My Greatest Olympic Prize Treasure Trove Short Stories Workbook Solutions Ch-9 Passage-2

My Greatest Olympic Prize Treasure Trove Short Stories Workbook Solutions Ch-9 Passage-2.  Question with answer of Workbook of Short story Book “Treasure Trove”. All the solutions has been given as council latest prescribe guideline. Therefore you can achieve your goal in next upcoming exam of council. Visit official website CISCE for detail information about ICSE Board Class-10 English.

My Greatest Olympic Prize Treasure Trove Short Stories Workbook Solutions Ch-9 Passage-2

Board ICSE
Class 10th (X) / 9th (IX)
Subject English
Book Name Treasure Trove
Chapter-9 My Greatest Olympic Prize

Treasure Trove Short Stories Workbook Solutions Ch-9 Passage-2  My Greatest Olympic Prize 

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow

Passage 2- I was in for a surprise………………………disgustedly at the dirt.

Question 1. Why did Owens become hot under the collar before the trials?

Answer: Owens become hot under the collar before the trials because Owens was irritated about the Nazi’s Aryan superiority theory.

Question 2. “I was no exception: – Explain.

Answer: An angry athlete is an athlete who will making mistakes. Despite knowing this, on the first jump Owens got angry that
resulted in his underperformance which disallowed him to qualify .

Question 3. Why did Owens kick the pit in disgust?

Answer: He kicked the pit in disgust at his own poor performance because Owens leaped for several inches beyond the take-off board for a foul, point that ended up in disqualification in the first jump of his trials.

Question 4. I was in for a surprise. When the time came for the long jump trials, I was startled to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps. What do these words mean?

Answer: This passage is taken from, “My Greatest Olympic Prize” written by Jesse Owens. Jesse Owens shares his Olympic experience. He turned out to be a German named Luz Long, the tall blond German athelete that he was surprised by his performance.

Question 5. What shattered the confidence of Jesse Owens?

Answer: He faulted twice in the qualifying jump.

Question 6. “Did I come all the way from America for this?” I thought bitterly. “To foul out of the trials and make a fool of myself?” What does this show?

Answer:  After failing twice in the qualifying jumps , Owens shows his frustration.

Question 7. I supposed that if Long won, it would add some new support to the Nazis’ Aryan- superiority theory. What did Jesse Owens want to show to Hitler?

Answer: These lines are taken from, “My Greatest Olympic Prize” written by Jesse Owens. In, these lines Owen thinks what will happen if Germany wins. Jesse wanted to show Hitler that he was not inferior . Then it would add truth to Hitler’s theory that the German race was superior and his athletes were meant to win.

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