Somebody’s Mother — True / False Practice

The rhyme scheme of the poem 'Somebody's Mother' is ABAB throughout.

The poem 'A Nation's Strength' included in the chapter was written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

In the Atharva Veda, Earth is referred to as a distant star.

The idiom 'lend a hand' means to help somebody.

At home that night, the old woman forgot all about the boy who helped her.

The boy helped the woman hoping that someone would help his own mother if she ever needed it.

The boy felt unhappy and regretful after helping the elderly woman.

The old woman placed her aged hand on the young boy's arm.

The boy shouted loudly at the old woman to make her hurry across the road.

The boy who stopped to help the old woman was described as the gayest laddie of the group.

The old woman was afraid of being crowded down by carriage wheels or horses' feet.

All the schoolboys immediately stopped to help the elderly woman cross the street.

The schoolboys coming down the street were compared to a flock of sheep.

The old woman was waiting to cross a street that was dry and sunny.

The poem 'Somebody's Mother' was written by Mary Dow Brine.