Flamingo Prose Chapter 3 Deep Water English - Flamingo Prose Chapter 3 Deep Water

At my first opportunity I hurried west, went up the Tieton to Conrad Meadows, up the Conrad Creek Trail to Meade Glacier, and camped in the high meadow by the side of Warm Lake. The next morning I stripped, dived into the lake, and swam across to the other shore and back just as Doug Corpron used to do. I shouted with joy, and Gilbert Peak returned the echo. I had conquered my fear of water.
The experience had a deep meaning for me, as only those who have known stark terror and conquered it can appreciate. In death there is peace. There is terror only in the fear of death, as Roosevelt knew when he said, “All we have to fear is fear itself.” Because I had experienced both the sensation of dying and the terror that fear of it can produce, the will to live somehow grew in intensity.
1.Where did the narrator camp during the night?
A. Conrad Creek Trail
B. Warm Lake
C. Gilbert Peak
D. Conrad Meadows
2.What did the narrator do the next morning?
A. Climbed Gilbert Peak
B. Camped in Conrad Meadows
C. Dived into Warm Lake and swam across
D. Returned to Conrad Creek Trail
3.What happened when the narrator shouted with joy?
A. Gilbert Peak echoed
B. The lake froze
C. Doug Corpron appeared
D. The narrator fainted
4.Why did the will to live somehow grow in intensity in the narrator?
A. The narrator was getting older
B. The narrator enjoyed swimming
C. The narrator conquered the fear of death
D. The narrator was near Roosevelt
5.Find the word from the passage which means 'admire'.
A. Echo
B. Dived
C. Conquered
D. Appreciate
6.Find the word from the passage which is opposite to 'living'.
A. Fled
B. Died
C. Echoed
D. Appreciate

This went on until July. But I was still not satisfied. I was not sure that all the terror had left. So I went to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire, dived off a dock at Triggs Island, and swam two miles across the lake to Stamp Act Island. I swam the crawl, breast stroke, de stroke, and back stroke. Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake, I put my face under and saw nothing but bottomless water. The old sensation returned in miniature. I laughed and said, “Well, Mr Terror, what do you think you can do to me?" It fled and I swam on.
1.Why was the narrator still not satisfied?
A. The instructor was not effective
B. The narrator had forgotten swimming techniques
C. The narrator was not sure all the terror had left
D. The narrator was tired of swimming
2.Where did the narrator go to make sure that he was free from terror?
A. Yakima River
B. Triggs Island
C. Stamp Act Island
D. Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire
3.Which strokes did the narrator practice?
A. Butterfly stroke
B. Crawl, breaststroke, de-stroke, and backstroke
C. Only breaststroke
D. Freestyle stroke
4.What happened when the narrator was in the middle of the lake?
A. The narrator forgot how to swim
B. The terror returned
C. The narrator encountered a shark
D. The narrator started laughing uncontrollably
5.Find the word from the passage which is the synonym of 'little amount'.
A. Fled
B. Miniature
C. Terror
D. Satisfaction
6.Find the word from the passage which is the antonym of 'above'.
A. Fled
B. Laughed
C. Below
D. Satisfaction

Next he held me at the side of the pool and had me kick with my legs. For weeks I did just that. At first my legs refused to work. But they gradually relaxed; and finally I could command them. Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, “Now you can swim.
Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke.” I did. The instructor was finished But I was not finished. I still wondered if I would be terror-stricken when I was alone in the pool. I tried it. I swam the length up and down. Tiny vestiges of the old terror would return. But now I could frown and say to that terror, “Trying to scare me, eh? Well, here's to you! Look!” And off I'd go for another length of the pool.
1.What did the narrator practice for weeks?
A. Diving
B. Kicking with legs
C. Floating
D. Holding breath
2.What did the instructor say in April?
A. "Keep practicing kicking."
B. "You are not ready yet."
C. "Now you can swim."
D. "Take a break."
3.What did the narrator still wonder at?
A. How to dive
B. How to float
C. If he would be terror-stricken when alone in the pool
D. If he could swim faster
4.What did the narrator do when his terror tried to scare him?
A. Frown and say to the terror, "Trying to scare me, eh? Well, here's to you! Look!"
B. Cry and leave the pool
C. Panic and call for help
D. Stop swimming immediately
5.Find the word from the passage which means "that which remains".
A. Vestiges
B. Integrated
C. Gradually
D. Perfected
6.Find the word from the passage which is opposite to ‘agreed'.
A. Disagreed
B. Integrated
C. Perfected
D. Finished

