Question

Form groups of 6-8. One person (leader) chooses one item - a picture, a paragraph, or a lesson from any one of the 9th standard textbooks and writes the reference on a slip of paper, and folds it. Others ask him/her questions and try to guess what it is, from his/her answers. Follow the rules given below.

• The maximum number of questions the rest of the group can ask is 20.
• You cannot ask a direct question like ‘What do you have in mind?’
• You can ask ‘Wh-’ questions or ‘Yes/no’ questions.
• The leader has to give truthful answers.

Answer 1

List of Questions based on the poem 'Silver':

Questions	Answers
Are there birds with white feathers around?	Yes.
The environment looks cool, is it daytime that the author is referring to?	No.
Is everything in the surroundings all quiet and calm?	Yes.
Does something appear to be silvery and shining?	Yes.
Is the writer referring to a ghost that is trying to haunt him?	No.
If it's not daytime and it is night time, can we hear dogs barking?	No.
Is someone staring at the trees and birds at this time of the night?	Yes.
Is the writer referring to a living being?	Yes.
Is the poet referring to something on earth?	No.
Is the writer talking about some unknown person walking the path, during night time?	No.
If not, a person, then is it some object that he speaks of?	Yes.
Does the writer experience some change around, every night?	Yes, absolutely!
What are some of those changes that he talks about?	The writer observes everything around him sparkling at night.
Is the writer talking of some shining insect, like fireflies at night?	No.
Which creatures does he speak of?	He observes various creatures like the doves along with dogs, mice, and fish.
Does the poet happen to be by any water body, during the night?	Yes.
How does the water look?	The brightness of the water seems to increase at night.
Is there an influence of that object on all our surroundings?	Yes.
From the picture of the landscape, is there some kind of "Reflection" that is affecting the area?	Yes.
Well, then, what is the poet talking about when he compares it to 'Silver'?	It's the moon that the poet is referring to, from the poem "Silver."