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The Pigtail- English Lesson - Grade 6

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the Author of the lesson , The Pigtail ?

a)

Robert Zacks

b)

William Makepeace Thackeray

c)

Uma Anand

d)

A Kashmiri Folk Tale

2.

The Pigtail is a funny poem , often called a _____ .

a)

Nonsense Recitation

b)

Humorous Rhyme

c)

Nonsense Rhyme

d)

None of the Above 😉

3.

There lived a sage in days of yore . The sage in the poem lived in _____.

a)

The not so very modern days

b)

The hard times

c)

The days of war

d)

The olden days

4.

The sage had a handsome pigtail but he still wondered much

and sorrowed

more because the pigtail __.

a)

Hung behind him

b)

Hung in front of him

c)

Too Long

d)

Blonde in Colour

5.

The sage swore that he would change the pigtail's place .

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It Depends

6.

What did the sage do to solve the curious case ?

[ The answer contains at least 2 options ]

a)

Turn himself around and round

b)

Turn himself Right and Left

c)

Turn himself Up and Down

d)

Turn himself In and Out

e)

Turn himself Bald [ Cut the pigtail ]

7.

Meaning of slack

a)

Increase

b)

In vain

c)

Decrease

d)

Steadily

8.

Synonyms of Mused ,

a)

Ponder

b)

Act

c)

Slight

d)

Go along

9.

Antonym of Wondered

a)

Contemplate

b)

Unconcern

c)

Conjecture

d)

Marvel

10.

The author of the Pigtail was one of the Great Novelists of the ____

a)

English Victorian Age

b)

The English Georgian Age

c)

The English Tudor Age

d)

The English Stuart Age

11.

The author was born in _____, India

a)

Calcutta

b)

Coorg

c)

Chhatisgarh

d)

Charterhouse

12.

The author left Cambridge just after _____.

a)

1 Month

b)

1 year

c)

2 years

d)

3 years and 13 days

13.

The author passes away in _____

a)

Calucutta

b)

London

c)

Cornhill

d)

Victoria

14.

When did the author pass away ?

a)

1860

b)

1960

c)

1863

d)

1963

15.

____ is one of the finest and best - known novels the author wrote .

a)

Pendennis

b)

The Virginians

c)

The Paris Sketch Book

d)

Vanity Fair