Chapter 8
The Snail
Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
*1. With the slightest touch, the snail shrinks into its house with -
a) displeasure ✔
b) pleasure
c) pain
d) surprise
"2. In its house, the snail lives with
a) parents
b) friends
c) relatives
d) no one ✔
3. The snail lives his life like a
a) traveller
b) king
c) vagabond
d) hermit ✔
4. Here that house' refers to -
a) a room
b) a hut
c) a cottage
d) his own shell ✔
5. The snail is -
a) homeless
b) heartless
c) fearless
d) lifeless
6. The snail sticks to -
a) grass
b) leaf
c) wall
d) all of the above ✔
7. The snail hides -
a) secure ✔
b) insecure
c) careless
d) frightened
8. When there is imminent danger, the snail hides -
a) outside the house
b) beside the house
c) within the house ✔
d) far from the house
9. The snail has the power which is -
a) self-centred
b) self-collecting ✔
c) self-respect
d) self-confidence
10. With the slightest touch, the snail shrinks into the house with much -
a) pleasure
b) displeasure ✔
c) happiness
d) joyance
11. "Except himself has chatells none" Here 'chatells' means[এখানে 'chatells' মানে]-
a) personal belongings ✔
b) personal dwellings
c) personal materials
d) personal pleasures
12. The snail is well satisfied -
a) with his fate
b) with his whole treasure ✔
c) with his family
d) none of the three
13. The poet has compared the snail to a -
a) tree
b) hermit ✔
c) rock
d) blind man
State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answers:
1. The snail fears to fall from the wall.
Supporting Statement____________,
Ans. False: Supporting Statement: The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall.
2. The snail comes out of his house during a storm.
Supporting Statement____________,
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: Within that house secure he hides Of storm or other harm.
3 . The snail and his house are inseparable
Supporting Statement____________,
Ans. True Supporting Statement: As if he
grew there, house and all,/Together
4. The stall doesn't stick to a wall.
Supporting Statement____________,
Ans. False: Supporting Statement: To grass... wall/The snail sticks close.
5. The creature is happy with his own belongingঃ
Supporting Statement____________,
Ans. True, Supporting Statement: Well satisfied to be his own/Whole treasure.
6. He feels insecure when he hides.
Supporting Statement____________,
Ans. False: Supporting Statement: Within that house secu he hides.
7. He leads a lonely life.
Supporting Statement____________,
Ans. True: Supporting Statement: ... he dwells alone
8. The snail and his house are conjoined.
Supporting Statement____________,
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: He and his house are so combined.
EXERCISE (3) Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
1. The snail never fears to__________________.
Ans. The snail never fears to fall.
2. The snail grows with his__________________.
Ans. The snail grows with his house and all.
3. The snail keeps himself secure in his__________________.
Ans. The snail keeps himself secure in his house.
4. The snail hides when_________________.
Ans. The snail hides when his horns get the slightest touch.
5. In the poem the snail is compared to_________________.
Ans. In the poem the snail is compared to a hermit,
6. In his banquet, the snail needs_________________.
Ans. In his banquet, the snail needs no partner.
7. Whenever the snail meets one_________________.
Ans. Whenever the snail meets one he feeds the faster
Answer the following questions:
*1. What does the snail usually stick itself to?
Ans. The snail usually sticks himself to a grass, leaf, fruit or a wall.
*2. What makes the snail well-satisfied?
Or,
How does the creature in the poem lead a self-sufficient life?
Ans. The snail likes to live alone. He is a self-contained creature. He needs no personal belongings. So to have himself as his whole treasure satisfies him well.
3. How does the snail usually stick itself to?
Ans. He sticks so close to it that there is no chance of falling.
4. When does the snail hide in the house?
Ans. The snail hides in the house at the time of impending danger. So the smell of danger or the slightest touch from anything makes the snail enter its house.
5. What kind of danger may the snail face?
Ans. The snail may face the danger of the weather and the storm. Besides, he may also face other attacks from outside.
6. How does the snail live?
Ans. The snail always lives alone without any personal A belongings. But it is not a matter of displeasure to him. Rather he is satisfied to be his own whole treasure.
*7. How does the snail feed faster?
Ans. When the snail meets someone else, he feeds faster because he is unwilling to share his meal.
8. Who is described as worse than blind in the poem?
Ans. The one who finds the house of the snail but not its master, is described as worse than blind.
9. Why is the snail compared to a hermit?
Ans. A hermit loves to live lonely life because it helps him to meditate. The snail also loves the loneliness. So the snail is compared to a hermit.
Change the following sentences into questions, as directed:
1. Siraj always rises early. (interrogative sentence using 'does')
Ans. Doesn't Siraj always rise early?
2. Joyce is the best singer in the class. (information question using 'who')
Ans. Who is the best singer in the class?
3. He saw the rainbow. (interrogative sentence using 'did')
Ans. Didn't he see the rainbow?
4. I go to school by bus. (information question using 'how')
Ans. How do I go to school?
Editing By- Lipi Medhi
