Class 9 English - On Killing a Tree - MERIT YARD
On Killing a Tree - MERIT YARD
1 / 40Who is the poet of 'On Killing a Tree'?
A) Robert Frost
B) Vikram Seth
C) Gieve Patel
D) John Keats
2 / 40It takes much _______ to kill a tree.
A) Time
B) Water
C) Sunlight
D) Air
3 / 40A simple jab of the _______ cannot kill a tree.
A) Axe
B) Knife
C) Sword
D) Stick
4 / 40The tree grows by consuming the _______.
A) Water
B) Air
C) Earth
D) Sky
5 / 40What emerges from the 'leperous hide' of a tree?
A) Flowers
B) Leaves
C) Fruits
D) Roots
6 / 40What rises from close to the ground after hacking?
A) Curled green twigs
B) Big branches
C) Dry wood
D) Flowers
7 / 40Which word is used for 'discolored bark'?
A) Anchoring
B) Scorching
C) Leperous hide
D) Choking
8 / 40The strength of the tree lies in its _______.
A) Trunk
B) Roots
C) Leaves
D) Fruits
9 / 40To kill a tree completely, the root must be _______.
A) Cut
B) Watered
C) Pulled out
D) Painted
10 / 40The roots are 'white and _______'.
A) Wet
B) Dry
C) Black
D) Red
11 / 40Where do the roots stay hidden for years?
A) In water
B) Inside the earth
C) In the trunk
D) In the air
12 / 40After being pulled out, the tree is _______ in sun and air.
A) Washed
B) Scorched and choked
C) Painted
D) Replanted
13 / 40The bleeding _______ will heal.
A) Bark
B) Root
C) Leaf
D) Fruit
14 / 40Which poetic device is in 'bleeding bark'?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor/Alliteration
C) Oxymoron
D) Hyperbole
15 / 40"Then the matter is _______."
A) Started
B) Forgotten
C) Done
D) Changed
16 / 40What happens to the tree at the very end?
A) It grows back
B) It is killed
C) It turns green
D) It gives fruits
17 / 40The tree has 'fed' upon the earth's _______.
A) Rocks
B) Crust
C) Water
D) Sand
18 / 40Gieve Patel is also a _______.
A) Doctor
B) Engineer
C) Soldier
D) Farmer
19 / 40What does 'anchoring earth' mean?
A) Earth that moves
B) Earth that holds the tree
C) Dry earth
D) Floating earth
20 / 40The most sensitive part of the tree is _______.
A) Leaf
B) Trunk
C) Root
D) Flower
21 / 40Hack and _______ won't do it.
A) Cut
B) Chop
C) Kill
D) Burn
22 / 40The tree absorbs _______ for years.
A) Sunlight, Air, Water
B) Only rain
D) Chemical
23 / 40What is the 'strength' of the tree called?
A) Exposed
B) The source
C) The end
D) The bark
24 / 40If left 'unchecked', the twigs will _______.
A) Die
B) Expand again
C) Turn red
D) Stop growing
25 / 40The root must be 'roped and _______'.
A) Cut
B) Tied
C) Burnt
D) Painted
26 / 40Which word means 'to pull out'?
A) Chop
B) Snap out
C) Hack
D) Scorching
27 / 40"The source, white and wet." Here 'source' is _______.
A) Water
B) Root
C) Seed
D) Sunlight
28 / 40What turns 'brown and hard'?
A) The leaf
B) The tree wood
C) The flower
D) The mud
29 / 40The tone of the poem is _______.
A) Happy
B) Ironic/Sarcastic
C) Romantic
D) Scientific
30 / 40The tree is an '_______' creature.
A) Weak
B) Enduring
C) Angry
D) Small
31 / 40Which word means 'killing by heat'?
A) Hacking
B) Scorching
C) Choking
D) Browning
32 / 40The tree has grown '_______'.
A) Fast
B) Slowly
C) In one day
D) Never
33 / 40Twigs are 'miniature _______'.
A) Roots
B) Boughs
C) Flowers
D) Leaves
34 / 40The earth provides '_______ cave'.
A) Large
B) Earth-cave
C) Water
D) Dark
35 / 40What is 'withering'?
A) Growing
B) Drying up
C) Watering
D) Painting
36 / 40The poem shows human _______ towards nature.
A) Love
B) Cruelty
C) Kindness
D) Respect
37 / 40"Out of its _______ hide."
A) Beautiful
B) Anchoring
C) Leperous
D) Strong
38 / 40A tree is a _______ organism.
A) Non-living
B) Living
C) Artificial
D) Temporary
39 / 40The poet's style is _______ oriented.
A) Descriptive
B) Funny
C) Scary
D) Old
40 / 40What is the final step in killing a tree?
A) Cutting bark
B) Browning and withering
C) Watering it
D) Hacking twigs
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