21.
Why did Douglas' mother recommend that he should learn swimming at the Y. M.C.A swimming pool?
A
Because it was shallow and safe
B
Because it was local
C
Because it was safe
D
Because it was shallow
Loading practice questions
57 practice sets · Page 2 of 3
Why did Douglas' mother recommend that he should learn swimming at the Y. M.C.A swimming pool?
Because it was shallow and safe
Because it was local
Because it was safe
Because it was shallow
Why did Douglas fail to come to the surface of the pool as he hoped to?
Because of fear and inability to move
Because of fear of swimming
Because of fear
Because of inability to move
What does Douglas do to save himself in the pool?
Shouted help help
Used his mind and pushed himself up
Shouted aloud
Called people
What plan did Douglas make to learn swimming?
Planned to jump
Planned to get an instructor
Planned to swim more
Planned to watch swimmers
How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?
With the help of ropes and belts
Planning
With the help of ropes
By pushing him into the pool
Douglas decided to learn swimming with the help of
an instructor
his mother
his father
his friend
What lesson did Douglas learn from his experience of drowning ?
Face the fear
Learnt swimming
Love for swimming
Swimming is not difficult
How did this experience affect the author?
Became fearless
Confident
Overconfident
Became hydrophobic
What did the writer do when he reached home after the incident?
He laughed at his experience
He had fever
He shook and cried and did not eat anything
He told his mother about misadventure
How many times did Douglas go down towards the bottom?
Once
Twice
Thrice
Five times
What happened when Douglas tried to yell?
Everyone came to his rescue
His father arrived there
No sound came out
The lifeguards tried to save him
Nine feet seems to Douglas like
100 feet
90 feet
50 feet
None of these
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"
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
Water in the pool had
a dirty yellow tinge
a blue reflection
green colour
no colour
What does Douglas call the other boy?
nasty human being
a brute
a beautiful physical specimen
a big bully
Misadventure at YMCA pool happened when Douglas was
accompanied by friends
with his father
alone
with his mother
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
What does the title Deep Water' signify?
It is about the dangerous depth of swimming pool.
It reveals about author's lack of surety about his overcoming of fear of water
It undelines the author's fear of water and how he overcome it.
Depth of sea
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