Poem: Newsbreak

1. From the line ‘ your face is clean for once’ , what can you say about ‘you’

• the child's face is always clean

• the child's face is always dirty

• the child's face has some dirt

• the child's face has many questions

2. What do you think ‘you’ would normally do with his/her luncheon money?

• keep some as saving

• buy ice-cream for friends

• spend it on food/snacks/soft drinks.

• give balance to the parents

3. Who is ‘dear’?

• the persona

• the aunt

• the child

• the mother

1. Who is the persona?

• the child

• the mother

• the father

• the parent

5. What normally happens to the school books when the child comes home?

• The child will simply put his book anywhere after coming back from school.

• The child will put the bag in his/her room.

• The child will keep the book in his/her room nicely.

• The child will drop the school books everywhere.

6. In your opinion, how would the child’s clothes look like after a normal school day?

• stained

• dirty

• clean

• creased

7. Why does the persona ask if the child is struck by lightning?

• The lightning is coming for the child.

• The persona is scared the child has got struck by the lightning.

• The persona is surprised by how the child acts.

• The persona's child has been struck by the lightning.

8. How do you think the persona feel when the child comes back home?

• heartbreaking

• shocked

• excited

• surprised

9. What might be the reason the child is acting nice that day?

• The child does vandalism in school.

• The child conducts misbehavior in school.

• The child has brought back the report card home with bad results.

• The child does not want the parent to get mad at him/her because he has brought back the report card.

10. Predict the child’s exam result.

• not good

• great

• awesome

• fail most of the subjects