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Q.1.
Who is the writer of Deep Water?
(a) William Wordsworth
(b) William Douglas
(c) Anees Jung
(d) Alphonse Daudet
(b) William Douglas
Q.2.
When was William Douglas born?
(a)1898
(b) 1887
(c) 1890
(d) none of the above
(a)1898
Q.3.
Where is river Yakima?
(a) Canada
(b) the USA
(c) England
(d) Australia
(b) the USA
Q.4.
The Yakima River is…
(a) treacherous
(b) slow
(c) peaceful
(d) none of the above
(a) treacherous
Q.5.
The word dangerous is referred to in the book
(a) continually
(b) drowning
(c) treacherous
(d) gradual
(c) treacherous
Q.6.
Where is Y.M.CA.?
(a) California
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Yakima
(d) Yakima
Q.7. What did William Douglas’s mother warn him about Yakima?
(a) dangerous
(b) smooth
(c) swim
(d) dirty
(a) dangerous
Q.8.
How is Y.M.C.A. for swimming?
(a) safe
(b) unsafe
(c) hot
(d) cold
(a) safe
Q.9.
What is the depth of the YMCA pool at the shallow end?
(a) four feet
(b) three feet
(c) five feet
(d) six feet
(b) three feet
Q.10.
Why did the author not walk naked into the pool?
(a) hair on legs
(b) skinny legs
(c) bend legs
(d) big legs
(b) skinny legs
Q.11.
When was the author’s fear of water started?
(a) age of four
(b) age of six
(c) age of seven
(d) none of the above
(a) age of four
Q.12.
What happened to the author on the beach of California?
(a) The waves swept him
(b) not swept
(c) swimming
(d) Unable to swim
(a) The waves swept him
Q.13.
What was the author’s father’s reaction to his drowning on the beach?
(a) sad
(b) weeping
(c) laughing
(d) none of the above
(c) laughing
Q.14.
The author had fear not when he went to the YMCA pool?
(a) stirred childish fear
(b) no fear
(c) happy
(d) swimming easily
(a) stirred childish fear
Q.15.
What did the author do in the YMCA pool?
(a) started copying others to learn to swim
(b) couldn’t swim
(c) Both a and b
(d) none of the above
(a) started copying others to learn to swim
Q.16.
What happened in the beginning at YMCA?
(a) was comfortable
(b) feared
(c) couldn’t swim
(d) none of the above
(a) was comfortable
Q.17.
How was the bottom of the pool looking?
(a) neat
(b) white and clean
(c) salty water
(d) both a and b
(d) both a and b
Q.18.
What did the healthy do with the author?
(a) shaken hand
(b) laughed at
(c) thrown in water
(d) swam together
(c) thrown in water
Q.19.
What happened to the narrator?
(a) got frightened
(b) swallowed water
(c) started swimming
(d) both a and b
(d) both a and b
Q.20.
What did the author do before he hit the bottom?
(a) fight with boy
(b) planned to come out
(c) started swimming
(d) started swimming with wings
(b) planned to come out
Q.21.
What is the depth of the YMCA pool?
(a) 8 feet
(b) 7 feet
(c) 9 feet
(d) 10 feet
(c) 9 feet
Q.22.
What seized the author?
(a) fear
(b) sheer
(c) terror
(d) all the above
(d) all the above
Q.23.
What happened to the author underwater?
(a) swallowed water
(b) paralyzed
(c) both a and b
(d) none
(c) both a and b
Q.24.
What happened to the author, after all, trying to come out of the water?
(a) legs felt limb
(b) blackness
(c) fear wiped out
(d) all the above
(d) all the above
Q.25.
How was he feeling in the last?
(a) quiet
(b) peace
(c) drowsy
(d) all
(d) all
Q.26.
Who said these words,” mother’s…now I must go to sleep…”
(a0 Wordsworth
(b) William Douglas
(c) Kalki
(d) all
(b) William Douglas
Q.27.
Douglas practiced in the pool
(a) nine times a week
(b) five days a week
(b) six days a week
(c) twice a week
(d) thrice a week
(d) thrice a week
Q.28.
At the end of the experience, Douglas felt
(a) happy
(b) sad
(c) relaxed
(c) sad
(d) victorious
(c) relaxed
Q.29.
Douglas called the boy as
(a) weak
(b) strong
(c) mental
(d) brouser
(d) brouser
Q.30. What is the meaning of brouser?
