19 questions
Why did Kezia use to feel a glad sense of relief when the noise of the carriage would grow fainter?
i. Because she hated the sound of the carriage.
ii.She was afraid of her father as she used to do a lot of mischief.
iii. She was afraid of her father. So his moving away from her brought her relief.
iv. All of the above
Option ii
Option iv
Option iii
Option ii and iii
Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
She thought that he was a hard hearted man.
He used to speak rudely to her and always found faults in her.
Once he beat her for tearing his papers.
All of the above.
What is the figure of speech used in the line,
"Thinking about him alone was like thinking about a giant."?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Pun
What did Kezia's Father use to ask for after returning from work?
i. Tea
ii. Newspaper
iii. Slippers
iv. To pull off his shoes.
All of the above
Option i and ii
Option iii and iv
Option i, ii, and iii.
State if these statements are True OR False, with regard to Kezia's Sunday afternoons?
i. The grandmother used to send her to the drawing room to have a nice little talk with Father and Mother.
ii. Kezia would find her mother reading something.
iii. Kezia would find her father sleeping soundly and snoring.
iv. The grandmother would rock her in the rocking chair.
True, False, True, False.
False, True, False, True.
True, True, False, False.
True, True, True, False.
· At the end of the chapter what impression of her father does Kezia have?
· A giant
· A man mocking her
· A man lacking feelings
· A man of big heart
The story, 'The Lost Child', tells about ________.
a child.
a child and his parents.
a child and his parents visiting a fair.
the child parent bond.
Where did the lost child met the kind hearted person?
Near the eatable stall in the fair.
In the crowd of the fair.
Near the shrine in the fair
Near the roundabout
The child desired for almost everything in the fair but got only what his parents wanted to give. The child ______________ his feelings. (Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.)
overlooked
suppressed
considered
fulfilled
What was it that attracted the child at the footpath?
The Butterflies
The Dragonflies
The Doves
The little insects and worms
State which of the following statements from the lesson, The Lost Child', is/are not true?
i. The child wanted to have garland of roses.
ii. The child's favorite sweet was burfi.
iii. Though attracted by the snake-charmer's music, the boy did not stand there as he was scared of the snake.
iv. The boy loved the balloons but walked on as he knew his parents would say that he was too old to play with it.
Option i and iii
Option ii and iv
Option i and iii
Option i, ii, and iii
Why did the rescuer of the lost child took him to several stalls?
To buy things for him.
To reunite the child to his parents.
To make him forget his parents
To make him stop crying first
The child felt ___________ when he got lost. (Fill in the blank with appropriate option.)
scared
afraid and insecure
confused and upset
all of the above
In the lesson, 'A Legend of the Northland', what did the saint say about the woman?
The saint said about her that she was kind.
The saint said about her that she was selfish.
The saint said about her that she was generous.
The saint said about her that she was lucky.
What made St. Peter angry with the woman?
Her cakes.
She made a thin cake for him.
Her greedy actions.
Her delaying of cakes.
Which among the following is/are the examples of alliteration used in the poem
Tell the tales to you
Faint with fasting
Cakes that seem too small
All of the above
The ballad is a story which has long stanzas. (True OR False)
True
False
What is Anaphora?
2 or more lines starts with same word
Repetition of same word in a line
Both A and B
None of these
Enjambment is a poetic device that is use in the lines of poem without any stoppage or any punctuation marks at the end. (True/False)
True
False