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3. What do the words falling softly refer to in the line ‘Yes, and when twilight is falling softly’?
a. the falling rain b. the mist covering the orchard
c. the night that is setting in d. the evening that is approaching gently

4. Whom is the speaker trying to quieten in the lines ‘. . . s-sh!/I have heard voices calling softly’?
a. all external sounds b. the spirits

c. the animals d. the blackbird
5. What do you infer about the speaker’s feelings from the line ‘I’ve sat there, whispering and
listening there’?
a. She wants to run away. b. She likes to listen to the eerie sounds.
c. She needs a companion. d. She is not scared.

6. Which of the following phrases makes it evident that there are fl owers in the garden?
a. in the little green orchard b. from rose to rose

c. grey dew distils d. shedding her lonesome light

B. Answer the questions with reference to the context.
1. Someone in shadow is sitting there . . .
a. Which place is being referred to as ‘there’? Who is ‘someone’?

b. What time of the day is it?
c. What is happening while someone is sitting in shadow?

2. Shedding her lonesome light . . .
a. Who is being referred to as ‘her’?
b. Why is her light described as ‘lonesome’?

c. What is the meaning of ‘shedding’ in the context of the poem?
3. And the horned snail leaves home . . .

a. When does the snail come out?
b. Who sits there as the snail is leaving its home?
4. All but the silence gone . . .

a. When is all but the silence gone?
b. What happens in the orchard when it is not silent?
c. What does the speaker feel amidst the sounds and the silence in the orchard?

C. Refl ect and answer.

1. Is the speaker scared of the voices and shadows in the orchard? Explain your answer in a few
sentences.
2. The speaker feels a constant mysterious presence in the orchard. Do you think this is a
fi gment of the child’s imagination? Why/Why not?

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