Q. The mother’s old age and lack of energy is a depiction of
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
the poet’s helplessness in old age
My Mother at Sixty-six MCQs with answers
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Q. The image of merry children has been brought out by the narrator in order to
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
show energy and exuberance of young children
Q. When the narrator looked at her mother again she felt a pang of
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
her familiar ache
Q. She soon put that thought out of her mind and
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
looked out of the window
Q. What were the words she used while parting from her mother?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
See you soon, amma
Q. What does the expression smile, smile and smile signify?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
poet’s desperate efforts to hide her fears
Q. What question arises from the complexity of the situation in the poem?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
How to strike a balance between duties and responsibilities
Q. What does the narrative single sentence style of the poem highlight?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Poet’s intertwining thoughts
Q. Why does the poet feel parted, upset and sad?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
because of her duty towards mother and her own needs
Q. Quote an example of personification used in the poem.
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
sprinting trees
Q. Quote an example of a metaphor used in the poem.
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
‘Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes’
Q. Why did the poet look at her mother again?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
because of fear and insecurity
Q. What is the universality of the theme of the poem?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
death is a truth
Q. What do the parting words “See you soon Amma” signify?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
her optimistic farewell full of cheerfulness
Q. What does ‘ashen face ‘ signify?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Pale and lifeless face of poet’s mother
Q. What do the running trees signify?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
fast moving change in human life from childhood to old age
Q. What did the poet realize with pain?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
her mother’s appearance like a corpse
Q. What does this narrative style of the poem signify?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
a single thread of thought mixed with harsh realities
Q. Which poetic device is used in “Trees sprinting-” ?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Personification
Q. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Losing her mother
Q. What pangs did she feel when she looked at her mother?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Pangs of heartache
Q. What was the expression of the poet’s face while parting from her mother?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
smiling
Q. How is the imagery of ‘young trees and merry children’ a contrast to the mother?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Mother’s health-hopelessness and trees and merry children- youthfulness and hope
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