8th Samacheer English – My Computer Needs A Break – Quiz
1. Who wrote the poem “My Computer Needs A Break”?
A) Shanthini Govindan
B) Christina M. Kerschen
C) George Eliot
D) John Keats
Ans: A) Shanthini Govindan
2. How does the poet initially describe her computer?
A) Slow and weak
B) Brainy and smart
C) Old and useless
D) Noisy and heavy
Ans: B) Brainy and smart
3. The computer seems to know ______ of information by heart.
A) drops
B) mountains
C) pages
D) rivers
Ans: B) mountains
4. What does “mountains of information” mean?
A) Very little information
B) A great amount of information
C) Information about mountains only
D) Incorrect information
Ans: B) A great amount of information
5. What does the poet do after typing a question?
A) Switches off the computer
B) Gives the mouse a click
C) Calls a doctor
D) Saves the file
Ans: B) Gives the mouse a click
6. How quickly did the computer normally give an answer?
A) Really quick
B) After several hours
C) The next day
D) Very slowly
Ans: A) Really quick
7. Of late, how had the computer been behaving?
A) Very politely
B) Badly
C) Perfectly
D) Quietly
Ans: B) Badly
8. The poet describes the computer as:
A) absent-minded
B) courageous
C) generous
D) patient
Ans: A) absent-minded
9. What does “absent-minded” mean?
A) Very intelligent
B) Forgetful
C) Angry
D) Energetic
Ans: B) Forgetful
10. What did the computer forget to do?
A) Start
B) Save and store the poet's work
C) Display the screen
D) Connect the mouse
Ans: B) Save and store the poet's work
11. What happened to the poet's work instead of being saved?
A) It was printed
B) It vanished
C) It was emailed
D) It doubled
Ans: B) It vanished
12. What does “vanish” mean?
A) Appear
B) Disappear
C) Improve
D) Save
Ans: B) Disappear
13. What does “dreadful” mean?
A) Pleasant
B) Unpleasant or terrible
C) Beautiful
D) Useful
Ans: B) Unpleasant or terrible
14. What did the computer fail to check?
A) The poet's handwriting
B) The poet's spellings
C) The printer
D) The internet connection
Ans: B) The poet's spellings
15. What did the computer hide?
A) The mouse
B) The poet's files
C) The keyboard
D) The monitor
Ans: B) The poet's files
16. What did the naughty computer gobble?
A) A mouse
B) A worm
C) A file
D) A keyboard
Ans: B) A worm
17. How did the computer behave after gobbling the worm?
A) Calmly
B) Erratically
C) Normally
D) Silently
Ans: B) Erratically
18. What does “erratically” mean?
A) Unsteadily or unpredictably
B) Carefully
C) Quietly
D) Regularly
Ans: A) Unsteadily or unpredictably
19. What made the poet squirm?
A) The computer gave a quick answer
B) The computer gobbled a worm and behaved erratically
C) The computer saved her work
D) The doctor arrived late
Ans: B) The computer gobbled a worm and behaved erratically
20. What does “squirm” mean?
A) To laugh loudly
B) To twist the body in discomfort
C) To run quickly
D) To fall asleep
Ans: B) To twist the body in discomfort
21. What did the computer finally catch?
A) A cold
B) A virus
C) A mouse
D) A bug from the garden
Ans: B) A virus
22. What happened after the computer caught a virus?
A) It became faster
B) It fell very sick
C) It printed everything
D) It repaired itself
Ans: B) It fell very sick
23. Whom did the poet call when the computer fell sick?
A) A teacher
B) A doctor
C) A policeman
D) A friend
Ans: B) A doctor
24. What did the poet ask the doctor?
A) Whether the computer needed a new mouse
B) Whether the tired computer wanted a holiday
C) Whether she needed another computer
D) Whether the computer could write a poem
Ans: B) Whether the tired computer wanted a holiday
25. Pick out the rhyming words from “give my mouse a click / ... answer really quick”.
A) mouse – answer
B) click – quick
C) give – really
D) question – answer
Ans: B) click – quick
26. Identify the alliterated words in “give my mouse a click”.
A) give – click
B) my – mouse
C) mouse – click
D) give – my
Ans: B) my – mouse
27. What figure of speech is used when the computer is said to have “gobbled a worm”?
A) Simile
B) Personification
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Oxymoron
Ans: B) Personification
28. Identify the alliterated words in “made me squirm”.
A) made – me
B) me – squirm
C) made – squirm
D) behaved – squirm
Ans: A) made – me
29. What is the rhyme scheme of each four-line stanza of the poem?
A) ABAB
B) AABB
C) ABCB
D) ABBA
Ans: B) AABB
30. What is the main idea of “My Computer Needs A Break”?
A) A smart computer humorously begins behaving like a tired, forgetful and sick person
B) Computers should never be used
C) The poet wants to buy a new mouse
D) The poet dislikes technology completely
Ans: A) A smart computer humorously begins behaving like a tired, forgetful and sick person
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