Case based questions.

Question 14 Marks

When night comes, I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars. The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams.
Q.1. What does the poet dream about at night?
Q.2. Who sails in the boats in the poet’s dream?
(a) Friends $\qquad$ (b) Fairies of sleep $\qquad$ (c) Villagers $\qquad$ (d) Clouds
Q.3. The fairies of sleep carry baskets full of ____________ .
Q.4. The poet dreams the boats are sinking at night. (True/False)

Answer

1. He dreams that his paper boats float under the midnight stars.
2. (b) Fairies of sleep
3. dreams
4. False (He dreams they float on and on)

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Question 24 Marks

I load my little boats with shiuli flower from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.
Q.1. What does the poet put in his boats?
Q.2. What does “blooms of the dawn” refer to?
(a) Stars $\qquad$ (b) Shiuli flowers $\qquad$ (c) Clouds $\qquad$ (d) Dreams
Q.3. The poet hopes the flowers will be carried safely to land in the ____________ .
Q.4. The poet uses roses in his boats. (True/False)

Answer

1. Shiuli flowers.
2. (b) Shiulif flowers
3. night
4. False (The passage mentions “shiuli flowers,” not roses, as what he loads in the boats)

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Question 34 Marks

I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.
Q.1. What is the poet’s hope for his paper boats?
Q.2. The word “strange” in the passage means:
(a) Familiar $\qquad$ (b) Unknown $\qquad$ (c) Beautiful $\qquad$ (d) Nearby
Q.3. The poet wants someone to ____________ who he is.
Q.4. The poet writes in big black letters on the boats. (True/False)

Answer

1. He hopes someone in a strange land will find them and know who he is.
2. (b) Unknown
3. know
4. True (It is mentioned in the poem)

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Question 44 Marks

Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream. In big black letters, I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live.
Q.1. What does the poet write on the paper boats?
Q.2. Why does the poet float paper boats daily?
(a) To play with friends
(b) To send a message
(c) To decorate the stream
(d) To race with clouds
Q.3. The poet floats his paper boats down the ____________ stream.
Q.4. The poet writes in small red letters on the boats. (True/False)

Answer

1. The poet writes his name and the name of his village.
2. (b) To send a message
3. running
4. False (He writes in big black letters)

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