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Flamingo Chapter 3 Deep Water Class 12 English HOTS

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Deep Water

Question. Who is the author of ‘Deep Water’?
(a) William Douglas
(b) Anees Jung
(c) Louis Fischer
(d) Alphonse Daudet

Answer : A

Question. The Yakima river was ______ .
(a) killer
(b) haunted
(c) treacherous
(d)bouncing

Answer : C

Question. Y.M.C.A. stands for------.
(a) young men’s Christians authority
(b) young men’s Christopher association
(c) young men’s Christian army
(d) young men’s Christian association

Answer : B

Question. Where is Yakima river situated?
(a) In Washington, The US city
(b) In California, The US city
(c) In New Zealand , The US city
(d) In Chicago, The US city

Answer : A

Question. The author had an aversion to ____ .
(a) water
(b) height
(c) depth
(d) loneliness

Answer : A

Question. How old was the big bruiser?
(a) twelve years
(b) fifteen years
(c) sixteen years
(d) eighteen years

Answer : D

Question. “Hi skinny! How’d you like to be ducked”? Who said these words?
(a) the narrator
(b) people at Y.M.C.A.
(c) the big bruiser
(d) narrator’s father

Answer : C

Question. What was the depth of the pool at the end?
(a) nine feet
(b) seven feet
(c) ten feet
(d) eight feet

Answer : A

Question. What is the story ‘Deep Water speaking about?
(a) fear of people
(b) fear of swimming
(c) fear of water and the way to overcome it
(d) fear of height

Answer : C

Question. Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the story?
(a) Washington
(b) Canada
(c) New Zealand
(d) California

Answer : D

Question. What is haunting the author?
(a) terrible experience in the pool
(b) ghosts
(c) his mother’s words
(d) a push by a young boy

Answer : A

Question. What were the author’s feelings while drowning in the pool?
(a) terror in fear of death
(b) terror in swimming
(c) terror of being pushed
(d) none

Answer : A

Question. What strategy did the author remember while he was drowning in the pool?
(a) to try to jump and push himself up
(b) to shout for help
(c) to hold ropes
(d) to call the instructor

Answer : A

Question. How many times did Douglas try to come to the surface of the pool?
(a) twice
(b) once
(c) thrice
(d) four times

Answer : C

Question. What lesson did Douglas learn from his experience of drowning?
(a) learnt swimming
(b) love of swimming
(c) swimming is not difficult
(d) face the fear

Answer : D

Question. What was the colour of the pool water when Douglas was in it?
(a) dirty yellow
(b) clear blue
(c) dirty off white
(d) dirty blue

Answer : A

Question. Why did Douglas hate to walk with bare legs?
(a) because of ugly looking legs
(b) because of fat legs
(c) because of skin colour
(d) because of skinny legs

Answer : D

Question. ‘I flailed at the surface of water ‘. What is the meaning of ‘flailed’ in the sentence?
(a) to strike with
(b) to keep
(c) to come
(d) to swim

Answer : A

 

Passages for comprehension

Passage 1
My introduction to the Y.M.C.A. swimming pool revived unpleasant memories and stirred childish fears. But in a little while I gathered confidence. I paddled with my new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn by aping them. I did this two or three times on different days and was just beginning to feel at ease in the water when the misadventure happened.

Question. Name of the lesson from which this passage has been taken.
(a) Lost Spring…..Stories of stolen childhood
(b) The Last Lesson
(c) Deep Water
(d) The Rattrap
Answer : C

Question. Who is the writer of this chapter?
(a) William Douglas
(b) Alphonse Daudet
(c) Anees Jung
(d) Selma Lagerlof
Answer : A

Question. This chapter is------.
(a) a narrative
(b) a biography
(c) a travelogue
(d) an autobiography
Answer : D

Question. Name the pool William Douglas mentioned in the passage.
(a) Tieton pool
(b) Yakima pool
(c) Y.M.C.A. pool
(d) Teanaway pool
Answer : C

Question. What revived unpleasant memories to the author?
(a) his introduction to the YMCA swimming pool
(b) his introduction to the YMCA college
(c) both a & b
(d) his introduction to Yakima river
Answer : A

Question. What did the author try to learn by aping other boys?
(a) writing neatly
(b) dancing
(c) swimming
(d) riding a bicycle
Answer : C

Question. How did the author prepare himself for swimming?
(a) with new water wings
(b) trying to learn by aping other boys
(c) watching other boys
(d) all of the above
Answer : D

Question. What did the author start feeling after two or three times in the pool?
(a) feel at ease
(b) feel fear
(c) feel confident
(d) nothing
Answer : A

Question. Pick out the word from the passage which means the same as: ‘misadventure’.
(a) event
(b)accident
(c) episode
(d) occurrence
Answer : B


Passage 2
I had not been there long when it came a big bruiser of a boy, probably eighteen years old. He had thick hair on his chest. He was a beautiful physical specimen; with legs and arms that showed rippling muscles. He yelled, “Hi, Skinny! How’d you like to be ducked?”
With that he picked me up and tossed me into the deep end. I landed in a sitting position, swallowed water, and went at once to the bottom. I was frightened, but not yet frightened out of my wits. On the way down I planned:
come to the surface, lie flat on it, and paddle to the edge of the pool.

