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WorksheetsMEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD: THE CUTTING OF MY LONG HAIR
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit.
'Then I lost my spirit’.
Choose the option that DOES NOT refer to ‘spirit’.
resolve
will power
enthusiasm
indifference
'Everyone picked up his knife and fork and began eating'.
After which bell they began eating?
After the first bell
After the second bell
After the third bell
After a small bell was tapped.
Name the writer of this chapter.
Zaitkala-Sa
Zitakala- Sa
Zitkala-Sa
Zitkalasa
This chapter's writer was :
An Indian American Woman
An American Indian Woman
A Tamilian American Woman
A Tamil Dalit Writer
Name the school where this story took place.
Carlisle Indian School
Carilisle Indian School
Carlisel American School
Carlisile American School
How would you describe the author’s tone when she says,
“I was only one of many
little animals driven by a herder”?
austere
apathetic
dismal
resentful
“Among our people, short hair was worn by mourners, and shingled hair by cowards!”
This statement is an example of
a belief
an opinion
a myth
a fallacy
What according to our writer, was the hardest trial in the first day?
Eating by formula
The paleface woman's talk
Cutting of long, heavy thrix
Bitter-cold in the land of apples
Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.
Statement 1: The author had been subjected to humiliation when she was separated from her mother.
Statement 2: Nobody was able to ease her distress and empathise with her.
Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
Both Statement 1 and Statement cannot be inferred from the lesson.
Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred from the lesson.
The writer was mainly against:
Publishing articles on discrimination.
The evils of oppression
The school in which her hair was cut.
The paleface woman
