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3. Which one of these lines from the poem suggests that the parents were not satisfied after

examining the boy’s body?
Of his body for swellings and lumps. They sent for some doctors

And some more for a cold They gave him what goes
4. Which remedy did the doctors suggest?

to take medicines to go out in the open

to sleep throughout the day to be happy and relaxed

B. Answer these questions.

1. According to the doctors, when can measles grow?

2. What were the symptoms of Christopher’s illness?
3. What questions did the doctors ask to understand the illness?

4. What did the doctors explain to Christopher’s parents?

5. What was Christopher ready to do, the next morning?

Reference to the context
Read the lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

1. They bundled him

Into
His bed.

a. Who are ‘they’?

i. doctors ii. nurses iii. parents iv. teachers

b. Why did they bundle him in bed?

c. What do you understand by the phrase ‘bundled him into his bed’?
2. They said, ‘If you teazle

A sneezle

Or wheezle,
A measle

May easily grow.

a. Who are ‘they’ in the above lines?
i. doctors ii. nurses iii. parents iv. teachers

b. Who are the speakers speaking to?
c. What are the speakers advising the boy?

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