SARPANG
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
Shompangkha
MID-TERM
EXAMININATION 2014
Subject:
English Class
VII Writing
Time: 2 hrs.
Paper II (Reading and Literature) Full Mark: 100
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 Set II. Set I comprises of
question no 1a and 1b. 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 question (Question no.2) from any
section.
Read the directions to each question carefully.
Write ALL the 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. Do not forget to copy the set and question
numbers.
The questions are based on the story, Somebody’s Son.
SET
I
Question 1 a:
Each question below is followed by four responses. Choose the correct answer
and write in your answer sheet. (15 Marks)
1. This
story is an example of:
* Contemporary
realistic fiction * fantasy
*folktale * novel
2. Who is the author of this story?
* Kuenzang Choden *Richard Pindell
* Naomi Wakan * Leena Dhingra
3. David’s hometown is
*Iowa * Dakota * Maryland * San Joaquin valley
4. The main character of this story is
* The Driver * The Apple Tree * David *David’s Father
5. Which of the following statements about David is not
correct?
* David’s father has a farm outside Baltimore. *David doesn’t blindly obey his father
*David’s parents died in a car crash. *
David loves and respects his father
6. When did David write the letter to his mother?
*While waiting for a ride. * While travelling in a car
* While passing through a small town *When he reached Iowa.
7. The setting of the story is
*The Canada * The USA *Baltimore *
Mississippi
8. Why had the driver taken to the road?
*Because he had quarreled with his parents. * Because of his parent’s divorce
*Because he lost his parents *
Because he liked travelling
9.The narrative technique used in this story is
*The first person narrator * The second person narrator
*The third person narrator * the common narrator
10. The main theme of this story is
* Taking revenge
* environmental protection * Self awareness *human life
11. This story has a
* Happy ending * uncertain ending *unhappy ending * tragic ending
12. We come to know about the work done by David in
San Joaquin valley through
*an anecdote
* a narrative * a flash back * a foreshadowing
13. Which one of the following is not true about David and his
experience?
* David did odd jobs to support himself *David realized the value of relationships
and family
*David realized his mistakes and decided to come
home * David decided to go to college
14. Leaving his home helped David
* to become rich
*to make many friends * to forget his past *to realize the value of
family
15. The role of the driver is that of
* a guide and friend * an
unseen enemy *the antagonist *the
protagonist
Question 1 b
(20 marks)
Direction: Answer the following questions in your
own words. Do not forget to write complete sentences.
1: Describe the setting of this story.
(2
marks)
2: How will David know if his father will welcome
him or not? (3
marks)
3: Compare the setting of the story at the end with
that at the beginning of the story? (5 marks)
4: If you were David how would feel and act if you
were told there was no cloth tied on the apple tree?
(5 marks)
5: Do you think David would have returned home if he
had not faced problems in his life? Give reasons to support your answer.
(5 marks)
SET II (35 Marks)
Question: 2: Answer the following
questions in about 60 words each.
1. How
did David spend seven months after leaving home? (7 marks)
2. Discuss
the conflict or problem of the story in detail (7marks)
3. What
are the lessons that David learnt through his seven month’s experience? (7
marks)
4. Imagine
you were David, how would you feel and act if you were told there is no white
cloth on the tree? (7marks)
5. Do
you think David would have returned home if he had not faced problems in his
life? Give reasons to support your answer.
(7 marks)
SECTION
B – ESSAY (35 MARKS)
Direction: Read the passage given below
carefully. From the two sets of questions on this set, choose one set and write
your responses on the answer sheet.
On Sunday afternoon Grandmother sent her down to the
drawing room to have a “nice talk” with Father and Mother. But the little girl
always found Mother reading and Father stretched out on the sofa, his hander
kerchief on his face, and his feet on one of the best cushions, sleeping
soundly and snoring. She sat on a stool, gravely watched him until he woke and
stretched, and asked the time. He then looked at her. “Don’t stare so, Kezia. You look like a
little brown owl.”
One day, when she was kept indoors with a cold,
Grandmother told her that Father’s birthday was next week, and suggested she
should make him a small cushion for a gift out of a beautiful piece of yellow
silk.
Laboriously with a needle and thread, the little
girl stitched three sides. But what to fill it with? That was the question. Grandmother
was out in the garden and she wandered into Mother’s bedroom to look for
“scraps”. On the bed table she discovered a great many sheets of fine paper,
gathered them up, tore them into tiny pieces, and stuffed her case. Then she
sewed up the fourth side.
That night there was a hue and cry in the house.
Father’s great speech for the meeting had been lost. Rooms were searched;
servants questioned. Finally Mother came to Kezia’s room.
“Oh! Yes, “she said, “I tore them up for my
surprise.”
“What!” screamed mother. “Come straight down to the
dining-room this instant.”
And she was dragged down to where father was pacing
to and fro, hands behind his back.”Well?” he said sharply.
Mother explained.
He stopped and stared at the child.
“Did you do that?”
Set
I 35 Marks
Question 1a (1x15)
Direction: Each
question below is followed by four responses. Choose the response that best
fits the given question and write it in your answer sheet.
1. What
kind of essay is this?
*Argumentative essay *Descriptive essay *Narrative essay *Expository essay
2. What
parts of speech is the word ‘cushion’?
*Adverb
*Pronoun *Noun *Adjective
3. A
word in the passage that means the same as
“breath noisily while sleeping ” is
* Soundly *snoring *
wanderer
*pacing
4. The
word ‘laboriously’ mean
* using laborers *using a lot of time and effort * carelessly * secretly
5. Who is compared to a little brown owl by
Father?
