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1
At the end of the experience, Douglas felt
A
happy
B
released
C
sad
D
victorious
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
2
All we have to fear is fear itself. Who said these words?
A
Douglas
B
his instructor
C
his father
D
President Roosevelt
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
3
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
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
4
Whenever terror struck again, Douglas would start
A
shouting
B
laughing
C
crying
D
talking to terror
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
5
Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises
A
hundred times
B
forty times
C
fifty times
D
ten times
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
6
He practised in the pool
A
ten times a week
B
five days a week
C
twice a week
D
thrice a week
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
7
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
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
8
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
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
9
Douglas went down towards the bottom
A
only once
B
twice
C
thrice
D
five times
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
10
The water in the pool had a
A
dirty yellow tinge
B
a blue reflection
C
green colour
D
no colour
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
11
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
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
12
The nine feet seemed to Douglas like
A
hundred feet
B
ninety feet
C
fifty feet
D
twenty-five feet
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
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
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
14
Douglas calls him a
A
nasty human being
B
a brute
C
a beautiful physical specimen
D
a big bully
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
15
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
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
16
The incident in childhood had taken place at the beach in
A
Florida
B
Washington
C
New York
D
California
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
17
The pool’s depth at the deep end was
A
twenty feet
B
nine feet
C
six feet
D
eight feet
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
18
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
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
19
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
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
20
William Douglas was a friend and adviser of
A
President Kennedy
B
President Cleveland
C
President Roosevelt
D
President Clinton
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
21
What was the fear in Douglas’ mind?
A
To be defeated
B
To be pushed
C
Being drowned
D
None
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
22
“I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fellâ€. What does oblivion mean?
A
spavilion
B
changing room
C
unconsciousness
D
death
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
23
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
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
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