MCQ Class 12 English Chapter 3 Deep Water Flamingo

MCQ’s For All Chapters – Flamingo Class 12th

1. At the end of the experience, Douglas felt

(a) happy

(b) released

(c) sad

(d) victorious

Question 1 of 30

2. ‘All we have to fear is fear itself. Who said these words?

(a) Douglas

(b) his instructor

(c) his father

(d) President Roosevel

Question 2 of 30

3. ‘What do you think you can do to me’? These words were spoken by Douglas to

(a) a shark

(b) to his enemy

(c) to the boy who pushed him

(d) to terror

Question 3 of 30

4. Whenever terror struck again, Douglas would start

(a) shouting

(b) laughing

(c) crying

(d) talking to terror

Question 4 of 30

5. Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises

(a) hundred times

(b) forty times

(c) fifty times

(d) ten times

Question 5 of 30

6. He practised in the pool

(a) ten times a week

(b) five days a week

(c) twice a week

(d) thrice a week

Question 6 of 30

7. After being haunted by fear for many years Douglas decided to learn to swim. He took the help of

(a) his mother

(b) his father

(c) a friend

(d) an instructor

Question 7 of 30

8. When he regained consciousness, he

(a) laughed at his experience

(b) had 104° F fever

(c) shook and cried and didn’t eat anything

(d) told his mother about his misadventure

Question 8 of 30

9. Douglas went down towards the bottom

(a) only once

(b) twice

(c) thrice

(d) five times

Question 9 of 30

10. The water in the pool had a

(a) dirty yellow tinge

(b) a blue reflection

(c) green colour

(d) no colour

Question 10 of 30

11. When Douglas tried to yell

(a) everyone came to his rescue

(b) no sound came out

(c) his father arrived

(d) the lifeguard dived to save him up, they hung as

Question 11 of 30

12. The nine feet seemed to Douglas like

(a) hundred feet

(b) ninety feet

(c) fifty feet

(d) twenty-five feet

Question 12 of 30

13. Though Douglas was frightened, he was not

(a) afraid to die

(b) going to survive

(c) out of his wits

(d) able to shout for help

Question 13 of 30

14. Douglas calls him a

(a) nasty human being

(b) a brute

(c) a beautiful physical specimen

(d) a big bully

Question 14 of 30

15. The misadventure at the Y.M.C.A pool happened when

(a) Douglas was accompanied by friends

(b) he was with his father

(c) he was alone

(d) he was with his mother

Question 15 of 30

16. The incident in childhood had taken place at the beach in

(a) Florida

(b) Washington

(c) New York

(d) California

Question 16 of 30

17. The pool’s depth at the deep end was

(a) twenty feet

(b) nine feet

(c) six feet

(d) eight feet

Question 17 of 30

18. His mother warned him against swimming in the Yakima River because it had

(a) strong currents

(b) it was meant only for boating

(c) many people had drowned there

(d) it had no lifeguards around

Question 18 of 30

19. The writer decided to learn to swim when he was about

(a) ten or eleven years old

(b) fifteen or sixteen years old

(c) twenty years old

(d) eighteen years old

Question 19 of 30

20. William Douglas was a friend and adviser of

(a) President Kennedy

(b) President Cleveland

(c) President Roosevelt

(d) President Clinton

Question 20 of 30

21. Where was the lake Wentworth?

(a) In New Hampshire

(b) in Washington

(c) in California

(d) in Washington D.C

Question 21 of 30

22. How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old terror?

(a) By visiting California

(b) By jumping into the waters

(c) By taking a lesson from the instructor

(d) By swimming into the lake Wentworth

Question 22 of 30

23. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?

(a) because he wanted to swim in the waters of the Cascade

(b) because his friend had challenged him

(c) because he had a bet on it

(d) because he wanted to win a medal

Question 23 of 30

24. Why did Douglas hire an instructor?

(a) To be confident in swimming

(b) To compete with others

(c) To flaunt

(d) To overcome his fear of water and learn swimming

Question 24 of 30

25. Why did Douglas hate to walk with bare legs?

(a) Ugly looking legs

(b) Fat legs

(c) Because of skin color

(d) Because of skinny legs

Question 25 of 30

26. What was the impact of the pool incident?

(a) Developed fear

(b) Became confident

(c) Became overconfident

(d) Hydrophobia was revived

Question 26 of 30

27. What does Douglas do to save himself in the pool?

(a) Used his mind and pushed himself up

(b) Shouted aloud

(c) Called people

(d) Shouted help help

Question 27 of 30

28. How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?

(a) Planning

(b) With the help of ropes

(c) By pushing him into the pool

(d) With the help of ropes and belts

Question 28 of 30

29. How did this experience affect the author?

(a) Became fearless

(b) Confident

(c) Overconfident

(d) Became hydrophobic

Question 29 of 30

30. What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool?

(a) Fear

(b) Confidence

(c) Overconfidence

(d) Mixed feelings of confidence and fear

Question 30 of 30

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