MY OWN TRUE FAMILY (Ted Hughes)
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)(1 Mark)
- Once the child went inside a/an – a. birchwood b. sandal wood c. oakwood d. tropical forest
Answer : c. an oakwood
- The child was looking for – a. a squirrel b. a stag c. a dove d. a deer
Answer : b. a stag
- The woman that the child met was – a. young b. middle aged c. old d. none of these
Answer : c. old
- The clothes that the woman was wearing were – a. torn b. colourful c. gorgeous d. stitched
Answer : a. torn
- The woman told that she had the child’s ________ in her little bag. – a. ball b. secret c. toys d. books
Answer : b. secret
- The word ‘cackle is related to – a. crying b. whistling c. laughing d. listening
Answer : c. laughing
- The child came to see that he was surrounded by a tribe who were – a. smiling b. staring c. grinning d. crying
Answer : b. staring
- The child found himself tied to a – a. stone wall b. a tree c. a brick wall d. a stake
Answer : d. a stake
- The oak-trees introduced themselves to the child as – a. his friends b. the members of his family c. his brothers d. his enemies
Answer : b. the members of his family
- Oak-trees are chopped ________ and torn ________. – a. up, down b. off, up c. down, up d. up, off
Answer : c. down, up
- ‘You do not blink an eye’, by this, the trees mean – a. human beings are caring b. human beings have weak eyesight c. human beings are indifferent d. human beings frown at everything
Answer : c. human beings are indifferent
- Unless the child made a promise then, he would – a. die b. remain tied c. go free d. be detained
Answer : a. die
- If the child saw one tree felled, he should plant – a. four trees b. three trees c. two trees d. one tree
Answer : c. two trees
- the bark of the oak-tree is – a. white b. black c. green d. brown
Answer : b. black
- Unless the child takes care of the trees, the oak bark will – a. trickle over him b. wrinkle over him c. buckle over him d. none of these
Answer : b. wrinkle over him
- Oak-trees are the child’s true family but the child never ________ among them. – a. fed b .slept c. grew d. felt
Answer : c. grew
- The poem ‘My Own True Family’ has – a. three stanzas b. four stanzas c. five stanzas d. none of these
Answer : c. five stanzas
- Each stanza in the ‘My Own True Family has – a. three lines b. four lines c. five lines d. none of these
Answer : a. three lines
- The name of the poet of ‘My Own True Family’ is – a. Berton Peterson b. William Cowper c. Lucy Montgomery d. Ted Hughes
Answer : d. Ted Hughes
- The theme of the poem ‘My Own True Family’ is – a. importance of family b. importance of trees c. magic d. relation between the old and the young
Answer : b. importance of tree
Short Answer Questions (SAQ)(2 Marks)
- What happened after the child had met the old woman?
- What was the main point of argument of the oak-trees?
- Where did the child creep in? Why did the child creep in an oakwood?
- What did the old woman tell the child?
- What strange thing happened when the old woman opened her bag?
- How do the human beings behave when an oak-tree is felled?
- What did the oak-trees ask the child to swear?
- What effect did the dream have on the child?
- Where did the child go after he had come out of the Oakwood?
- What kind of walk did the child walk?
- What was the child’s heart changed into?
- How did the oak-trees threaten the child? Why did they do so?
- What would happen to the poet if he failed to make the promise?
- What is the theme of the poem?
- Write a few lines on the title of the poem.
State whether the following statements are True or False. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False. Write words/ phrases/sentences from the text to support answer.(2 Marks)
- The child went into an oakwood walking.
- The child went into an oakwood looking for an old woman.
- The size of the bag that the woman was carrying was small.
- In his dream, the child found himself in a very uncomfortable situation.
- Human beings are concerned about the fate of oak-trees.
- Human beings treat oak-trees cruelly.
- The oak-trees forced the child to swear.
- The child was born and brought up among the oak-trees.
- The dream didn’t have much impact on the child.
- The child felt a closer bonding with the trees.
Fill in the chart with information from the text.(2 Marks)
| Cause | Effect |
| 1. | 1. The child crept in an oakwood. |
| 2. The old woman began to cackle. | 2. |
| 3. | 3. The child came twice awake. |
| 4. The oak-trees are chopped down and torn up. | 4. |
| 5. | 5. The child was going to die. |
| 6. The child sees an oak-tree being felled. | 6. |
| 7. | 7. The child was back to human company. |
| 8. | 8. The oak-tree taught a lesson to the child. |