1. What did the crowd do when they saw the old woman?

2. What did the boy do when he saw the old woman at the crossing?

3. What is the setting of the poem?

4. What does the boy's action represent in the poem?

5. What did the woman do when she reached home?

6. What does the poem suggest about helping others?

7. What did the boy feel after helping the old woman?

8. What literary device is used in the phrase 'somebody's mother'?

9. What does the boy's compassion highlight in the poem?

10. What is the boy's motivation for helping the old woman?