VBQs Class 12 English Deep Water (William Douglas)

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Deep Water (William Douglas) VBQs Class 12 English with Answers

Multiple Choice Questions

Question. The Yakima river was ______ .
(a) killer
(b) haunted
(c) treacherous
(d) bouncing

Question. Who is the author of ‘Deep Water’?
(a) William Douglas
(b) Anees Jung
(c) Louis Fischer
(d) Alphonse Daudet

Question. Where is Yakima river situated?
(a) In Washington, The US city
(b) In California, The US city
(c) In New Zealand , The US city
(d) In Chicago, The US city

Question. Y.M.C.A. stands for——.
(a) young men’s Christians authority
(b) young men’s Christopher association
(c) young men’s Christian army
(d) young men’s Christian association

Question. How old was the big bruiser?
(a) twelve years
(b) fifteen years
(c) sixteen years
(d) eighteen years

Question. The author had an aversion to ____ .
(a) water
(b) height
(c) depth
(d) loneliness

Question. What was the depth of the pool at the end?
(a) nine feet
(b) seven feet
(c) ten feet
(d) eight feet

Question. “Hi skinny! How’d you like to be ducked”? Who said these words?
(a) the narrator
(b) people at Y.M.C.A.
(c) the big bruiser
(d) narrator’s father

Question. Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the story?
(a) Washington
(b) Canada
(c) New Zealand
(d) California

Question. What is the story ‘Deep Water speaking about?
(a) fear of people
(b) fear of swimming
(c) fear of water and the way to overcome it
(d) fear of height

Question. What were the author’s feelings while drowning in the pool?
(a) terror in fear of death
(b) terror in swimming
(c) terror of being pushed
(d) none

Question. What is haunting the author?
(a) terrible experience in the pool
(b) ghosts
(c) his mother’s words
(d) a push by a young boy

Question. How many times did Douglas try to come to the surface of the pool?
(a) twice
(b) once
(c) thrice
(d) four times

Question. What strategy did the author remember while he was drowning in the pool?
(a) to try to jump and push himself up
(b) to shout for help
(c) to hold ropes
(d) to call the instructor

Question. What was the colour of the pool water when Douglas was in it?
(a) dirty yellow
(b) clear blue
(c) dirty off white
(d) dirty blue

Question. What lesson did Douglas learn from his experience of drowning?
(a) learnt swimming
(b) love of swimming
(c) swimming is not difficult
(d) face the fear

Question. I flailed at the surface of water ‘. What is the meaning of ‘flailed’ in the sentence?
(a) to strike with
(b) to keep
(c) to come
(d) to swim

Question. Why did Douglas hate to walk with bare legs?
(a) because of ugly looking legs
(b) because of fat legs
(c) because of skin colour
(d) because of skinny legs

Question. What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was drowning in the pool?
(a) confidence
(b) overconfidence
(c) fear
(d) mixed feelings of confidence and fear

Question. What does ‘Deep Water’ signify?
(a) depth of sea
(b) beauty
(c) depth of ocean
(d) frantic

Question. Suddenly Douglas saw light in the water. What did that mean?
(a) some people came with a torch
(b) there was a bulb in the water
(c) he was coming out of the water
(d) he saw light was coming from heaven

Question. What was the condition of Douglas’ legs?
(a) they were active
(b) they seemed paralyzed
(c) they were soft
(d) his legs were kicking

Question. Who was standing near him when he came into his senses?
(a) a doctor
(b) a nurse
(c) his father
(d) the boy who threw him into the pool

Question. Why did Douglas cease all efforts?
(a) he felt as if he was going to become unconscious
(b) he did not want to live
(c) he wanted to be in the water
(d) he was already out of danger

Question. “For days a _______ was in my heart”. Choose the correct words from the passage.
(a) ghostly fear
(b) haunting fear
(c) terrible fear
(d) unimaginable fear

Question. What did the boy say to the author?
(a) “I did the wrong thing”
(b) “I did the right thing”
(c) ”I’ll throw you again”
(d) “But I was only foolish.”

Question. How did the author feel when he walked back to his home after coming into his senses?
(a) his legs were trembling
(b) he was sad
(c) he was weeping
(d) he had temperature

Question. What are ‘salmon’, ‘trout’ , ‘bass’ ?
(a) kinds of boat
(b) kinds of fish
(c) kinds of swimming techniques
(d) all of the above

Question. How did instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?
(a) by giving Instructions
(b) by pushing him into the pool
(c) by making him watch others
(d) by using belts and ropes

Question. Where did the author go in order to overcome his fear of water?
(a) to a sea beach
(b) into a well
(c) in the same pool where the accident took place
(d) lake Wentworth in New Hampshire

Question. What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the lake Wentworth?
(a) four miles
(b) three miles
(c) two miles
(d) one mile

Question. What was stopping Douglas to get into the water of cascades?
(a) memories of California
(b) memories of Washington
(c) instructions given by his mother
(d) memories full of terror in pool

Question. What did Douglas’ mother remind him?
(a) about the deep YMCA pool
(b) about the treacherous Yakima river
(c) about the drawings in Y.M.C.A. pool
(d) all of the above

Question. How could Douglas know that he was still alive?
(a) his heart beating and head pounding told him
(b) his legs were very active which told him
(c) he could plan to jump with foot
(d) none of the above

Question. What is haunting the author?
A) Terrible experience in the pool
B) ghosts
C) his mother’s words
D) a push by a bully

Question. Where is Yakima located?
A) US City New Zealand
B) US City in California
C) US City in Washington
D) None

Question. How did the author learn swimming?
A) with the help of a rope
B) with the help of instructor
C) with the help of his mother
D) with the help of swimming instructor

Question. Y.M.C.A stands for?
A) Young Men’s Christian Authority
B) Young Men’s Christopher Association
C) Young Men’s Christian Army
D) Young Men’s Christian Association

Question. Why did he develop a fear of water?
A) Because of knocking down by waves at a beach
B) Because of a push by a bully
C) Because of instructor
D) Because of his mother

Question. Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the story?
A) Washington
B) New Zealand
C) California
D) Canada

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS :

Question. How did William Douglas’ aversion to water begin?
Ans.William Douglas’ aversion to water started when he was three or four years old and his father took him to the beach in California. They stood together in the surf. He hung onto his father, yet the waves knocked him down and swept over him. He was buried in water. His breath was gone and he was frightened. His father laughed, but there was terror in his heart at the overpowering force of the waves.

Question. What did Douglas feel and do when he was pushed into the swimming pool?
Ans. When he was pushed into the swimming pool, he was scared but planned to hit the bottom as soon as he touched the ground and come up to the surface like a cork. Then he lay flat on the surface of water and paddled to the edge of the pool. his fear.

Question. Why did William Douglas use the YMCA pool and not Yakima river to learn swimming?
Ans. Douglas preferred to go to the YMCA pool because it was safe as it was only two to three feet deep at its shallow end and nine feet deep at the other end and the drop was gradual. Whereas Yakima river was treacherous and many cases of drowning had been reported.