About the poem

Read to understand

A. Answer these questions with reference to the context.

‘ He departed the yard he’d come in to burgle

Like a champion athlete clearing a hurdle.’

1.  Who is ‘he’ in these lines?

 

2. Why did ‘he’ depart the yard?

 

3. Do you think ‘he’ was right to be afraid?

 

B. Answer these questions.

1. How did the family come to have a dog?

 

2. What shows that Rumm was not a stray dog?

 

3. What did Rumm want to do all day?

 

4. How did people respond to Rumm?

 

5. What proved that Rumm was not a guard dog?

 

6. How was the wallet useful to the police?

 

 

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