Hi Everyone!! This article will share Pirate Story Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Robert Louis Stevenson. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Portrait Of A Prince, Night Voices and Retrieved Reformation so, you can check these posts as well.
Pirate Story Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Afloat – floating on water
- Squadron – a group of aircrafts or ships
- Lea – an open area of grassy land
Question 1: Read and answer the questions:
‘Quick, and we’ll escape them, they’re as mad as they can be.’
(a) Who is ‘we’ in this line?
Answer: ‘We’ in this line refers to the three children pretending to be pirates and playing in the garden.
(b) Who are they trying to escape from?
Answer: They are trying to escape from the fleet of ship and cattle in the meadow charging towards them with a roar.
(c) Where do they escape to?
Answer: They escape to the wicket, which is their harbour, and the garden, which is their shore.
Question 2: What is the boat made of?
Answer: The boat which is actually the swing, is made of ropes and a basket.
Question 3: Which places does the poet refer to in the poem?
Answer: In the poem, the poet refers to places like Providence, Babylon and Malabar.
Question 4: Which words in the poem tell us that the ride is not real?
Answer: Words like meadow, swing, basket and lea tell us that the ride is not real.
Question 5: What is the harbour and what is the shore?
Answer: The wicket is the harbour and the garden is the shore.
So, these were Pirate Story Questions & Answers.