Practice Questions: Poem - Where Do All Teachers Go? | Practice Questions with Solutions for Class 6 PDF Download

Q1: According to little child, what is teacher for them?
Ans: According to the little child, a teacher is very special for them.

Q2: According to the poet, at what time do the teachers go out?
Ans: At four ‘o’ clock.

Q3: What is the poet curious about?
Ans: The poet is curious to know about the teachers as normal people.

Q4: What is the poet’s opinion regarding the chocolates?
Ans: The poet is interested to know if teachers also eat chocolates.

Q5: Who is the poet of this poem?
Ans: The poet of this poem is Peter Dixon.

Q6: Why is the poet very curious to know where all teachers go after the school is over?
Ans: Because a teacher is someone very special to them, so the poet was very curious to know.

Q7: “And do they wash their socks?” – who is ‘they' referred to here?
Ans: 'They' refers to all the teachers.

Q8: What does the poet want to do one day?
Ans: He wants to follow the teachers one day quietly to find out their use of time at home.

Q9: “Them I’ll put it in a poem. That they can read to you.”
(i) What is ‘it’ mean here?
Ans: Here, the poet means to say that he will find out what teachers do often by following them secretly and would add in his poem.

(ii) Who is ‘they’ referred to?
Ans: Teacher.

Q10: What are the things common people do often according to the poet?
Ans: According to the poet, common people live in their houses, wash their rocks, were pyjamas, watch TV, and also pick their roses, etc.

Q11: What do the poet think about the teachers?
Ans: The poet is very curious about the teachers. He imagine them not as ordinary or common people as he is surrounded with. He keeps thinking where the teachers all go after the school is over at 4 ‘o’ clock. He has many questions regarding teachers and is looking forward to solve it by following them secretly.

Q12: “Did they ever lose their hymn books . . . . . .old dirty jeans?  Explain.
Ans: In this poem, the poet means to say that if the teacher ever lost their devotional books and myths. He further asked if they ever denied green vegetables. The poet added whether the teachers scramble the desk on their leisure time or ever wore dirty jeans. Thus, the poet questions himself with curiosity.

Q13: “Do they wear Pyjamas . . . . . . . as you and me?  Explain.
Ans: Here, the poet, Peter Dixon, questions himself if the teachers also wear Pyjamas, watch TV as ordinary people do at home. He also asks if the teachers also clean their roses same as the normal people do. Thus, the poet express his curiosity regarding teachers as a normal being.

Q14: “Do they live with other people . . . . . . They ever bad? Explain
Ans: The poet express interesting questions he wants to know about the teachers. The poet asks if the teachers also live with other normal people as a being. He also wonders if they have family and friends, or children whom they live with. Further, he also thinks whether they have made any mistakes in their life as a child.