Question

(B) All night the roots work

to disengage themselves from the cracks

in the veranda floor.

The leaves strain toward the glass

small twigs stiff with exertion

long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof

like newly discharged patients

half-dazed, moving

to the clinic doors.

i. Where do the leaves stretch toward ?

a) the wall b) the glass c) the ground d) the air

ii. What are the branches compared to?

a) doctors b) nurses c) patients d) clinic

iii. What is the figure of speech in ‘like newly discharged patients’

a) metaphor b) alliteration c) simile d) imagery

iv. Which word in the stanza means same as ‘stretch’?

a) strain b) exertion c) boughs d) twigs

v. The lines narrate the struggle of a population of

a) trees to escape the confines of a green house b) patients infected by a pandemic

c) branches of a tree d) humans to escape the confines of environment​

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