Practice Questions - Poem 7: Dad and the Cat and the Tree | English Honeycomb Class 7 PDF Download

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

He gave a great leap
And he landed flat
In the crook of the tree-trunk
Right on the cat!
The cat gave a yell
And sprang to the ground,
Pleased as Punch to be
Safe and sound.

Question 1. Name the poem.
(a) The Shed
(b) Dad and the Cat and the Tree
(c) The Squirrel
(d) Trees
Answer: (b) Dad and the Cat and the Tree

Question 2. Who is ‘He’ in the above lines?
(a) Dad
(b) The cat
(c) Mom
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Dad

Question 3. From where did the father give a leap?
(a) From the ladder
(b) From the garden wall
(c) From the window
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b) From the garden wall

Question 4. How was the eat feeling when it was on the ground?
(a) Smiling
(b) Weeping
(c) Yelling
(d) Crying
Answer: (c) Yelling

Question 5. Give the meaning of Yell’.
(a) Shout
(b) Weep
(c) Laugh
(d) Sleep
Answer: (a) Shout

So it’s smiling and smirking,
Smug as can be,
But poor old Dad’s
Still
Stuck
Up
The
Tree!

Question 1. Name the poet of the poem ‘Dad and the Cat and the Tree’.
(a) Shirley Bauer
(b) M.B. Armstrong
(c) Kit Wright
(d) D.J. Enright
Answer: (c) Kit Wright

Question 2. For whom has been it used here?
(a) Rat
(b) Monkey
(c) Cat
(d) Sparrow
Answer: (c) Cat

Question 3. Where was dad?
(a) Came down
(b) Fell from the ladder
(c) He was stuck up on the tree
(d) On the garden wall
Answer: (c) He was stuck up on the tree

Question 4. Why is Dad called ‘poor’?
(a) He fell from the ladder
(b) Because he got stuck on the tree
(c) He fell from the garden wall
(d) He had no money
Answer: (b) Because he got stuck on the tree

Question 5. Give the meaning of ‘smirking’.
(a) smiling
(b) muttering
(c) squeaking
(d) laughing mockingly
Answer: (d) laughing mockingly

“We’ll try Plan B. Stand
Out of the way!”
Mum said, “Don’t fall
Again, O.K.?”
“Fall again ?” said Dad.
“Funny joke!”
Then he swung himself up
On a branch. It broke.

Question 1. Name the poem from which these lines have been taken.
(a) Dad and the Cat and the Tree
(b) Trees
(c) The Squirrel
(d) The Shed
Answer: (a) Dad and the Cat and the Tree

Question 2. Name the poet of the poem.
(a) M.B. Armstrong
(b) Maude Rubin
(c) D. J. Enright
(d) Kit Wright
Answer: (d) Kit Wright

Question 3. What was plan ‘B’?
(a) To use a ladder
(b) To climb on the garden wall
(c) To swing up the branch of a tree
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c) To swing up the branch of a tree

Question 4. What happened in the end?
(a) he climbed up the tree
(b) the branch broke down
(c) he fell while climbing the tree
(d) he freed the cat
Answer: (b) the branch broke down