ad the poem
My grandmother was a genius. You'd like to know why?
Because she could climb trees. Spreading or high,
She'd be up their branches in a trice, and mind you
When last she climbed a tree she was sixty-two.
Ever since childhood, she'd had this gift
For being happier in a tree than in a lift;
And though, as years went by, she would be told
That climbing trees should stop when one grew old-
And that growing old should be gone about gracefully-
She'd laugh and say, Well I'll grow disgracefully,
Answers
Answer:
Multiple choice questions
1). The Grandma was called genius because
A. she could climb trees very quickly B. spent her old age gracefully
C.she loved trees D. she lived on trees
2).The grandma was happier in
A. town B.village C. trees D.field
3).The grandma was permitted to climb the tree because
A. there was not a tree B. She was not cared for
C.she did not listen to them D. They knew her ability
4).The grandma in her bed felt like a
A. heaven B. joyful place C. comfortable place D. a hell
6. All that grandma wanted was
A. A house on the tree top B. good house C. a simple house D.natural living
7. The responsibility of building a house on tree top was taken up by
A. the poet B.poet’s father C. her neighbors D.loving relatives
8. Building a house on tree top was assisted by
A. neighbors B. her relatives C. her husband D.the poet
9.The neighbors told the Grandma stop climbing trees because they wanted to
A.stop her B. spend her old age gracefully C. give her rest D. test her
10) The grandma was taught climbing trees from her
A. loving brother B. loving mother C. loving son D. loving husband
11) When grandma climbed a tree for the last time she was
A. six B. hundred C. sixty two D.eighty
12)When the doctor took Granny’s temperature ,he suggested her
A. not to climb trees B.live gracefully C.a quiet week in bed D.healthy food habits
13)When the doctor suggested granny a quiet week in bed ,the family members felt
A. sighed with relief B. angry with the granny C.rejoiced D.unhappy
14) ‘My dad knew his duties.’ His duty was to
A. take care of his mother B. get rid of his mother C. help his mother D.fulfill his mother’s wish
15) Finally the granny upheld her right to
A. residing in a tree B. drink sherry C. live as she wished D. spend her old age gracefully
16)“It was like a brief season in the hell” The figure of speech employed here is
A. personification B.metaphor C. simile D.synecdoche
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences(2 marks)
1) The poet Ruskin Bond does not call his grandmother ‘childish’. What else was she according to him? Why does he consider her to be so?
OR What is the uncommon quality of the grandmother? How does the term this uncommon quality?
Ans: The poet Ruskin Bond calls his grandma a ‘genius’ because she could climb trees very quickly. It may be a spreading tree or tall tree she could climb up quickly even at the age of sixty-two.
2) How do you say that grandma had been in the habit of climbing trees for a very long period? Justify this quoting the lines from the poem.
Ans: Yes, The grandma was in the habit of climbing trees for along time. She learnt climbing the from her loving brother when she was six. Having learned to climb from a loving brother when she was six.
3) What did the neighbors advise the Grandma? How did she respond them?
Ans: The neighbors advised that the grandma should stop climbing the trees as she was growing old. They suggested that old people should spend their old age gracefully. But the grandma did not listen to their advice. She would laugh say that “I’ll grow disgracefully. I can do it better”.
4) Others feared that granny would fall from a tree one day or the other. Did this happen? Or did something else happen?
Ans: Yes’ others feared that granny would fall from a tree one day or the other. It did not happen. One day something different happened. When the poet and his family were in the town, she climbed up a tree but could not come down. She was suffering from fever. The doctor checked her temperature and