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Read the extracts given below.

On sour cream walls, donations. Shakespeare’s head, 

Cloudless at dawn, civilised dome riding all cities. 

Belled, flowery, Tyrolese valley. Open-handed map 

Awarding the world its world. And yet, for these 

Children, these windows, not this map, their world, 

Where all their future’s painted with a fog,

i. What does the expression - sour cream walls – suggest? 

a. Display of donated artefacts on the walls.

b. Badly maintained walls. 

c. Wall-to wall furniture. 

d. A poor choice of paint for walls. 

ii. The map of the world in the classroom symbolizes 

a. hopes and aspirations of the children. 

b. travel plans of the school authorities. 

c. a world that is unconnected to the children. 

d. interconnectivity within the world. 

iii. The expression, Shakespeare’s head is an example of 

a. pun. 

b. satire. 

c. parody. 

d. irony. 

iv. In the extract, ‘future’s painted with a fog’ suggests that the 

(a) classroom is as foggy as the paint on the walls. 

(b) beautiful valleys are not a part of the children’s future. 

(c) life ahead for the slum children is as unclear and hazy as fog. 

(d) fog often finds itself in the classrooms through broken windows.

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i. (b) badly maintained walls. 

ii. (a) hopes and aspirations of the children 

iii. (d) irony 

iv. (c) life ahead for the slum children is as unclear and hazy as fog.

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