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Std: viii Total score: 25
Time : 1hr
Read the extract from the article “ Rosa Parks Sat Still’ and answer the following
questions.
On December 1; 1955 Rosa Parks refused to move – and this transformed a million lives.
Rosa Parks had been working all day. Work had been heavier than usual. At the end of the
day, there was only one thought in her mind. She wanted to sit down. But it was getting late,
and everybody was going home. Rosa walked to the bus stop and got on a bus. There were
many vacant seats. She paid her fare and sat down in the nearest seat. The bus was nearly
empty. Rosa felt grateful. Her feet were very tired. They really needed a rest. That was,
however something only Rosa knew. The driver of the bus knew nothing about her feet. He
did not even know her name. But he saw that she was not white. She was a black
passenger. And that, was all he needed to know about her. But he was making a mistake. It
was a mistake that cost his company a lot of money. Our story begins in America, in a town
called Montgomery.
1. Who is the central character of this story?
2. What was the only thought in the mind of Rosa Parks?
3. What was the only thing the bus driver knew about Rosa Parks?
4. Why did Rosa felt grateful?
5. Find a synonym of the word ‘empty’ from the passage.
(5*1=5)
Read the lines from the poem “The Village Blacksmith” and answer the following
questions.
Under a spreading chestnut – tree
The Village Smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long,
His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate’er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man.
6. Where is the Village Smithy stands?
7. Describe the appearance of the Blacksmith.
8. Find the word from the poem that means “crisp”.
9. Give an example of a simile from the poem.
10. What does the poet compare the smith’s hand to in the poem?
(5*1=5)
11.Edit the following passage.
A pet dog walked a few kilometres and then (a) keep a week’s vigil outside a jail (b) which
his master was (c) imprison. Ali was (d) jail for critically wounding a neighbour in his
remote village. The neighbour is still (e)suffer from injuries in the district hospital.
(5*1=5)
12.Prepare a diary entry based on the boy’s thoughts from the chapter ‘ The light on the
hills’.
(1*5=5)
13.Prepare the profile of Victor Marie Hugo from the data given below.
• Name: Victor Marie Hugo
• Born: 26 February 1802
• Occupation: French novelist and dramatist.
• Genre: Poetry, Drama, literary fiction.
• Notable work: Les Miserables and Notre Dame de Paris.
• Died: 22 May 1885.
(1*5=5)
