Night of the Scorpion

Quiz based on the poem 'Night of the Scorpion' by Nissim Ezekiel from the 'Poems from Other Cultures' unit.
What P was poured over the bitten toe?. What P describes the villagers in the poem?. What M describes the weather conditions?. What D is the word used to describe the scorpion?. What S is the word used to describe their father?. What S describes the way the peasants gathered?. What P did members of the community do?. What R describes the community?. What P describes the conditions the people in the poem lived in? . What R is the poet doing about the event?. What S describes something by using the words like or as?. What G describes the image of the flame burning the mothers toe? . What S describes the mother?. What F describes the narrative style used in the poem?. What M describes the walls of the house?. What R did the poet use to add emphasis in this poem?. What R describes the father?. What T describes the effect of the event on the little boy?. What R had driven the scorpion under a sack of rice?. What T is how long it took the pain to go away?.
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