WorksheetsThe Beggar and the five Dosais
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who are the two main characters of the story?
Padmini and Shankar
Shankar and Padma
Shiva and Parvati
Where did the couple live?
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Chennai
Who was Shankar?
a watchman
a beggar
a tailor
What did Padma decide to cook one day?
Uttapam
Mendu Vada
Dosais
What did Padma ask from neighbour to make dosais?
white dal
yellow dal
black dal
How many dosais did Padma make?
four
three
five
What was the difficulty?
they didn't have enough dosais
distributing the fifth dosais
Padma didn't want to eat the dosais
Why didnt they tear the fifth dosais?
because they didn't have a knife
because they loved the dosais very much
because they didn't know to tear it
What was biting Shankar's foot?
the red ants
the black ants
the spider
How many days did they spend in silence?
four
three
two
How did the watchmen enter the house?
climbed upon the roof of the house
climbed the terrace
climbed up on the tree
What did the watchmen notice inside the house?
the couple was stiff and motionless
the couple was watching television
the couple was cooking
What did the villagers do?
informed the police
called the amulance
brought the couple outside
Who moved first?
Padma
None
Shankar
Who won the competition?
Shankar
Padma
Watchman
What had happen to the dosais kept inside the house?
it had been claimed by a horde of red ants
it had been claimed by cockroaches
it had been claimed by mice
What were Shankar and Padma called by the author?
dosais maker
dosais seller
dosais lover
Who won the three dosais?
Shankar
Villager
Padma
Which two insects bothered Shankar?
cockroach and red ants
mice and red ants
a fly and red ants
What words in the story tell you how delicious the dosais were?
hot piping
tangy
all of the above
