Heir Conditioning Questions

1. Which word rhymes with 'Heir'?

•  hare
•  air
•  airy
•  hair

2. What is the tone of the poem?

•  sad
•  sarcastic
•  anger
•  sorrow
• 3. How does the poet view modernization?
  •  optimistic
  •  pessimistic
  •  confident
  •  cynical
  • 4. What is the poet's main concern in the second stanza?
  5. What is the message that the poet wishes to express in this poem?
  6. What can you infer from the line 'Grand child we lived before your age'?
  7. Explain why 'Grand child' would find it difficult to live without modern inventions.
  8. How does the poet view modernization?
  9. Based on stanza 1, list TWO things that the grandparents did not have.
  10. What does the title suggests? Briefly explain as you understand it.