Question

Read the poem given below and complete the summary by filling in the
appropriate word. Supply only one word for each blank.

YOUNG, GIFTED BUT BLACK
When Mebula Ramsandra
Was three years old
His mother told him, that if he wanted
To be a big strong man
He’d have to drink all his milk ---
And he did.
When Mebula Ramsandra
Was five years old
His teacher told him
That if he wanted
To go to a grammar school1 He’d have to try harder with his homework ---
And he did.
When Mebula Ramsandra
Was fifteen years old
His lecturer told him
That if he wanted to be a lab technician
He’d have to go to University ---
And he did.
So ten years later
When Mebula Ramsandra
6
Was twenty-five years old
A big, strong, clever, educated postgraduate -----
The man on the other end of the telephone said
If he wanted to work for him,
He’d have to be big, strong, clever, educated postgraduate ----- and
White.

According to the passage try answer these questions:

A young Mebula Ramsandra was advised by his mother to consume (a) _________ if he
wanted to be big and strong. At the age of five his teacher warned him that if he didn’t put in
(b) _______ work, he wouldn’t be able to go to Grammar School. When he was in his teens,
he was told that he would have to go to University to be a lab (c) _________. After ten years
his job application was rejected because he was (d) _______. Surely the man on the other
side of the telephone was (e) __________.

Answer 1

a is milk
b.homework
c.technicin

Answer 2

a) milk
b)hardwork
c)technician
d) black
e)white