NAME : __________________________________________________

CLASS : ____________________

SCHOOL : SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN DURIAN DAUN, MELAKA.

LITERATURE : HEIR CONDITIONING (FORM 1-3)

SECTION A-I WONDER ( Jeannie Kirby )

Complete the synopsis of the poem, I Wonder with the words below . (12 Marks)

The poem is made up of (1) _________ asked by the persona who is apparently a (2) _________ person because he speaks about his father. He (3) _________ why his father is not answering his questions or whether his father knows the (4) _________ .Many things that happen in Nature (5) _________ him such as the colour of the grass and why the wind is never seen. His questions get more interesting when he wonders who has (6) _________ the birds to build a nest and the trees to take a rest. He wonders where the missing (7) _________ of the moon is when the moon is not (8) _________ . He also wonders who (9) _________ up the stars when they go out, makes the lightning (10) _________ about, paints the rainbow and (11) __________ the clouds in the sky. His (12) _________ question is why his Dad is not answering his questions whether he knows the answers.

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part answers hangs flash

baffle biggest wonders full

lights taught youngquestions

This paper consists THREE (3) pages only.

Section A is choose the right answer while Section B is Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ).

Read carefully and answers correctly.

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SECTION B-HEIR CONDITIONING.

Anwers all questions. (8 Marks)

1. The child in the first stanza finds it _________ that people could live without air conditioners.A crazyB funnyC unacceptableD unbelievable

2. The present generation is very _________ modern inventions.A fearful ofB careful ofC dependant ofD confused of

3. Grand dad in the poem think that the grandchildA is too soft and pamperedB has lost his direction in lifeC has a distorted view of his

own worldD should revert to a traditional

way of life

4. The speaker in Stanza 2 wants to correct the grandchild’s __________ .A speechB attitudeC behaviorD perception

5. The grandchildren in Stanza 1 imagines that people of his grandparents’ timeA had no basic necessitiesB were not as lucky as they areC were simple and ignorantD did not know how to enjoy

life

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Grand dad did you breathe

before air cons were invented

was it hard staying

alive without modern inventions?

Grandma weren’t you flustered

as you fluttered with paper fans?

Could you communicate before

faxes and long distance calls

became basic necessities?

Grandchild we lived

before your age. Because

of our ignorance,

we did not know

pollution, stress, traffic jams

destruction of forests, streams and

hills

we feared God and nature

now nature fears you and

money is your new God.

M SHANmughaligham

Question 6 based on Table 1.

6.

TABLE 1

Which of the following images is NOT shown in the lines above?

A Waste

B Death

C Suffering

D Destruction

7. Which of the moral values are NOT available in this poem?

A We must love our environment.

B We must hate the elders.

C We must be God-fearing.

D We must not be greedy and materialistic.

Question 8 according to the lines.

8. The line….“Could you communicate before faxes and long distance calls became basic necessities?”…..similar to which statements?

A Were you able to keep in contact with people far away?

B Nature being threatened by you.

C We lived in earlier time.

D How do you stay alive?

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pollution, stress, traffic jamsdestruction of forest, streams and hills.

ANSWERS.

SECTION A-I WONDER.

1. Questions

2. Young

3. Wonders

4. Answers

5. Baffle

6. Taught

7. Part

8. Full

9. Lights

10. Flash

11. Hangs

12. Biggest

SECTION B-HEIR CONDITIONING.

1. D

2. C

3. C

4. D

5. B

6. B

7. B

8. A

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