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SAI International School
                                                   Class IX- English
                                             Chapter - On Killing a Tree
                                                  Home Assignment

               Q1.How does a tree become strong?

               Q 2.“So hack and chop/ But this alone won‟t do it.” What won‟t this

               do? Why won‟t it do it?

               Q 3.What is the meaning of “bleeding bark”? What makes it bleed?

               Q 4.What are miniature boughs? What happens if they are left

               unchecked?

               Q 5.How does the tree heal itself?

               Q 6.How does the poet describe the growth of the tree in the first

               stanza of the poem?

               Q 7.Why does it take so much time to kill a tree?

               Q 8.How does the tree grow to its full size? List the words suggestive

               of its life and activity.

               Q9.The poet uses several images of death and violence in the poem.

               Can you list them?

               Q10.Why does the poet use the word „kill‟ rather than „cut‟?
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