TEXT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

Q1. Answer the following:-

Q i) If someone doesn’t wear a uniform to school, what do you think the teacher will say?

A i) If someone doesn’t wear a uniform to school, the teacher would scold him and  punish him as he /she has broken the school code of conduct.

Q ii)  When everyone wants a clear sky, what does the rebel want most?

Ans. ii) When everyone wants a clear sky, the rebel wants rain the most.

Q iii)  If the rebel has a dog for a pet, what is everyone else likely to have?

Ans.  iii) If the rebel has a dog for  a pet, then everyone else is likely to have a cat.

Q iv) Why is it good to have rebels?

Ans. iv) It is good to have rebels because they are different from others and provide a source of mischief and amusement to others.

Q v) Why is it not good to be a rebel oneself?

Ans. v)  It is not good to be a rebel because then the others would laugh at us and we would be scolded and met with indifference by everyone we disagree with.

Find  in the poem an antonym (a word opposite in meaning)

  1. Find for each of the following words
    i) Long ——–
    ii) Grow ———
    iii) Quietness ——-
    iv) Sober ——
    v) Lost ——-

Ans

i) Long — short
ii) Grow  —- cut.
iii)  Quietness —- disturbance
iv) Sober — fantastic
v) Lost— found.

  1. Find in the poem lines that match the following. Read both one after the other.
    i) The rebel refused to cut his hair.
    ii) He says cats are better.
    iii) He recommends dogs.
    iv) He is unhappy because there is no sun.
    v) He is noisy on purpose. 

Answers

i) The rebel lets his hair grow long.
ii) The rebel expresses a preference for cats.
iii)The rebel puts in a good word for dog.
iv)The rebel regrets the absence of the sun.
v) The rebel creates a disturbance.