Chapter- 1 What a Bird Thought
Question 1: Where did the speaker live first?
Answer: In a little house.
Question 2: How did the speaker feel living in the little house?
Answer: The speaker lived very well and felt comfortable.
Question 3: How did the speaker perceive the world in the little house?
Answer: The world seemed small and round.
Question 4: What was the color of the world according to the speaker in the little house?
Answer: Pale-blue, like a shell.
Question 5: Where did the speaker live next?
Answer: In a little nest.
Question 6: Did the speaker feel the need for anything else while living in the nest?
Answer: No, the speaker did not need anything else.
Question 7: What did the speaker think the world was made of in the nest?
Answer: Straw and covered by the mother.
Question 8: What significant action did the speaker take one day?
Answer: The speaker fluttered from the nest to explore.
Question 9: What did the speaker discover when leaving the nest?
Answer: The world is made of leaves.
Question 10: How did the speaker describe their previous understanding of the world?
Answer: The speaker admitted they had been very blind.
Question 11: What did the speaker see at last?
Answer: The speaker flew beyond the tree and saw the sky.
Question 12: How did the speaker describe the sky?
Answer: So blue.
Question 13: Could the speaker finally explain how the world is really made?
Answer: No, the speaker could not tell.
Question 14: What does the little house symbolize in the poem?
Answer: Safety, comfort, and the early stage of life.
Question 15: What does the little nest symbolize?
Answer: Growth, parental protection, and early learning.
Question 16: What does leaving the nest represent?
Answer: Exploration, curiosity, and stepping into the unknown.
Question 17: What do the leaves represent?
Answer: Nature, life experiences, and the larger world beyond home.
Question 18: What does flying beyond the tree symbolize?
Answer: Freedom, maturity, and seeing the world in its vastness.
Question 19: How does the poem show the theme of discovery?
Answer: The speaker gradually realizes that the world is much bigger than initially imagined.
Question 20: What is the poem’s main message?
Answer: The world is vast and complex, and our understanding grows as we explore it.
Question 21: How many stages of living does the poem describe?
Answer: Three stages: little house, little nest, beyond the tree.
Question 22: What feeling is conveyed about leaving the nest?
Answer: Curiosity, adventure, and realization of new truths.
Question 23: How does the speaker reflect on their past understanding?
Answer: They admit they were blind to the true nature of the world.
Question 24: Which stage shows the speaker’s first exposure to the wider world?
Answer: Leaving the nest.
Question 25: What literary device is used in “pale-blue shell”?
Answer: Imagery, to describe the cozy and small world of the first stage.
Question 26: What is the tone of the poem?
Answer: Reflective and exploratory.
Question 27: What feeling does seeing the sky evoke in the speaker?
Answer: Wonder and amazement at the vastness of the world.
Question 28: Does the poem have a clear answer about how the world is made?
Answer: No, it leaves the question open, emphasizing mystery.
Question 29: What lesson does the speaker learn?
Answer: That the world is larger and more complex than initially believed.
Question 30: How can this poem be related to human growth?
Answer: It reflects the stages of life: childhood, learning, exploration, and understanding the vast world.
Answer by Dimpee Boraa
