Question

Read the given poem carefully and answer the questions that follow.

The Haughty Cat and the Naughty Mouse

A haughty cat and a naughty mouse
Were forced to live in a haunted house
With ghosts and witches flying in and out
A nasty situation, without a doubt.
The cat walked around, its nose in the air,
Across corridors and down the stairs.
The mouse scampered about without a care;
Together they lived this unlikely pair.
The ghosts and witches poked fun at them,
Scared and taunted them again and again.
But the friends didn’t say a thing even when
The ghosts chased away their friend, the hen.
They didn’t say a thing even when
They were harassed and irritated, time and again,
For they were alive and the ghosts were dead
And the witches, well, nobody cared about them.
So tolerant and patient they both were,
The cat and the mouse, that unlikely pair;
While the ghosts screamed loudly on the stairs
And the witches, they hovered in the air.
Class 8 ASM 1 English

Unit 3: Poetry

Name: _______________ Date: _________ Max. marks: 20 Time: 40 min.
Instructions:
• Read the question paper carefully before you start writing.
• Write your name and the date on the question paper and the answer sheet.
• Write the answers on the answer sheet.
• Write only the question number followed by the answer. Do not write the questions.
A120-8ENG03

Class 8 – English – Unit 2 – ASM 1 – 2
a) The rhyme scheme in Stanza 1 is ___________________. (1 mark)
(i) AABB (ii) AAAA (iii) ABAB
b) Which of the following could be the purpose of this poem? Tick (✓) the correct
choice. (1 mark)
(i) Entertain, because it’s a funny poem
(ii) Inform, because it teaches us something
(iii) Persuade, because it makes us want to do something
c) The cat and the mouse were harassed and irritated by the ghosts and witches. Pick
out one sentence from the poem that describes the effect this taunting had on them.
(1 mark)
d) The cat and the mouse did not retaliate when they were tormented by the witches
and ghosts. Do you agree with the way they tolerated their tormentors or do you think
they should have done something to get back at them? Explain why you think so in
30–40 words. (2 marks)

Answer 1

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