WorksheetsThe Blue Bead
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What were sleepers?
Left over timbers that are discarded after use
Broken or damaged timber
Timber that gets stuck around stones in its journey
Timber that was used to make a path across the river
Why was the crocodile not scared of poachers' bullets?
The bullets could not penetrate his thick skin
No poachers came in the forest
The crocodile saw the poachers and stayed under water
Which were the two vulnerable parts of the crocodile's body? Choose the coorect answer
Eyes
Undersurface of the body
Tail
Soft underarms
How does the author Norah Burke describe Sibia
ten year-old child-woman
twelve year-old Gujar woman
twelve year-old child woman
innocent toddler
How is the Gujar tribe described by the author?
Man in the wandering Pastoral Age
Stone Age hunters
Cultivators
Hunter-Gatherers
What did the Gujar women make their earrings out of?
melted rupees
copper
beads and clay
gold and gems
What type of story is 'The Blue Bead'?
Philosophical
Reflective
Fable
Descriptive
From where did the travelling merchant come
Kerala
China
Kashmir
Andhra Pradesh
What was in the locked chest brought by the merchant?
Turquoise and Opals
Sapphire and ruby
dawn-colored silks
Yellow woolen chicken
What are the Gujar huts made of?
Straw and mud
Bamboo
Grass
Grass and Straw
Fill in the blank -
She came leaping like a _________ goat.
stone
rock
mountain
black
What is the meaning of 'recoil' in the story?
Jump in the air with happiness
Spring or flinch back due to fear
Rebound experienced after to a gunshot
To which object does the Gujar woman cling to save herself?
a large tree
a massive stone
a timber log
a boulder
Why did Sibia not hesitate to attack the crocodile?
She had a loaded rifle
She had a hayfork that could penetrate the crocodile's skin
Heroic deeds were common in the jungle
She had saved several people like this before
"Missing it first of all, because of refraction" - what is 'it'?
Her hayfork
Silver bracelet eaten by the crocodile
the blue bead
white stone
What is the meaning of 'morose'?
ill-tempered
brave
wild
young
what is 'makna elephant'?
female elephant
tusk-less elephant
ill-tempered elephant
wild elephant
"Sibia saw them bob away in the current." - what did she see?
Dead crocodile
Dead human bodies at the ghats
Timber logs
gurrahs
"Child !"- Who and why did he/she say this to Sibia?
Mother; as Sibia came home late
Gujar woman; she called out to Sibia for help
Mother; as Sibia was not cutting paper grass
Shopkeepers in the bazaar; as they wanted Sibia to buy something
What was the color of the honey confections?
Green and mauve
Red and magenta
yellow and green
Green and magenta
