Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Balloonists Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Stanley Cook. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Sea Swimming, Women Mountaineers Pinnacle of Success and Major Langlands so, you can check these posts as well.
The Balloonists Questions & Answers
Question 1: Who are the ‘passengers upon the wind’?
Answer: The ‘passengers upon the wind’ are the people who are in the basket of the hot air balloon – the hot air balloonists.
Question 2: Choose the correct option:
The passengers do not know where they are going because
(a) they haven’t been told about their determination.
(b) they have to move in the direction in which the wind takes them.
Answer: (b) they have to move in the direction in which the wind takes them.
Question 3: The balloonists are floating just above the ground. True or False.
Answer: False
Question 4: Name the things that the balloonists see from their basket. Which of the things do you think looks most attractive to them?
Answer: The balloonists see cars, trains, planes and their vapour trails. Probably, the cars look attractive because they appear like a speck on the road – almost like colourful toy cars!
Question 5: Choose the correct option:
Aeroplanes ‘playing noughts and crosses…..’. This refers to
(a) the circular and criss-cross movement of the planes in the sky.
(b) the lines of white smoke left by the jets as they fly cross the sky.
Answer: (b) the lines of white smoke left by the jets as they fly cross the sky.
Question 6: Which expression does the poet use in the final stanza to describe the balloon? Do you think it is appropriate description? Why?
Answer: The poet uses ‘bubble of air’ to describe the balloon. It is a suitable description because it is light and floats like a bubble and is filled with air.
Question 7: The balloonists are moving slowly in the sky. Think of three words to replace the underlined words in the above sentence.
Answer: Three words to replace the underlined words in the above sentence are – drifting, sailing and floating.
Question 8: How are balloonists different from passengers on an aeroplane?
Answer: Balloonists see what is below them most of the time. They are all the time on the move, floating above the ground. They feel they are ‘flying’ in the open air almost like birds.
On the other hand, the passengers in a plane are inside the aircraft and cooped up all the time.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.