Question. Who came to William Douglas at the Y.M. C.A. swimming pool?
(a) the instructor
(b) a big bruiser of a boy
(c) the owner of Y.M.C.A. pool
(d) no one
Answer : B

Question. He was a beautiful ___________ specimen.
(a) physical
(b) mental
(c) spiritual
(d) both a & b
Answer : A

Question. What was true about the other boy?
(a) he had thick hair on his chest
(b) he was eighteen years old
(c) he was muscular
(d) all of the above
Answer : D

Question. He tossed Douglas into the pool towards its-------.
(a) shallow end
(b) middle
(c) edge
(d) deep end
Answer : D

Question. Though Douglas was frightened, he was not-------.
(a) afraid to die
(b) going to strive
(c) out of his wits
(d) able to shout to help
Answer : C

Question. When his feet would hit the bottom Douglas planned to-------.
(a) make a big jump
(b) lie down
(c) start his stroke
(d) float
Answer : A

Question. Find out the word which means the same as: ‘pushed under water’.
(a) bruiser
(b) rippling
(c) ducked
(d) wits
Answer : C


Passage 3
The experience had a deep meaning to me as only those who have known stark terror and conq uered it can appreciate. In death there is a peace. There is terror only in the fear of death, as Roosevelt knew when he said,
“All we have to fear is fear itself.” Because I had experienced both the sensation of dying and the terror that fear of it can produce, the will to live somehow grew in intensity.

Question. What experience is the writer referring to in the passage?
(a) experience of swimming
(b) experience of drowning
(c) experience of climbing mountain
(d) experience of walking trails
Answer : B

Question. What do we feel in the fear of death?
(a) a sense of strange sensation
(b) a sense of depression
(c) a sense of nightmare
(d) a sense of terror
Answer : D

Question. What had Roosevelt said?
(a) “All we have to fear is fear itself.”
(b) “All we have to fear is fear of death.”
(c) “All we have to fear is fear of accident.”
(d) “All we have to fear is fear of murder.”
Answer : A

Question. Find the words from the passage having the same meaning as : (i) praise (ii) strength
(a) (i) stark (ii) appreciate
(b) (i) intensity (ii) stark
(c) (i) appreciate (ii) intensity
(d) (i) stark (ii) intensity
Answer : C

Question. Who was Roosevelt?
(a) William Douglas’ friend
(b) Ex. President of America
(c) an instructor
(d) both a & b
Answer : D


More Important Questions For CBSE Class 12 English HOTs Deep Water........

Question. Which factors led Douglas to decide in favour of YMCA pool?
Answer : The YMCA pool was an ideal place for Douglas to learn swimming. It was safe. It was only two or three feet deep at the shallow end. Though it was nine feet deep at the other end, the drop was gradual.

Question. How did the instructor turn Douglas into a swimmer?
Answer : Bit by bit, the instructor turned Douglas into a swimmer. Initially, he put a belt around Douglas and the attached rope went through a pulley that ran on an overhead cable. He held on to the rope and went back and forth across the pool until Douglas began to relax in water. Next, the instructor taught Douglas to put his face under water and exhale and to raise his nose and inhale. They practised this until Douglas stopped panicking on putting his head under water. Then Douglas learnt to kick in the water. At first, he was terror-stricken but continuous practice with his instructor made Douglas lose his fear of water and emerge as a confident swimmer.

Question. How did Douglas develop an aversion to water?
Answer : Douglas was merely three or four years old when he had his first water related accident. His father had taken him to the beach in California where they stood together in the surf. The waves knocked young Douglas down and swept over him in such a way that he was buried in water and felt suffocated. That was the first time he felt the pangs of terror at the overpowering force of the water set in his heart. When he was ten or eleven years old he decided to learn to swim at the Y.M.C.A. pool. It was only two or three feet deep at the shallow end and nine feet at the deep end where the drop was gradual. Yet, when the eighteen year old boy tossed Douglas into the deep end of the pool, it strengthened his aversion to water. An unsuspecting victim, Douglas landed in a sitting position, swallowed water and went at once to the bottom. Even after multiple attempts, he was unable to resurface, because of too much depth. Gradually, he grew tired and suffocated; he was paralysed with fear and almost drowned. Douglas would not have survived if someone had not dove into the water to save him.
Question. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
Answer : Douglas was determined to get over his fear of water because it had ruined his fishing trips. Also, could not enjoy water sports like canoeing, boating or swimming.
 
Question. Desire, determination and diligence lead to success. Explain the value of these qualities in the light of Douglas’ experience in “Deep Water”. 
Answer : Douglas’ experience in ‘Deep Water’ is a great example of how desire, determination and diligence lead to success. When Douglas was just a child, he had major water-related misadventures and (he almost drowned), which affected him badly and he was left with a deep rooted fear of water. This fear stayed with him as he grew older. As the fear lingered on, Douglas realised that it prevented him from enjoying all the activities related to water, such as boating, canoeing, swimming, etc. It was no longer acceptable to Douglas. Therefore, his strong desire to overcome his fear of water made him take swimming lessons. Even though, the old fear kept coming back, weakening him initially, however, his determination kept him going. Eventually, with rigorous training, vigorous practice and perseverance, he was able to get rid of his fear of water.

 

Short Questions

1. Why the YMCA pool was considered safer when compared to Yakima River?

2. When did his aversion to water begin?

3. What was the misadventure that happened one day?

4. What strategy did he remember as he went down the water?

5. What effect did the drowning in the YMCA pool have on Douglas?

6. Why did he decide to have an instructor to teach him swimming?

7. What method did he adopt to overcome terror?

8. Bring out the significance of the `yellow water` though he has specifically mentioned that the water was as clean and clear as the bathtub before experiencing drowning.

Essays

1. The childhood fear and the way he overcomes it brings about a deeper meaning to the readers. Bring out how the negative traits can be changed into positive traits with reference to the techniques used by Douglas?

2. The tenacity and determination on the part of Douglas helped him to shirk away the fear factor. Discuss.

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