Heir Conditioning

Grand dad did you breathe

before air cons were invented?
was it hard staying
alive without modern inventions?
Grandma werent you flustered
as you fluttered with paper fans?
could you communicate before
faxes and long distance calls
became basic necessities?
Grandchild we lived
before your age. Because
of our ignorance,
we did not know
pollution, stress, traffic jams
destruction of forests, streams and hills
we feared God and nature
now nature fears you and
money is your new God.
1 In stanza 1, the grandparents did not have all the following except
A. air conditioners
B. telephone
C. fax machine
D. paper fans
2. What does the title of the poem suggest?
A. Changes on how the younger generation thinks.
B. Changes in the mindset of the older generation
C. We must appreciate all the modern inventions
D. Technology is very important to mankind
3. What is meant in the line we feared God and nature now nature fears you?
A. we are scared of nature
B. we are scared of God

C. we actually destroyed nature

D. nature destroyed our faith to God
1. What is meant by money is your new God?
A. Money can buy all the new inventions
B. The younger generation worship money.
C. Money is very important in our lives.
D. The older generation realizes the importance of money.
2. What does the word feared imply?
A. scared of
B. believed in
C. hated
D. angry at
3. How many speakers does the poem have?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
1. What is the theme of the poem?
A. The usefulness of modern inventions.
B. Technology is not good for us
C. Respecting God
D. Effects of development
2. What can you infer from the line Grand child we lived before your age?
A. Grandparents enjoyed a long life
B. Grandparents have more experience than grandchild
C. Grandparents have lived a difficult life for a long time.
D. Grandparents do not understand grandchilds lifestyle
3. What is the poets main concern in the second stanza?
A. Spiritual well being
B. Natures gift
C. Gods gift
D. Respect for the elders

1. What is the message that the poet wishes to express in this poem?
A. Grandchild is very modern
B. Grandfather is very modern
C. Effects of progress
D. Nurture of spiritual beings
2. Which parties are talking in the dialogue in the poem?
A. Grandfather and Grandmother
B. Grandfather and God
C. Grandparents and Grandchild
D. Grandfather and Grandson
3. The word flustered means
A. comfortable
B. uncomfortable
C. cool
D. good
1. According to the poem, how does man treat nature nowadays?
A. with a lot of fear
B. with no respect
C. with a lot of love
D. with a lot of care
2. What is the grandchilds reaction to his grandparents life in the past?
A. angry
B. disappointed
C. puzzled
D. sad
3. An example of basic necessities would be something that is
A. expensive
B. very essential
C. trivial
D. hardly useful
1. The poet suggests that damage to the environment cannot be prevented because
A. human beings are trained to do so.
B. of the attitude of the young generation

C. of the attitude of the older generation

D. it is in Gods hands
2. The phrase money is your new God show that nowadays we are
A. Lazy
B. Materialistic
C. Very spiritual
D. Very hard working
3. What is the theme of the poem?
A. modern inventions are useless
B. progress destroys mankind
C. we should not forget our spiritual values
D. importance of money to buy modern gadgets
1. The phrase because of our ignorance, we did not know pollution, stress, traffic jams is
A. metaphor
B. sarcasm
C. symbolism
D. personification
2. The poet wants the younger generation to have
A. The exact life as their grandparents
B. balance between development and conserving environment
C. a good balance in the bank account and be very spiritual
D. respect for their grandparents.
3. One of the messages in the poem is
A. we should not be too dependent on modern gadgets to run our life
B. we should be independent enough to choose modern gadgets.
C. we should not be too dependent on modern gadgets as it will ruin our life
D. we should be dependent on modern gadgets to run our life.
1. In the first stanza, the persona is the
A. grandchild
B. grandparent
C. both grandparent and grandchild
D. grand dad and grandma.

2. According to the grandparents, they did not have to live in a polluted world
A. as they did not want any gadgets
B. because there were a lot of trees left
C. because they did not much money
D. as they were not dependent on modern gadget
3. The verse we feared God and nature, now nature fears you is an example of
A. Similarities between the past and present
B. How things are better now
C. Comparison between the past and the present
D. Things that not changed at all
1. What are the problems mentioned in the poem?
A. modern inventions
B. stress and pollution
C. increase in crime rate
D. power failure
2. Why did the poet use many questions in stanza one?
A. to portray that the young generation is stupid
B. to show that the inquisitiveness of a child
C. to ensure that the grandparents answer the questions
D. to portray that children were not educated in the past
3. Which of these lines show comparison between the past and present?
A. Grandchild we lived before your age. Because of our ignorance,..
B. we feared God and nature now nature fears you..
C. Grand dad did you breathe before air cons were invented?
D. Grandma werent you flustered as you fluttered with paper fans?