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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1)How did the grandfather in the portrait hung on the wall look like?

a)

Old, long white beard, worn big turban

b)

Old, skinny, wrinkly

c)

Young, Handsome, Well-Built

d)

Old, Well-Built

2.

2)Where were the parents of the author?

a)

Abroad

b)

City

c)

Other Village

d)

Other state

3.

3)How did the grandmother spend her time in the city?

a)

feedings dogs

b)

Feeding sparrows

c)

spinning the wheel

d)

Both B and C

4.

4)What change came in the grandmother's evening schedule?

a)

She collected the women of the neighbourhood

b)

She would go for a walk

c)

She would sleep early

d)

She would talk to his parents

5.

5) What did the grandmother do in her final hours?

a)

Talked to everyone in the house

b)

went back to the Village she stayed before

c)

Silently praying and telling her beads

d)

Went to temple

6.

6) How did the sparrows express their sorrow at the death of their grandmother?

a)

They didn't come that day

b)

they came and sat silently in the verandah

c)

They ate the bread crumbs

d)

they chirruped a lot

7.

7) When was their common link of friendship snapped?

a)

when he went to college

b)

When he went to the university, they were given seperate rooms

c)

when he started working

d)

When he went abroad

8.

8) What was her reaction when he came back after 5 years?

a)

Overwhelmed

b)

clasped the author in her arms and said prayers

c)

happy

d)

sentimental

9.

9) Why didn't the grandmother like music?

a)

It was the monopoly of harlots and beggars and not meant for gentlefolk

b)

She liked only religious prayers

c)

She liked the traditional folk music

d)

She thought it would distract him from studies

10.

10) What did the author eat for breakfast?

a)

thick and stale chapatis with a little butter and sugar spread in it

b)

thick bread with butter

c)

Chapatis with jam

d)

rice and curd

11.

11.Why did Andrew get oblivious to all the work he had done in Blaenelly-a town?

a)

Because he got all hopeless

b)

Because he did something extraordinary that nigh

c)

Because he was leaving Blaenelly

d)

Because he got tired

12.

12. Why did the child become slippery in Andrew’s hand

a)

Because of atmosphere in the room

b)

Because Andrew was losing his focus

c)

Because of constant juggling between waters

d)

None of the above

13.

13. After trying for fifteen minutes, Andrew felt ________.

a)

accomplished

b)

hopeful

c)

hopeless

d)

confident

14.

14. What all things did Andrew use in the treatment?

a)

Hot and cold water

b)

Basins and towel

c)

Basins and towel

d)

All of the above

15.

15. What did Andrew conclude from the whiteness of the child?

a)

That he was dead

b)

That he suffered from lack of oxygen

c)

That he should be taken to hospital

d)

That Andrew couldn’t save

16.

16. In the dilemma he faced, what did Andrew do?

a)

Check upon Susan first

b)

Check upon Susan first

c)

Ran away

d)

Left it to handle to the midwife

17.

17. When Andrew approached, Susan was accompanied by her mother and _________.

a)

joe

b)

father

c)

a midwife

d)

mother in-law

18.

18. After how many years were Joe and Susan blessed with a child?

a)

Ten years

b)

One year

c)

Five years

d)

Twenty years

19.

19. Who is the author of “Birth”?

a)

A.J. Cornin

b)

J.B. Priestley

c)

Andrew Manson

d)

Andrew Manson

20.

20. Where did Joe Morgan live?

a)

Number 11, Blaina Terrace

b)

Number 14, Bryngower

c)

Number 12, Blaina Terrace

d)

Number 12, Bryngower