Hi Everyone!! This article will share Whales – An Innocent Death Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Chelsie Woodhead. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Water Water Everywhere, January Night and Dares Salaam to Nairobi By Ford Prefect so, you can check these posts as well.
Whales – An Innocent Death Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Harpoon – a spear with a shaft and barbed point used for catching large fish,
- Deteriorates – becomes worse
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. Who is being hunted?
(a) blue whale
(b) shark
(c) whale
2. The _______ hit the whale.
(a) log
(b) harpoon
(c) stick
3. It hit the whale’s
(a) head
(b) hand
(c) body
4. Whale saw the fisherman’s _______.
(a) sympathy
(b) love
(c) satisfaction
5. Whale felt a ______ thing.
(a) long
(b) sharp
(c) pointed
Question 2: Write the rhyming words for the following.
1. Thing – sting
2. Pain – chain
3. Is – this
4. Die – eye
Question 3: Complete the following lines from the poem.
1. Now they’ve figured it out
They know what’s going on,
2. As they’re pulled up to the whaling ship,
Their condition deteriorates,
3. The last thing they see,
Just before they die,
4. I hope this proves,
How cruel whaling is,
Question 4: Who is hunting?
Answer: The cruel fisherman is hunting whales.
Question 5: What has hit on the whale’s head?
Answer: The whale’s head was hit by a whaling harpoon.
Question 6: When they are pulled into the ship what happens to them?
Answer: When the whales are pulled into the ship, their condition deteriorates. They become weaker and weaker. Their condition worsens and soon they die.
Question 7: ‘If you were treated like this’ – what does this line mean?
Answer: The writer asks a very innocent but valid question. She wants the whale fisherman to realize and understand what the whales feel when they are pulled out of water in a merciless manner. She wants to sensitize them about the pain and agony innocent whales go through when they are killed.
Question 8: How are whales being hunted?
Answer: The whale hunters go into the sea where innocent whales swim and play, not expecting any wrong to happen. Suddenly they feel hurt and sharp stinging pain caused by heavy harpoons. The wounded whales are then pulled up in the whaling ship.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.