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MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD: THE CUTTING OF MY LONG HAIR

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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’.

a)

resolve

b)

will power

c)

enthusiasm

d)

indifference

2.

'Everyone picked up his knife and fork and began eating'.

After which bell they began eating?

a)

After the first bell

b)

After the second bell

c)

After the third bell

d)

After a small bell was tapped.

3.

Name the writer of this chapter.

a)

Zaitkala-Sa

b)

Zitakala- Sa

c)

Zitkala-Sa

d)

Zitkalasa

4.

This chapter's writer was :

a)

An Indian American Woman

b)

An American Indian Woman

c)

A Tamilian American Woman

d)

A Tamil Dalit Writer

5.

Name the school where this story took place.

a)

Carlisle Indian School

b)

Carilisle Indian School

c)

Carlisel American School

d)

Carlisile American School

6.

How would you describe the author’s tone when she says,

“I was only one of many

little animals driven by a herder”?

a)

austere

b)

apathetic

c)

dismal

d)

resentful

7.

“Among our people, short hair was worn by mourners, and shingled hair by cowards!”

This statement is an example of

a)

a belief

b)

an opinion

c)

a myth

d)

a fallacy

8.

What according to our writer, was the hardest trial in the first day?

a)

Eating by formula

b)

The paleface woman's talk

c)

Cutting of long, heavy thrix

d)

Bitter-cold in the land of apples

9.

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.

a)

Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.

b)

Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.

c)

Both Statement 1 and Statement cannot be inferred from the lesson.

d)

Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred from the lesson.

10.

The writer was mainly against:

a)

Publishing articles on discrimination.

b)

The evils of oppression

c)

The school in which her hair was cut.

d)

The paleface woman