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SAI International School
                                                  Class IX English
                                             Chapter - Happy Prince
                                                    Assessment

               I-Read the following passages and answer the questions:  (2x4-8)


               1.      “Why are you weeping then?” asked the swallow. “You have
               quite drenched me?"


               a.      Who is the swallow talking to?

               b.      Why has the swallow been drenched?

               c.      Who was weeping and why?

               d.      Why did the swallow choose to rest at the feet of the statue?

               2.      “I am covered with fine gold,” said the Prince. “You must take

               it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to the poor; the livings always think
               that gold can make them happy.”

               a.      What did the Prince ask the swallow?

               b.      What was his intention?

               c.      What belief of the living does the Prince know?

               d.      What nature of the Prince is being reflected from the above
               extracts?


               II- Answer the following questions in about 30 words: (2x6=12)

               3.      Describe the statue of the Happy Prince.

               4.      How and why has the little swallow come to the statue of the
               Happy Prince?

               5.      Why was the swallow not ready to leave the Happy Prince?

               6.      How did the swallow and the Prince help the poor

               seamstress?

               7.      Why was the Prince called the Happy Prince?

               8.      What proclamation did the Mayor decide to issue?
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