Finally, one October, I decided to get an instructor and learn to swim. I went to a pool and practiced five days a week, an hour each day. The instructor put a belt around me. A rope attached to the belt went through a pulley that ran on an overhead cable. He held on to the end of the rope, and we went back and forth, back and forth across the pool, hour after hour, day after day, week after week. On each trip across the pool a bit of the panic seized me.
Each time the instructor relaxed his hold on the rope and I went under, some of the old terror returned and my legs froze. It was three months before the tension began to slack. Then he taught me to put my face under water and exhale, and to raise my nose and inhale. I repeated the exercise hundreds of times. Bit by bit I shed part of the panic that seized me when my head went under water.
1.What did the narrator decide one October?
A. To quit swimming
B. To become an instructor
C. To learn to swim with an instructor
D. To swim without an instructor
2.How much time did the narrator devote to his practice every week?
A. 30 minutes
B. 1 hour
C. 2 hours
D. 5 hours
3.After how much time did the narrator's tension begin to slack?
A. One week
B. One month
C. Two months
D. Three months
4.Which exercise did the narrator repeat hundreds of times?
A. Diving
B. Kicking with legs
C. Exhaling and inhaling underwater
D. Holding breath
5.Find the word from the passage which means “caught.”
A. Seized
B. Shed
C. Panicked
D. Inhaled
6.Find the word from the passage which is opposite to 'inhale'.
A. Exhale
B. Shed
C. Panicked
D. Seized

And then sheer, stark terror seized me, terror that knows no understanding, terror that knows no control, terror that no one can understand who has not experienced it. I was shrieking under water. I was paralysed under water stiff, rigid with fear. Even the screams in my throat were frozen. Only my heart, and the pounding in my head, said that I was still alive.
And then in the midst of the terror came a touch of reason. I must remember to jump when I hit the bottom. At last I felt the tiles under me. My toes reached out as if to grab them. I jumped with everything I had. But the jump made no difference. The water was still around me. I looked for ropes, ladders, water wings. Nothing but water.
A mass of yellow water held me. Stark terror took an even deeper hold on me, like a great charge of electricity. I shook and trembled with fright. My arms wouldn't move. My legs wouldn't move. I tried to call for help, to call for mother. Nothing happened.
1.What was the narrator coming out from?
A. Yellow water
B. Stark terror
C. Panic
D. Blackness
2.What did the narrator suck for?
A. Life
B. Water
C. Air
D. Fear
3.What did the narrator feel in his legs and his brain?
A. Limp
B. Stark
C. Yellowish
D. Frozen
4.What were the feelings of the narrator as he started drowning?
A. Fear and panic
B. Peaceful and drowsy
C. Limb and relaxed
D. Blackness and terror
4.Find the word from the passage which means “fearful.”
A. Nice
B. Drowsy
C. Panic
D. Tender
6.Find the word from the passage which is opposite to 'hard'.
A. Stark
B. Limp
C. Drowsy
D. Panic

The childhood experience of terror of Douglas made him stronger and more determined. Elucidate the above statement supporting it with evidence from the text.

In Deep Water, which qualities of the swimming instructor played a role in helping Douglas overcome his fear?

The story Deep Water talks about Douglas’ attempts to overcome his fear of water. The story can also be viewed as a figurative manifestation of life’s many challenges. Elaborate with reference to the text.

Describe the efforts done by the author to conquer the fear of water.

Douglas uses sensory details to create a vivid image of the unfortunate experience in the pool. What might be the impact on the reader if the narration were more informative than sensory? 

When Douglas realised that he was sinking, how did he plan to save himself?

How did Douglas’ misadventure at the Y.M.C.A. pool affect his later life?

What factors led Douglas to decide in favour of Y.M.C.A. pool?

Why did Douglas go to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire? How did he make his terror flee? ### How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old terror.