* Grandmother * Mother * Kezia *
one of the servants
6. Why
did the Grandmother send the little girl down to the drawing room?
* To look for her parents * to talk to her parents * to avoid her parents *to help her parents
7. Why
did the little girl want to make a small cushion?
*to sell to her father * to pacify her father * to
give as a gift to her father *to reward
her father
8. Why
did Kezia go to her mother’s bedroom?
*to look for her mother
*for help *to search the room *to get something to fill the cushion
9. Why
was there a hue and cry at night?
* Kezia’s father was angry *Kezia’s
mother was angry
* Kezia’s father could not find the speech *everybody was shouting at one
another
10. What
did Kezia fill the curtain with?
* Waste scraps of rag *bits of cotton cloth * fine silk cloth *pieces of paper
11. Who
is the main character of this story?
*Grandmother * Grandfather *Kezia * Mother
12. A
suitable title for this passage would be
* Grandmother’s idea *Kezia’s Surprise *Father and Grandmother *How to make a
cushion
13. Which
of the following is NOT TRUE about Kezia?
* She lived with her family *her father always talked and played with
her
*She was a lovable child *She wanted to please her father.
14. Which
of the following is TRUE about Kezia’s father?
* He loved Kezia very much. *He is Kezia’s best friend
*He is an important and rich person. *He is very kind to Kezia.
15. This
passage tries to tell us that …
* Parents should be strict to children. *Parents should not let children go into
all rooms.
*Parents should punish children *Parents should let children talk
freely with them.
Question I b:
20 Marks
Direction: Answer the following questions in your own
words. Remember to write complete sentences.
1. This
passage comes under which genre of writing?
(2marks)
2. Why
did Grandmother send Kezia to the drawing room? What does it show about
Grandmother? (3marks)
3. What
things do you know about Kezia’s father from the story? (5marks)
4. Explain
in detail how Kezia happened to tear up the speech. (5marks)
5. What
are the lessons that we learn from the story? (5marks)
SET II – 35 Marks
Direction:
Read the following questions and answer them in about 60 words.
1. Explain
in detail what happened when Kezia went down to the drawing room to have “a nice talk” with Father and Mother. (7marks)
2. What
was the suggestion Grandmother gave to Kezia to please her father? Did it have
the desired result? (7marks)
3. What
do you know about Kezia’s father and his character? (7marks)
4. Who
do you like more? The Grandmother or parents? Compare their characters and give
reasons for your answer.
(7marks)
5. Imagine
you are a councilor from the Child Welfare Unit. What advice would you give to
Kezia’s parents? (7marks)
SECTION
C – POETRY – 30 Marks
Direction:
Read the poem given below by W. Cowper carefully and from the TWO SETS of
questions on the poem, choose ONE SET and write your answers on the answer
sheet.
The
Poplar Field
The
poplars are fell’d, farewell to the shade
And
the whispering sound of the colonnade:
The
winds play no longer and sing in the leaves
Nor
Ouse on his bosom their image receives.
Twelve
years have elapsed since I first took a view
Of
my favourite field, and the bank where they grew:
And
now in the grass behold they are laid,
And
the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade.
The
blackbird has fled to another retreat
Where
the hazels afford him a screen from the heat;
And
the scene where his melody charm’d me before
Resounds
with his sweet-flowing ditty no more.
(Note: colonnade -row of
columns, Ouse –A river in the Eastern
part of England)
SET
I (30 Marks)
Question 1a (10 marks)
Direction:
Each question below is followed by four responses. Choose the most suitable
response and write in your answer sheet.
1. This
poem consists of
*four stanzas *three stanzas * one stanza * two stanzas
2. What
do you think is a poplar?
* a stone column * a factory *a group of people * a kind of tree
3. “The
cool colonnade” was
* people of the area *
poplar trees * the black bird * the poet’s friend
4. This
poem uses which narrative voice?
*First person narrator *Second person narrator *Third
person narrator *All the above
5. The
words view and grew used in the second stanza are examples of
*Rhyming words * Internal rhyme *Assonance * Simile
6. When
did the poet first see the poplar field?
* twelve years before *two years before * a long time back *sometime back
7. The
speaker of the poem is
* Owner of the poplar field *a nature lover *a blackbird * a timber extractor
8. Where
did the poplars grow?
* in a desert
* on the banks of river Ouse
*near a colonnade *with the
hazels
9. What
has happened to the trees?
* they have been taken away * people have made seats out of
them *they are
being cut *they they have been cut and
laid on the grass
10. The
figure of speech used in the last line of the poem is …
*hyperbole
* simile
*personification
*onomatopoeia
Question 1b – 20 Marks
Direction:
Answer the following questions in your own words.
1. Who
is the author of this poem?
(2 marks)
2. Which
words in the first stanza shows that the trees are no more? (3
Marks)
3. What
are the features of poem that you find in this piece of writing? (5marks)
4. What
are the two things that the speaker of the poem misses now? (5marks)
5. After
reading the poem what all things do you know about the speaker’s relationship
to the poplar field? (5marks)
SET
II – 30 Marks
Question: 2 (6x5 marks)
Direction: Answer each of the following
questions in a short paragraph.
1. Rewrite
(paraphrase) the second stanza of the poem in your own words. (6)
2. What
are the changes that have happened after the poplars are felled? (6)
3. Write
down some common features of poems that you find in this piece of writing. (6)
4. There
are two kinds of people. One likes to enjoy the beauty of nature without
hurting it. The other exploits it for his personal gain. Identify the work of
both from the poem. To which group does the speaker belong? Explain in detail. (6)
5. Which
stanza appeals to you most? Why? Answer in detail. (6)
BEST
OF LUCK
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