Class 10 Chapter 4 Solution
My Own True Family
Very Short Question Answer
*1. The old woman held the poet’s secrets in her little bag.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: She said: ‘I have your secret here inside my little bag.’
*2. The tree tribe said that the poet is bothered to see the chopping down of oak trees
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.
*3. The poet never came out of the Oakwood.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: When I came out of the Oakwood, back to human company.
4. The poet was looking for an old woman.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: I was looking for a stag.
5. The old woman held the poet’s secrets in her little bag.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: She said: ‘I have your secret here inside my little bag.’
6. The poet began to cackle.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.
7. The old woman opened her little bag.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: She opened up her little bag.
8. The poet was surrounded by a staring tribe.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: Surrounded by a staring Ana tribe. I
9. Man cares little with the felling of trees.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: We are chopped down, are torn up, you do not blink an eye.
10. The oak trees told the child in his dream that whenever an tree is cut down he should plant two oak saplings.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: ‘Whenever you see an o tree felled, swear now you will plant two.’
11. The poet was threatened to be rooted in his house.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: And root you among oaks.
12. Nature is determined to teach human beings a lesson for their misdeed.
Ans. True; Supporting Statement: Unless you make a prom now-now you are going to die.
14. The poet walked out of the Oakwood as a tree
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: My walk was the walk a human child. IL
1. Whenever an oak tree is felled
Ans. Whenever an oak tree is felled the poet will plant
2. The poet dreamt a dream lying
Ans. The poet dreamt a dream lying beneath the boughs
3. The poet feels that his dream
Ans. The poet feels that his dream altered him.
4. If the poet does not swear
Ans. If the poet does not swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over him.
*1. When did the poet come twice awake?
Ans. When the old woman opened her bag the poet awoke twice
.1 What would happen to the poet if he failed to make the promise?
Ans. The poet would die if he failed to make the promise
2. What was it that altered the poet?
Ans. The dream of his own true family altered the poet.
3. What is the name of the poem? What is the name of the poet? [High Madrasah Exam 2018]
Ans. The name of the poern is ‘My Own True Family.
The name of the poet is Ted Hughes.
4. Why did the poet creep in an Oakwood?
Ans. The poet crept in an Oakwood in search of a stag.
5. How did the old woman look?
Ans. The old woman was dressed in rags and had with her a knobbly stick and a little bag.
6. Why did the poet begin to quake?
Ans. The poet began to quake because the old woman began to cackle.
7. Who was staring at the poet? [Bhawar M.P. High School]
Ans. The tribe of the oak trees was staring at the poet.
8. Who are mentioned as the ‘staring tribe’?
Ans. The oak trees in the wood are mentioned as the ‘staring tribe:
9. What would the narrator have to promise?
Ans. Whenever an oak tree was felled the poet would plant two.
10. How was the walk of the poet described at the end of the poem? [Jenkins School, Cooch Behar)
Ans. The walk of the poet was described as the walk of a human
child.
Short Question Answer
11. When the child woke up from his dream he forgot all about the trees.
Ans. False; Supporting Statement: When I came out of
oak wood, back to human company./My walk was walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.
12. What kind of a poem is My Own True Family’?
Ans. “My Own True Family is a symbolic poem. It describes the magical experiences of the poet in an Oakwood. It tells us strongly that we should try to protect our natural environment for the welfare of mankind.
13. What did the trees complain?
Ans. The trees complained to the poet that they were cut ruthlessly but the poet showed no interest to save them.
14. What was the demand of the oak tree?
Ans. The oak tree demanded that whenever the poet would see an oak felled, he would plant two to replace that. In other words, man should try to protect his natural environment.
15. Describe the old woman in your own words
Ans. In the Oakwood the poet in his dream met an old woman having a had a strange little bag with her. She was also make strange sounds.
16. What happened when the old woman opened her little bag?
Ans. When the old woman opened her little bag, the p became twice aware about the presence of the tribe oak trees staring at him. They complained about poet’s indifference to the cutting of oak trees.
17. What was the promise that the poet had to make?
Ans. The poet had to promise to plant two oak trees whenever one would be chopped down. It actually made the poet conscious about protecting nature for our own interest.
18. “… dream that altered me.” Who was altered and how?
Ans . The poet was altered by the dream and he could fee the importance of trees in human life. They are not a foes, but true friends