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SCHOOL : SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN DURIAN DAUN, MELAKA.

LITERATURE : HEIR CONDITIONING (FORM 1-3)

• This paper consists THREE (3) pages only.

• Section A is choose the right answer while Section B is Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ).

• Read carefully and answers correctly.

SECTION A-I WONDER (Jeannie Kirby)

Complete the synopsis of the poem, I Wonder with the words below. (12 Marks)

part answers hangs flash

baffle biggest wonders full

question
lights taught young
s

The poem is made up of (1) _________ asked by the persona who is apparently a (2)
_________ person because he speaks about his father. He (3) _________ why his father is not
answering his questions or whether his father knows the (4) _________ .Many things that
happen in Nature (5) _________ him such as the colour of the grass and why the wind is never
seen. His questions get more interesting when he wonders who has (6) _________ the birds to
build a nest and the trees to take a rest. He wonders where the missing (7) _________ of the
moon is when the moon is not (8) _________ . He also wonders who (9) _________ up the stars
when they go out, makes the lightning (10) _________ about, paints the rainbow and (11)
__________ the clouds in the sky. His (12) _________ question is why his Dad is not answering
his questions whether he knows the answers.

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SECTION B-HEIR CONDITIONING.

Anwers all questions. (8 Marks)

Grand dad did you breathe 2. The present generation is very

_________ modern inventions.
before air cons were invented
A fearful of
was it hard staying
B careful of
alive without modern inventions?
C dependant of
Grandma weren’t you flustered
D confused of
as you fluttered with paper fans?
Could you communicate before
3. Grand dad in the poem think that the
faxes and long distance calls
grandchild
became basic necessities?
A is too soft and pampered
B has lost his direction in life
Grandchild we lived
C has a distorted view of his
before your age. Because
own world
of our ignorance,
D should revert to a traditional
we did not know way of life
pollution, stress, traffic jams
destruction of forests, streams and 4. The speaker in Stanza 2 wants to
hills correct the grandchild’s
we feared God and nature __________ .
now nature fears you and A speech
money is your new God. B attitude
C behavior
M SHANmughaligham D perception

1. The child in the first stanza finds it 5. The grandchildren in Stanza 1

_________ that people could live imagines that people of his
without air conditioners. grandparents’ time
A crazy A had no basic necessities
B funny B were not as lucky as they are
C unacceptable C were simple and ignorant
D unbelievable D did not know how to enjoy
life

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 Question 6 based on Table 1.

6. pollution, stress, traffic jams

destruction of forest, streams
and hills.
TABLE 1

Which of the following images is NOT shown in the lines above?

A Waste
B Death
C Suffering
D Destruction

7. Which of the moral values are NOT available in this poem?

A We must love our environment.
B We must hate the elders.
C We must be God-fearing.
D We must not be greedy and materialistic.

Question 8 according to the lines.

8. The line….“Could you communicate before faxes and long distance calls became
basic necessities?”…..similar to which statements?
A Were you able to keep in contact with people far away?
B Nature being threatened by you.
C We lived in earlier time.
D How do you stay alive?

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ANSWERS.

SECTION A-I WONDER.

1. Questions
2. Young
3. Wonders
4. Answers
5. Baffle
6. Taught
7. Part
8. Full
9. Lights
10. Flash
11. Hangs
12. Biggest

SECTION B-HEIR CONDITIONING.

1. D
2. C
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. A