Poem-5 A Legend of the Northland, 9th-Eng

 
*5. A Legend of the Northland (Phoebe Cary)*
 
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
 
*1. Who is the poet of this poem?*
Ans. Phoebe Cary
 
*2. Which country does this legend belong to?*
Ans. To Northland
 
*3. How did the Northland children look in their furry clothes?*
Ans. Like bear’s cubs
 
*4. What animal is found mainly in Northland?*
Ans. Reindeer
 
*5. What are the sledges?*
Ans. Snow carts
 
*6. Why was St. Peter faint?*
Ans. He was faint with fasting
 
*7. What was the little woman doing?*
Ans. She was baking cakes
 
*8. What did Saint Peter ask for?*
Ans. For a piece of cake
 
*9. Who was very selfish?*
Ans. The woman
 
*10. Where did the woman put the cakes?*
Ans. On the shelf
 
*11. How did Saint Peter punish the selfish woman?*
Ans. He cursed her to be changed into a bird
 
*12. What was the woman changed into?*
Ans. Into a woodpecker
 
*13. From where did she fly out?*
Ans. She flew out of the chimney
 
*14. What was the colour of the cap on her head?*
Ans. Scarlet
 
*15. What has every schoolboy seen?*
Ans. A woodpecker
 
*16. What does the woodpecker do all the day?*
Ans. Keeps boring the trees for food

Short type

*1. What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for? What was the lady reaction?*

Ans. Saint Peter asked the old lady to give him a baked cake. The lady was very selfish, she made a small cake to give. But as she was baking the cake, she noticed that it seemed too big to give away, so she kneaded a smaller dough. But she did not give him any cake.

*2. How does the woodpecker get her food?*

Ans. The woodpecker got her food by boring and boring holes into the trees.

*3. What is the moral of the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’?*

Ans. A Legend of the Northland teaches us a strong moral that we should never be selfish and should think about others. The poem teaches us to be generous and to help the needy. We should not be greedy for any little thing like the lady.

*4. Theme of 'A Legend of Northland'*

Ans. A Legend of the Northland gives us a moral lesson. The poem talks about a little woman who was punished by saint Peter. The lady refuses to give him a cake that she had baked. The behaviour of the woman provokes Saint Peter who curses her and changes her into a woodpecker. Saint Peter teaches a lesson to all humans that we must not be selfish.