Chapter- 14         Puppy and I


  1. What is the title of the poem?
    Answer:     The title of the poem is Puppy and I.

  2. Who is the speaker in the poem?
    Answer:     The speaker is a child.

  3. Whom did the speaker meet first?
    Answer:     The speaker met a man first.

  4. What were the speaker and the man doing?
    Answer:     They were walking and talking.

  5. What question did the speaker ask the man?
    Answer:     “Where are you going to, Man?”

  6. Where was the man going?
    Answer:     He was going to the village.

  7. Why was the man going to the village?
    Answer:     To get some bread.

  8. Did the speaker go with the man?
    Answer:     No, the speaker did not go with him.

  9. Who did the speaker meet next?
    Answer:     The speaker met a horse next.

  10. What was the horse going to get?
    Answer:     The horse was going to get some hay.

  11. Where was the horse going?
    Answer:     The horse was going to the village.

  12. Did the speaker agree to go with the horse?
    Answer:     No, the speaker did not agree.

  13. Who did the speaker meet after the horse?
    Answer:     The speaker met a woman.

  14. What time of day is suggested when the woman is walking?
    Answer:     Early in the morning.

  15. What was the woman going to get?
    Answer:     She was going to get some barley.

  16. Where was the woman going?
    Answer:     She was going to the village.

  17. Did the speaker go with the woman?
    Answer:     No, the speaker did not go with her.

  18. Who did the speaker meet after the woman?
    Answer:     The speaker met some rabbits.

  19. How are the rabbits described?
    Answer:     They are described as wearing brown fur coats.

  20. What does “brown fur coats” mean?
    Answer:     It refers to the rabbits’ brown fur.

  21. What action is repeated in the poem?
    Answer:     Meeting and talking while walking.

  22. What place is mentioned again and again?
    Answer:     The village.

  23. What does the speaker say each time when invited?
    Answer:     “No, not I.”

  24. What kind of poem is this?
    Answer:     It is a narrative and rhythmic poem.

  25. What is the mood of the poem?
    Answer:     The mood is light and playful.

  26. What literary device is used when animals talk?
    Answer:     Personification.

  27. Why does the speaker refuse to go with others?
    Answer:     The speaker wants to go his own way.

  28. What does the poem show about the speaker?
    Answer:     The speaker is independent.

  29. Who is likely to be the speaker’s true companion later in the poem?
    Answer:     The puppy.

  30. What is the main theme of the poem?
    Answer:     Friendship and choosing one’s own companion.