Hornbill Poem 4 : Childhood MCQs Here are Hornbill Poem 4 : Childhood MCQs 1. What question does the poet repeat throughout the poem? When did my childhood go? Why do adults lie? Where did my toys go? What happens after death? 2. Who is the poet of ‘Childhood’? Robert Frost William Wordsworth Markus Natten Walt Whitman 3. What does the poet notice about adults? They are always happy They live in the past They do not practice what they preach They never make mistakes 4. What does the poet say about Heaven and Hell? They can be visited They are real places They do not exist in geography books They are created by humans 5. What does the poet mean by ‘the face of an infant’? His younger self The innocence of childhood His lost memories A mirror 6. Where does the poet say his childhood has gone? Hidden in an infant’s face Lost in his memories Trapped in a dream Buried in the past 7. What realization marks the poet’s loss of childhood? The magic of fairy tales The excitement of birthdays The importance of school The hypocrisy of adults 8. What is the central theme of the poem? The beauty of nature The joy of playing The loss of childhood The hardships of life 9. What does the poet question in the poem? When and where he lost his childhood Why people grow old How the seasons change Why it rains 10. What does the poem reflect on? The importance of imagination The struggle of school life The transition from childhood to adulthood The beauty of the countryside Loading …