Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Camel Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Geeta Dharmarajan. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of He Leaves The Nest, The Pound Of Butter and A Hundred Faces so, you can check these posts as well.
The Camel Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Beast – animal
- On the go – active
- Lumpy – bumpy, swollen
- In a daze – here, puzzled and confused
- Die of envy – to want, very much, something that somebody else has
Question 1: In what way are the poet’s friends nor like the camel?
Answer: The poet’s friends are different from the camel in the sense that they can’t store water like the camel.
Question 2: What phrase in stanza 1 tells us that the camel can travel long distances without getting tired?
Answer: The phrase “that keeps it on the go!” tells us that the camel can travel long distances without getting tired.
Question 3: What is the camel’s ‘clever, secret trick’?
Answer: The Camel’s clever, secret trick is that it can store water in its hump.
Question 4: Why does the camel think he is a king?
Answer: The Camel thinks that he is a king because he is the only animal who can save and store water in his hump.
Question 5: What phrase in stanza 3 tells us that the camel can store water in its hump?
Answer: The phrase ‘I drink a lot but save some up’ tells us that the camel can store water in its hump.
Question 6: Why does the poet want to be a camel?
Answer: The poet wants to be a camel to make her friends envy her for having water with her all the time.
Question 7: Write a few pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Answer: Know-go, hump-pump, daze-says.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.