On Killing a Tr...

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

The bleeding bark will heal

And from close to the ground

Will rise curled green twigs,

Miniature boughs

Which if unchecked will expand again

To former size.

(Page 110)

The roots are to be ___________ in the sun and air.

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

The bleeding bark will heal

And from close to the ground

Will rise curled green twigs,

Miniature boughs

Which if unchecked will expand again

To former size.

(Page 110)

Which of the following activities is not needed to kill a tree?

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

The bleeding bark will heal

And from close to the ground

Will rise curled green twigs,

Miniature boughs

Which if unchecked will expand again

To former size.

(Page 110)

The tree is held securely with the help of the __________ in the _________.

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

The bleeding bark will heal

And from close to the ground

Will rise curled green twigs,

Miniature boughs

Which if unchecked will expand again

To former size.

(Page 110)

Why does the poet call the trunk of the tree ‘leprous’?

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

The bleeding bark will heal

And from close to the ground

Will rise curled green twigs,

Miniature boughs

Which if unchecked will expand again

To former size.

(Page 110)

What is to be done to the roots?