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SAI International School


                                                    Class IX English


                                              Chapter 19-Happy Prince

                                                      Assessment





               I-Read the following passages and answer the questions:

               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 living 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?



               2-Answer the following questions in about 30 words:


               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 ?
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