Practice Questions - Poem 3: The Shed | English Honeycomb Class 7 PDF Download

Read the following extract carefully and tick the correct answer for the questions given below:

My Brother says there is a ghost in the shed.
Who hides under the rotten floor boards.
And if I ever dare to set foot inside.
He’ll jump out and chop off my head.
But I’ll take a peek one day.

Question 1. Name the poet of the poem ‘The Shed’.
(a) D.J. Enright
(b) Shirley Bauer
(c) Frank Flynn
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c) Frank Flynn

Question 2. What does his brother tell him?
(a) That there is a ghost in the shed
(b) There is a snake in the shed
(c) There is a man in the shed
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) That there is a ghost in the shed

Question 3. What will happen if he ever enters the shed?
(a) The ghost will chop his head
(b) The snake will bite Him
(c) The police will catch him
(d) The spider will bite him
Answer: (a) The ghost will chop his head

Question 4. ‘But I will take a peek one day.’ What quality does the poet wish to highlight?
(a) He is brave
(b) He is doubtful
(c) He is fearful
(d) He is rough
Answer: (a) He is brave

Question 5. Give the meaning of ‘peep through’.
(a) look at
(b) look out
(c) look into
(d) look after
Answer: (c) look into

There’s a shed at the bottom of our garden
With a spider’s web hanging across the door
The hinges are rusty and crack in the wind
When I’m in bed I lie and I listen
I’ll open that door one day

Question 1. Name the poem from which these lines have been taken
(a) The Shed
(b) Garden snake
(c) Trees
(d) The Rebel
Answer: (a) The Shed

Question 2. Name the poet of the poem.
(a) Michael Rosen
(b) Frank Flynn
(c) M.B. Armstrong
(d) Kit Wright
Answer: (b) Frank Flynn

Question 3. Where is the shed located?
(a) In the basement
(b) In the garden
(c) On the attic
(d) On the roof
Answer: (b) In the garden

Question 4. What creates noise there?
(a) Snake
(b) Spider
(c) Ghost
(d) The rusty hinges of the door.
Answer: (d) The rusty hinges of the door.

I know that there isn’t really a ghost,
My brother tells lies to keep the shed for his den;
There isn’t anyone staring or making strange noises
And their spider has been gone from his web
since I don’t know when,
I’ll go into that shed one day soon,
But not just yet…

Question 1. Name the poem.
(a) Trees
(b) The Shed
(c) The Rebel
(d) Garden Snake
Answer: (b) The Shed

Question 2. Name the poet.
(a) Frank Flynn
(b) Kit Wright
(c) Murial J. Sonne
(d) Shirley Bauer
Answer: (a) Frank Flynn

Question 3. What does the poet know?
(a) That there is no snake
(b) That there is no ghost
(c) That there lives no man
(d) That there is no web
Answer: (b) That there is no ghost

Question 4. What will the poet do very soon?
(a) To take his brother to the shed
(b) Tell his parents about the shed
(c) To kill the snake
(d) To go into the shed
Answer: (d) To go into the shed