Hi Everyone!! This article will share Over The River and Through The Wood Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Lydia Maria Child. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Jal The Little Drop, Run and Little Things so, you can check these posts as well.
Over The River And Through The Wood Questions & Answers
Question 1: What are the things that the Grandmother has prepared for her grandchildren?
Answer: Grandmother has prepared pudding and pumpkin pie for the children.
Question 2: Which holiday is being celebrated in the poem?
Answer: Thanksgiving Day is being celebrated in the poem.
Question 3: Why do the children not want to stop for toys on their journey?
Answer: The children do not want to stop for toys on their journey because they want to reach their destination quickly.
Question 4: Choose the correct option:
1. ‘I spy’ means________
(a) I wear.
(b) I can see.
(c) I am a spy.
2. ‘It is so hard to wait!’ It means that.
(a) The poet wants to reach quickly.
(b) The road is very bad.
(c) There is a lot of traffic.
Question 5: ‘It stings the toes and bites the nose as over the ground we go’. What does the poet mean by this?
Answer: The poet means that the cold wind is making their toes and nose feel numb as they travel.
Question 6: Write a few pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Answer: Go-snow, away-day, gate-wait, spy-pie.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.