(a) weak
(b) strong
(c) mental
(d) none
(b) strong
Q.31.
What wrong happened at YMCA?
(a) Douglas had many friends with him
(b) He was with his mother
(c) with his father
(d) alone
(d) alone
Q.32.
William Douglas was a friend of the President…?
(a) President Kennedy
(b) President Roosevelt
(c) President Clinton
(d) President Bidden
(b) President Roosevelt
Q.33.
How did the author decide that he was free from fear?
(a) After swimming into the lake Wentworth
(b) After swimming into Yakima
(c) After taking a lesson from the trainer
(d) By swimming alone in YMCA
(c) After taking a lesson from the trainer
Q.34.
What compelled him to hire an instructor?
(a) want an expert in swimming
(b) want to overcome his fear
(c) he couldn’t learn alone
(d) both b and c
(d) both b and c
Q.35.
William Douglas always walked in full trousers?
(a) His legs were heavy
(b) due to long hair
(c) skinny legs
(d) none
(c) skinny legs
Q.36.
Who said these words, “there is terror only in the fear of death”?
(a) William Douglas
(b) Charley
(c) Bama
(d) Zatikala-Sa
(a) William Douglas
Q.37.
Who said these words, ” All we have to fear is fear itself”?
(a) President Kennedy
(b) President Roosevelt
(c) President Clinton
(d) President Bidden
(b) President Roosevelt
Q.38.
Who said these words, “I had both sensations of death and terror”?
(a) William Douglas
(b) Charley
(c) Bama
(d) Zatikala-Sa
(a) William Douglas
Q.39.
Full form of YMCA
(a) Young Master Charted Accountant
(b)Young Men’s Christian Association
(c) Youth Men’s Christian Association
(d) Yale Master College Association
(c) Youth Men’s Christian Association
Q.40. Who said these words, ” Well, Mr. Terror, what do you think you can do to me”?
(a) William Douglas
(b) Charley
(c) Bama
(d) Zatikala-Sa
(a) William Douglas
Q.41.
Who do these words indicate, ” Well, Mr. Terror, what do you think you can do to me”?
(a) author confidence in swimming
(b) won the fear of water
(c) became a good swimmer
(d) all
(d) all
Q.42.
What is the main idea of Deep Water?
(a) Childhood fear
(b) fear can be controlled by training
(c) systematic training is not required
(d) both a and b
(d) both a and b
Q.43.
The author went to Lake Wentworth and swam?
(a) 2 miles
(b) 4 miles
(c) 3 miles
(d) none
(a) 2 miles
Q.44.
What is the theme of Deep Water?
(a) fear
(b) adventure
(c) discrimination
(d) none
(a) fear
Q.45.
When did the author decide to learn to swim?
(a) At the age of 12
(b) At the age of 10
(c) At the age of 14
(d) none
(b) At the age of 10
Q.46.
Where did the author get the opportunity to learn to swim?
(a) at YMCA
(b)Yakima river
(c) Yamuna river
(d) none
(a) at YMCA
Q.47.
What is the meaning of aversion?
(a) repulsion
(b) like
(c) skinny legs
(d) none
(a) repulsion
Q.48.
What is the meaning of subdued?
(a) repulsion
(b) like
(c) skinny legs
(d) defeat
(d) defeat
Q.49.
What is the meaning of ache?
(a) repulsion
(b) pain
(c) skinny legs
(d) defeat
(b) pain
Q.50.
What is the meaning of thrash?
(a) repulsion
(b) pain
(c) beat
(d) defeat
(c) beat
Q.51.
Who said these words? “sheer, stark terror seized me”
(a) the author
(b)William Douglas
(c) Bama
(d) both a and b
(d) both a and b
Q.52.
What is the meaning of “sheer, stark terror seized me”?
(a) fear returned
(b) started swimming
(c) fear of water
(d) both a and c
(d) both a and c
Q.53.
What is the meaning of ” I crossed to oblivion and the curtain of life fell”?
(a) fear returned
(b) started swimming
(c) almost dead
(d) both a and b
(c) almost dead
Q.54.
Who thought this way, ” I crossed to oblivion and the curtain of life fell”?
(a) The author
(b) trainer
(c) his father
(d) both a and b
(a) The author
Q.55.
What is the meaning of wobbly?
(a) fear returned
(b) started swimming
(c) almost dead
(d) both a and b
(a) fear returned
