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THE LOST CHILD

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What festival were the people going to celebrate?

a)

The festival of Holi

b)

The festival of Spring

c)

The festival of Dussehra

d)

The festival of Diwali

2.

How was the little boy feeling while going to the fair?

a)

Nervous

b)

Frightened

c)

Sad and unhappy

d)

Full of life and laughter.

3.

What did the father do when the child said,"I want that toy."?

a)

He at once bought the toy for the child.

b)

He said,"Look,child,what is before you."

c)

He looked at the child red-eyed.

d)

He began to beat the child.

4.

How did the flowering mustard-field look?

a)

White like silver.

b)

Red like rose.

c)

Pale like melting gold.

d)

Lovely like a rainbow.

5.

What shop was there at the entrance of the fair?

a)

A toy shop

b)

A balloon shop

c)

A sweet meat shop

d)

A flower shop

6.

The child asked for burfi but then he moved on without waiting for an answer.Why?

a)

He knew his plea would not be heeded.

b)

He knew his parents were poor.

c)

He knew his parents had no money.

d)

He knew it was bad to be greedy.

7.

What did the child do when he didn't find his parents with him?

a)

He cried "Father, Mother".

b)

He ran here and there in all directions

c)

Both A and B are correct

d)

Neither A or B is correct

8.

What did the child wanted at the flowershop?

a)

A garland of Roses

b)

A garland of Voilets

c)

A garland of Gulmohar

d)

A garland of Lillis

9.

What was it that attracted the child at the footpath?

a)

The Butterflies

b)

The Dragonflies

c)

The Doves

d)

The little insects and worms

10.

Who said to the child,"Come, Child, come, come on the footpath."?

a)

Father

b)

Mother

c)

Both Father and Mother

d)

Neither father nor mother

11.

At what point in the fair did the child lose his parents?

a)

At the sweet-meat shop.

b)

At the flower shop.

c)

At the balloon-seller's place.

d)

At the roundabout.

12.

What was the child's favourite sweet?

a)

Gulab Jamun

b)

Rasgulla

c)

Barfi

d)

Jalebi

13.

How were the people going to the festival

a)

Going on foot

b)

Riding on horses

c)

Carried on Bamboos and Bullock carts

d)

All of the above

14.

1. The Lost Child is written by

a)

Mulk Raj Anand

b)

RK Narayan

c)

Arunduthi Roy

d)

Ruskin Bond

15.

1. The child met the kind hearted person

a)

Near the eatable stall in the fair

b)

In the crowd of the fair

c)

Near the shrine in the fair

d)

Near the temple in the fair

16.

1. The child was forbidden to hear the flute music of the snake charmer because

a)

His parents thought that the snake would harm him

b)

His parents considered the flute music coarse and cheap

c)

The music was scary and inauspicious

d)

The parents did not like the looks of the snake charmer

17.

1. I want a burfi’, the child does not wait to be treated with a burfi because

a)

His father would scold him

b)

He did not have money to buy

c)

He was sure to be refused by his parents

d)

The quality of the burfi was not up to the mark.

18.

1. The child desired for almost everything in the fair but got only what his parents wanted to give. The child ______________ his feelings

a)

Overlooked

b)

Suppressed

c)

Considered

d)

Fulfilled

19.

1. The rescuer of the lost child took him to several stalls to

a)

Buy things for him

b)

reunite the child to his parents

c)

make him forget his parents

d)

make him stop crying first

20.

1. The child felt ___________ when he got lost

a)

Scared

b)

Afraid and insecure

c)

Confused and upset

d)

all the three

21.

What is the figure of speech used in the line, "It was a flowering mustard-field, pale like melting gold."?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Apostrophe

22.

What was the child attracted by as he entered the grove?

a)

worms and insects

b)

a shower of young flowers

c)

dragon-flies

d)

cooing of doves

23.

Why did the child know that his that his plea of burfi would not be heeded?

a)

because his parents would say he was greedy.

b)

because his parents would say it was a cheap sweet.

c)

because his parents would say he was too old to demand such things.

d)

All of these

24.

"He was filled with an overwhelming desire to possess them all." In this line 'all' refers to __________ .

a)

sweets

b)

toys

c)

balloons

d)

flowers

25.

When did the child finally make a bold request?

a)

when he saw a garland of gulmohur

b)

when he saw burfi

c)

when he heard the music of the snake-charmer

d)

when he saw a roundabout in full swing

26.

How was the child saved from being trampled underfoot?

a)

He shrieked at the highest pitch of his voice and a man heard his cry and lifted him up.

b)

He prayed to the God who rescued him.

c)

His parents arrived right at that time and saved him.

d)

He quickly moved away showing the presence of mind.

27.

Which one of these means the same as 'emerged'?

a)

dispersed

b)

came out

c)

disappeared

d)

jumped

28.

Which word means the same as 'go or move back or further away from a previous position'?

a)

linger

b)

recede

c)

suppress

d)

plead

29.

Which word means the same as, 'very unhappy and unable to be comforted'?

a)

disconsolate

b)

strain

c)

wintry

d)

irresistible

30.

Which of the following is a dragon-fly?

a)
b)
c)
d)