Exercise 1
(1) The poet was sun-warmed under the gentlest sky of
(a) summer
(b) winter
(c) autumn
(d) spring
Ans: (c) autumn
(2) The colour of the snake was
(a) black
(b) grey
(c) green
(d) yellow
Ans: (a) black
(3) The tongue of the snake was
(a) still
(b) flickering
(c) dangling
(d) hanging
Ans: (b) flickering
(4) The shape of the snake’s a scale was like
(a) star
(b) kite
(c) diamond
(d) pyramid
Ans: (c) diamond
(5) According to the poet, the intent of the snake was
(a) malicious
(b) greedy
(c) timid
(d) fierce
Ans: (d) fierce
(6) The snake finally disappeared into the
(a) sand
(b) grass
(c) rock
(d) stream
Ans: (b) grass
Exercise 2
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
(i) How did the snake appear as it moving through the grass ?
Ans: As the snakes was moving through the grass its head was down and tongue flickering. With sunlight on it, the scale glazed like diamonds.
(ii) What did the poet her companions do when the snake was gone ?
Ans: When the snake was gone, the poet and her companies took a deeper breath