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Read the lines from the poem and answer the following questions :

"He wore a question mark for tail,

An overcoat of gray,

He sat up straight to eat a nut.?

Questions:

(a) Name the poem and the poet

(b) Who sat up straight to eat a nut?

(c) What Colour overcoat did he wear?

(d) Find the antonym of 'answer" from the passage.

OR

Read the following lines and answer the questions:

In reply to the first question/ some said the king must prepare a time table and then follow it strictly. Only in this way, they said, he could do everything at its proper time. Others said that it was impossible to decide in advance the right time for doing something,

Questions:

(a) How many questions did the king ask?

(b) Why was it suggested to make a time table?

(c) What was the first question that the king asked?

(d) Pick out the opposite of:

(i) Destroy

(ii) Later.

Answer:

(a) The poem is the 'The Squirrel' and the poet is Mildred Bowers Armstrong.

(b) The squirrel sat up straight to eat a nut.

(c) He wore a gray overcoat

(d) 'Question'

OR

(a) The king had asked three questions.

(b) The king wanted to know the right time to do something, for this the wise men proposed to make a time- table.

(c) The king's first question was that what the right time to do something is.

(d) (i) Prepare     (ii) Advance.