four stanzas d. one stanza
II.
The author of
the poem is
a. Robert
Frost b. John
Milton c. William Shakespeare d. William Brightly Rands
III.
The words ‘world’ and ‘curled’ in the first stanza are examples of
a. Alliteration b. assonance c.onomatopea d. rhyming words
IV.
What dress is
there on the breast of the world?
a. Water b. grass c. sky d. trees
V.
Which of the
following is not done by air?
a. shakes
the trees b. talks to itself c. walks
on the water d. whirls the hills
VI.
Why does the
poet feel that he is better than the earth?
a. Because
he can love and think b. because he can say prayers c. because he is smaller than earth d. because the earth is
friendly
VII.
Which word in
the poem mean”to shake with fear”?
a. Wonderful
b. tremble c. whisper d. shake
VIII.
The speaker in
the poem is:
a. An
old man b. an
adult c. a child d. an
old woman
IX.
A suitable title
for the poem would be:
a. Child
and man
b.
Wonderful World c. Wind and the Sea d. Boy and Trees
X.
This poem
expresses all of the following EXCEPT:
a. speakers
appreciation of earth’s beauty
b. speaker’s
sense of wonder at the acts of air
c. speaker’s
feeling of self worth
d. speaker’s anger towards earth
Question I b- 20 Marks
Directions:
Answer these questions in your own words.
I.
Give the name of
the author of the poem. (2)
II.
What are the
clothes of earth made of? (3)
III.
What are the
four things that the wind does?
(5)
IV.
Write down two
pairs of rhyming words from the second stanza (5)
V.
What was the
realization that the speaker had during his prayer? (5)
SET II- 30
Marks
Question
2:
Direction:
Read the following questions carefully and answer them in about 50 words each.
(5x6)
I.
Rewrite the
second stanza of the poem in your sentences.
II.
Describe how the
world is dressed.
III.
What are the
things that the world does?
IV.
Suggest a title
for the poem. Explain in detail why you suggest it.
V.
What are the
messages the poet tries to convey to us through this poem?
HAPPY WINTER VACATION
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