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1. Who is the author of Deep Water? 
William Shakespeare
William George Bernard Shaw
William Wordsworth
William Douglas

2. In which subject has the author graduated?
 English and History
English and Science
Science and Social studies
English and Economics

3. For how many years had the author taught in high school in Yakima?
2 years
4 years
3 years
5 years

4. After the author was fed up  with teaching , he decided to opt for which career?
Medical
Gardening
Engineering
 A legal career

5. What is the story Deep Water speaking about?
 Fear of water and the way to overcome it
Fear of people
 Fear of dogs
Fear of swimming

6. How did the author's fear vanish?
With courage, guidance  and determination
 With care
With mother's words
With guidance

7. Y.M.C.A stands for?
Young Men's Christian Authority
Young Men's Christopher Association
Young Men's Christian Army
Young Men's Christian Associa

8.  Where is Yakima located?
In Newzealand
In California
In Washington
None of these

9. Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the story?
Washington
New Zealand
California
Canada

10. Why did he develop a fear of water?
Because of knocking down by waves at a beach
Because of a young boy
Because of instructor
Because of his mother

11.  What is haunting the author?
Terrible experience in the pool
Ghosts
His mother's words
A push by a young boy

12. How did the author learn swimming?
With the help of a rope
With the help of a friend
With the help of his mother
 With the help of a swimming instructor

13. What did William O Doughlas desire for?
Visit to California
To be a judge
To learn swimming
To be with his mother

14. What did the author realize while drowning in the pool?
Terror in fear of death
Swimming was fun
The lifeguard did not come to his rescue
All of these

15. What is the theme of the story Deep Water?
Victory in facing the fear
Being fearful
To learn swimming
All

16. Deep water is an excerpt from which book?
Fear of water
Of Men and Mountains
How to Swim
Fearless

17. What does Deep Water signify?
Beauty
Depth of Sea
Depth of ocean
Fear

18. Who threw Douglas into the swimming pool?
A young boy
Instructor
Mother
Watchman

19. What was the fear in Douglas' mind?
To be defeated
To be pushed
Being drowned
None

20. At the age of 3 or 4 Douglas visited the beach with his father. What caused a terror in his heart then?
The sight of the sea waves
The overpowering force of the waves
The colour of the water
All of these

21. What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool?
Fear 
Confidence
Overconfidence
Mixed feelings of confidence and fear

22. What plans did he make to come to the surface of the pool?
Triled to jump and push himself up
Shouted
Cried aloud
Shouted help

23. How did this experience affect the author?
Became fearless
Confident
Overconfident
Became hydrophobic

24. What lesson did Douglas learn from his experience of drowning learning to swim?
Learnt swimming
Love for swimming
Swimming is not difficult
Face the fear

25.  How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?
Planning
 With the help of ropes
By pushing him into the pool
With the help of ropes and belts

26. What plan did Douglas make to learn swimming?
Planned to get an instructor
Planned to swim more
Planned to watch swimmers
Planned to jump

27. What does Douglas do to save himself in the pool?
Used his mind and pushed himself up
Shouted aloud
Called people
Shouted help help

28. Why did Douglas fail to come to the surface of the pool as he hoped to?
Because of fear of swimming
Because of fear
Because of inability to move
Because of fear and inability to move

29. What was the impact of the pool incident?
Developed fear
Became confident
Became overconfident
Hydrophobia was revived

30.  How many times did Douglas try to come to the surface of the pool?
Twice
Once
Five times
 Thrice

31. Why did Douglas hate to walk with bare legs?
Ugly looking legs
Fat legs
Because of skin color
 Because of skinny legs

32. Why did Douglas' mother recommend that he should learn swimming at the Y. M.C.A swimming pool?
Because it was local
Because it was safe
Because it was shallow
Because it was shallow and safe

33.  Why did Douglas hire an instructor?
To be confident in swimming
To compete with others
To flaunt
To overcome his fear of water and learn swimming

34. I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell”. What does oblivion mean?
spavilion
changing room
unconsciousness
death

35. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
because he wanted to swim in the waters of the Cascade
because his friend had challenged him
 because he had a bet on it
because he wanted to win a medal

36. What was stopping Douglas to get into the waters of Cascade?
Memories of Washington
Memories of California
Instructions given by the instructor
Memories full of terror in the pool

37. How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old terror?
By visiting California
By jumping into the waters
 By taking a lesson from the instructor
By swimming into the lake Wentworth

38. What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the lake Wentworth?
4 miles
3 miles
5 miles
2 miles

39. Where was the lake Wentworth?
In New Hampshire
in Washington
in California
 in Washington D.C

40. At first, why was the writer not much frightened when he was thrown into the pool?
 Because he was sleeping
Because he was intoxicated
Because he thought that the lifeguard would come to his rescue
Because of confidence