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This section includes 46 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Deep Water knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Why did Crofter show 30 Kronor to the Peddler? |
| A. | To show him down |
| B. | To flaunt |
| C. | Because he is sad |
| D. | To share his feelings of pride |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
What was stopping Douglas to get into the waters of Cascade? |
| A. | Memories of Washington |
| B. | Memories of California |
| C. | Instructions given by the instructor |
| D. | Memories full of terror in the pool |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Why did Douglas mother recommend that he should learn swimming at the Y. M.C.A swimming pool? |
| A. | Because it was local |
| B. | Because it was safe |
| C. | Because it was shallow |
| D. | Because it was shallow and safe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the lake Wentworth? |
| A. | 4 miles |
| B. | 3 miles |
| C. | 5 miles |
| D. | 2 miles |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
At first, why was the writer not much frightened when he was thrown into the pool? |
| A. | Because he was sleeping |
| B. | Because he was intoxicated |
| C. | Because he thought that the lifeguard would come to his rescue |
| D. | Because of confidence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
For how many years had the author taught in high school in Yakima? |
| A. | 2 years |
| B. | 4 years |
| C. | 3 years |
| D. | 5 years |
| Answer» B. 4 years | |
| 7. |
Who is the author of Deep Water? |
| A. | William Shakespeare |
| B. | William George Bernard Shaw |
| C. | William Wordsworth |
| D. | William Douglas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
What is the story Deep Water speaking about? |
| A. | Fear of water and the way to overcome it |
| B. | Fear of people |
| C. | Fear of dogs |
| D. | Fear of swimming |
| Answer» B. Fear of people | |
| 9. |
Y.M.C.A stands for? |
| A. | Young Men s Christian Authority |
| B. | Young Men s Christopher Association |
| C. | Young Men s Christian Army |
| D. | Young Men s Christian Associa |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The incident in childhood had taken place at the beach in |
| A. | Florida |
| B. | Washington |
| C. | New York |
| D. | California |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Douglas calls him a |
| A. | nasty human being |
| B. | a brute |
| C. | a beautiful physical specimen |
| D. | a big bully |
| Answer» D. a big bully | |
| 12. |
The misadventure at the Y.M.C.A pool happened when |
| A. | Douglas was accompanied by friends |
| B. | he was with his father |
| C. | he was alone |
| D. | he was with his mother |
| Answer» D. he was with his mother | |
| 13. |
Though Douglas was frightened, he was not |
| A. | afraid to die |
| B. | going to survive |
| C. | out of his wits |
| D. | able to shout for help |
| Answer» D. able to shout for help | |
| 14. |
The nine feet seemed to Douglas like |
| A. | hundred feet |
| B. | ninety feet |
| C. | fifty feet |
| D. | twenty-five feet |
| Answer» C. fifty feet | |
| 15. |
Douglas went down towards the bottom |
| A. | only once |
| B. | twice |
| C. | thrice |
| D. | five times |
| Answer» D. five times | |
| 16. |
The water in the pool had a |
| A. | dirty yellow tinge |
| B. | a blue reflection |
| C. | green colour |
| D. | no colour |
| Answer» B. a blue reflection | |
| 17. |
When Douglas tried to yell |
| A. | everyone came to his rescue |
| B. | no sound came out |
| C. | his father arrived |
| D. | the lifeguard dived to save him up, they hung as |
| Answer» C. his father arrived | |
| 18. |
After being haunted by fear for many years Douglas decided to learn to swim. He took the help of |
| A. | his mother |
| B. | his father |
| C. | a friend |
| D. | an instructor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
When he regained consciousness, he |
| A. | laughed at his experience |
| B. | had 104 F fever |
| C. | shook and cried and didn t eat anything |
| D. | told his mother about his misadventure |
| Answer» D. told his mother about his misadventure | |
| 20. |
Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises |
| A. | hundred times |
| B. | forty times |
| C. | fifty times |
| D. | ten times |
| Answer» B. forty times | |
| 21. |
Whenever terror struck again, Douglas would start |
| A. | shouting |
| B. | laughing |
| C. | crying |
| D. | talking to terror |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
What do you think you can do to me ? These words were spoken by Douglas to |
| A. | a shark |
| B. | to his enemy |
| C. | to the boy who pushed him |
| D. | to terror |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
