Lesson 5 : Our Runaway Kite
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
(A) In summer, the Big Half Moon is always
(i) lovely
(ii) unpleasant
(iii) boring
(iv) dull
Ans: (i) lovely
(B) Father left home after quarrelling with his
(i) brother
(ii) sister
(iii) aunt
(iv) uncle
Ans: (i) brother
(C) When asked about relations, Father looked
(i) happy
(ii) angry
(iii) sorrowful
(iv) irritated
Ans: (iii) sorrowful
(D) The keeper of the Big Half Moon Lighthouse is
(i) Aunt Esther
(ii) Father
(iii) Claude
(iv) Dick
Ans: (ii) Father
(E) The kite was patched with a
(i) newspaper
(ii) letter
(iii) envelope
(iv) card
Ans: (ii) letter
Short Answer Questions (SAQ)
(A) What did Father find when he went back home years afterward?
Ans: The Father found that his brother had died, and his sister was missing.
(B) Where did Aunt Esther live?
Ans: Aunt Esther lived hundreds of miles inland.
(C) Why did Aunt Esther turn pale?
Ans: Aunt Esther turned pale seeing the letter stuck on the kite. It was the same letter she had once written to her brother, and the names Claude and Philippa were those of her parents.
Long Answer Questions (LAQ)
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
(a) person who sent the letter | |
|---|---|
(b) name of Aunt Esther’s mother | |
(c) total number of family members in the narrator’s family at present |
Ans:
(a) person who sent the letter | Aunt Esther |
(b) name of Aunt Esther’s mother | Phillipa |
(c) total number of family members in the narrator’s family at present | six |