Chapter- 1 Conversation
Q1. What is the name of the poem?
A: The name of the poem is Conversation.
Q2. Who is the poet of the poem?
A: The poet of the poem is Rose Fyleman.
Q3. Who are talking in the poem?
A: A speaker and a little mouse (mousie) are talking.
Q4. What is the poem written in the form of?
A: The poem is written in the form of a conversation.
Q5. What does the speaker first ask the mousie?
A: The speaker asks where the mousie’s little house is.
Q6. Where is the mousie’s house?
A: The mousie’s house is under the floor.
Q7. How does the mousie describe the door of its house?
A: The mousie says the door is under the floor.
Q8. What does the speaker ask in the second stanza?
A: The speaker asks if he may come into the mousie’s house.
Q9. Why can’t the speaker enter the mousie’s house?
A: Because the mousie says one has to be thin to get in.
Q10. What does “You have to be thin” mean?
A: It means the entrance is very small.
Q11. What does the speaker ask in the third stanza?
A: The speaker asks the mousie to come out of its house.
Q12. Does the mousie agree to come out?
A: No, the mousie does not agree.
Q13. Why does the mousie refuse to come out?
A: Because it is busy all day.
Q14. How many times is the word “mousie” repeated in the poem?
A: The word “mousie” is repeated many times.
Q15. What kind of tone does the poem have?
A: The poem has a playful and friendly tone.
Q16. Is the poem serious or humorous?
A: The poem is humorous.
Q17. Who speaks most in the poem?
A: Both the speaker and the mousie speak equally.
Q18. What kind of house does the mousie have?
A: The mousie has a small and hidden house.
Q19. What does the poem mainly talk about?
A: The poem talks about a simple conversation with a mouse.
Q20. What age group is the poem suitable for?
A: The poem is suitable for children.
Q21. What quality of the mousie is shown in the poem?
A: The mousie is clever and cautious.
Q22. What does the poem teach children?
A: It teaches children to enjoy simple and imaginative conversations.
Q23. Is the mousie friendly?
A: Yes, the mousie answers politely.
Q24. What does “wee housie” mean?
A: It means a very small house.
Q25. Why is the poem easy to remember?
A: Because it has rhyme and repetition.
Q26. What kind of language is used in the poem?
A: Simple and child-friendly language is used.
Q27. What does the mousie say when asked to come inside?
A: It says one has to be thin to enter.
Q28. How does the poem end?
A: The poem ends with the mousie saying it is busy all day.
Q29. Is the poem written in rhyme?
A: Yes, the poem is written in rhyme.
Q30. What is the central idea of the poem?
A: The central idea is a playful conversation with a little mouse.
Answer by Dimpee Bora