What was the impact of the pool incident? |
| A. | Developed fear |
| B. | Became confident |
| C. | Became overconfident |
| D. | Hydrophobia was revived |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Why did Douglas hate to walk with bare legs? |
| A. | Ugly looking legs |
| B. | Fat legs |
| C. | Because of skin color |
| D. | Because of skinny legs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Why did Douglas hire an instructor? |
| A. | To be confident in swimming |
| B. | To compete with others |
| C. | To flaunt |
| D. | To overcome his fear of water and learn swimming |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Where was the lake Wentworth? |
| A. | In New Hampshire |
| B. | in Washington |
| C. | in California |
| D. | in Washington D.C |
| Answer» B. in Washington | |
| 27. |
Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water? |
| A. | because he wanted to swim in the waters of the Cascade |
| B. | because his friend had challenged him |
| C. | because he had a bet on it |
| D. | because he wanted to win a medal |
| Answer» B. because his friend had challenged him | |
| 28. |
How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old terror? |
| A. | By visiting California |
| B. | By jumping into the waters |
| C. | By taking a lesson from the instructor |
| D. | By swimming into the lake Wentworth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
William Douglas was a friend and adviser of |
| A. | President Kennedy |
| B. | President Cleveland |
| C. | President Roosevelt |
| D. | President Clinton |
| Answer» D. President Clinton | |
| 30. |
What is haunting the author? |
| A. | Terrible experience in the pool |
| B. | Ghosts |
| C. | His mother s words |
| D. | A push by a young boy |
| Answer» B. Ghosts | |
| 31. |
Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the story? |
| A. | Washington |
| B. | New Zealand |
| C. | California |
| D. | Canada |
| Answer» D. Canada | |
| 32. |
What did William O Doughlas desire for? |
| A. | Visit to California |
| B. | To be a judge |
| C. | To learn swimming |
| D. | To be with his mother |
| Answer» D. To be with his mother | |
| 33. |
What is the theme of the story Deep Water? |
| A. | Victory in facing the fear |
| B. | Being fearful |
| C. | To learn swimming |
| D. | All |
| Answer» B. Being fearful | |
| 34. |
What does Deep Water signify? |
| A. | Beauty |
| B. | Depth of Sea |
| C. | Depth of ocean |
| D. | Fear |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
What was the fear in Douglas mind? |
| A. | To be defeated |
| B. | To be pushed |
| C. | Being drowned |
| D. | None |
| Answer» D. None | |
| 36. |
What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? |
| A. | Fear |
| B. | Confidence |
| C. | Overconfidence |
| D. | Mixed feelings of confidence and fear |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer? |
| A. | Planning |
| B. | With the help of ropes |
| C. | By pushing him into the pool |
| D. | With the help of ropes and belts |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
How did this experience affect the author? |
| A. | Became fearless |
| B. | Confident |
| C. | Overconfident |
| D. | Became hydrophobic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
His mother warned him against swimming in the Yakima River because it had |
| A. | strong currents |
| B. | it was meant only for boating |
| C. | many people had drowned there |
| D. | it had no lifeguards around |
| Answer» D. it had no lifeguards around | |
| 40. |
What does Douglas do to save himself in the pool? |
| A. | Used his mind and pushed himself up |
| B. | Shouted aloud |
| C. | Called people |
| D. | Shouted help help |
| Answer» B. Shouted aloud | |
| 41. |
All we have to fear is fear itself. Who said these words? |
| A. | Douglas |
| B. | his instructor |
| C. | his father |
| D. | President Roosevelt |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
The writer decided to learn to swim when he was about |
| A. | ten or eleven years old |
| B. | fifteen or sixteen years old |
| C. | twenty years old |
| D. | eighteen years old |
| Answer» B. fifteen or sixteen years old | |
| 43. |
The pool s depth at the deep end was |
| A. | twenty feet |
| B. | nine feet |
| C. | six feet |
| D. | eight feet |
| Answer» C. six feet | |
| 44. |
At the end of the experience, Douglas felt |
| A. | happy |
| B. | released |
| C. | sad |
| D. | victorious |
| Answer» C. sad | |
| 45. |
He practised in the pool |
| A. | ten times a week |
| B. | five days a week |
| C. | twice a week |
| D. | thrice a week |
| Answer» C. twice a week | |
| 46. |
I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell . What does oblivion mean? |
| A. | spavilion |
| B. | changing room |
| C. | unconsciousness |
| D. | death |
| Answer» D. death | |