KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO 3 DELHI

CANTT
HOLIDAY HOME WORK (AUTUMN BREAK
2021)
Q1 Below are mcqs attempt them in your
class-work notebook. Write only question and the
answer.
Chapter 1 "The Portrait of a Lady" Multiple
Choice Questions ‌(MCQs‌)
1. Who is the author of ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?
A. Ruskin Bond
B. Kushwant Singh
C. Naipaul
D. Vikram Bhatt

2. Who is the main character of the chapter ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?

A. Mother
B. Sister
C. Grandmother
D. Daughter

3. How did the grandfather in the portrait hung on the wall look like?
A. Old, long white beard, worn big turban
B. Old, skinny, wrinkly
C. Young, Handsome, Well-Built
D. Old, Well-Built

4. How did the grandmother look?

A. Old, Fat, Long
B. Long, Fat, Slightly Bent
C. Old, Short, Slightly Bent, Fat
D. Slightly Bent, Fat
5. When did the author’s parents leave him with his grandmother?
A. When he was a kid
B. When he was an infant
C. When he became a teenager
D. When he failed and became a teenager

6. Which animal did the grandmother used to feed in the village?

A .Dogs
B. Cows
C. Sparrows
D. Cats

7. What did the author eat for breakfast?

A. thick and stale chapatis with a little butter and sugar spread in it
B. thick bread with butter
C. upma
D. rice and curd

8. Why would grandmother accompany the author to his school?

A. to keep an eye on him
B. to wait for him to take him back to home
C. because of the temple attached to school
D. she wanted to meet villagers

9. Where were the parents of the author?

A. Abroad
B. City
C. Other Village
D. Other state

10. What would the grandmother do in the temple on a daily basis?

A. Meditation
B. Read Scriptures
C. Sing religious prayers
D. teach other kids religious prayers
11. What was the turning point of the friendship between grandmother and
author?
A. When he became an adult
B. When his parents called them both to the city
C. When he left her to live in the city with his parents
D. When they stopped talking

12. Where did the author go to study in the city?

A. English School in motor bus
B. by walking down to nearby school
C. Hindi School
D. Nowhere

13. What made the grandmother unhappy about the author’s new English
School?
A. the fact that she could no longer help him with the lessons
B. Because they were in city
C. Because she didn’t understand English
D. Because she didn’t understand English and could no longer help him with the
lessons

14. Why didn’t the grandmother like music?

A. It was the monopoly of harlots and beggars and not meant for gentlefolk
B. She liked only religious prayers
C. She liked the traditional folk music
D. She thought it would distract him from studies

15. How did the grandmother spend her time in the city?
A. feedings dogs
B. reading scriptures
C. spinning the wheel
D. talking to neighbours

16. How did the grandmother spend her afternoon everyday?

A. by feeding hundred of sparrows
B. by taking a nap
C. by talking to author’s mother
D. by going to temple

17. What happened when the author moved abroad to study for five years?
A. grandmother bid goodbye by silently kissing his forehead
B. No one came to see him
C. Grandmother moved back to village
D. Parents moved with him

18. What change came in the grandmother’s evening schedule?

A. She collected the women of the neighbourhood
B. She would go for a walk
C. She would sleep early
D. She would talk to his parents

19. What happened when the grandmother didn’t pray for the first time?
A. She fell ill the next day
B. She made this her routine
C. She took a break and went to the village
D. None of the above

20. How did the grandmother react to her illness?

A. She said her end was near
B. She ignored her health
C. She took care of her
D. She was admitted to the hospital

21. What did the grandmother do in her final hours?

A. Talked to everyone in the house
B. worried about everyone
C. Silently praying and telling her beads
D. Went to temple

22. How did the grandmother die?

A. during telling beads laying on the bed
B. In the hospital
C. While sleeping
D. None of the above

23. How did the sparrows express their sorrow at the death of their
grandmother?
A. They didn’t come that day
B. they came and sat silently in the verandah
C.They ate the bread crumbs
D. they chirruped a lot

24. What happened when they took the grandmother’s corpse away?
A. Neighbours visited them to pay condolences
B. they mourned her death in her room
C. birds flew away quietly
D. Nothing happened

25. How do you feel about the character of the grandmother in the chapter?
A. Emotional
B. Strong
C. Selfless
D. Loving

26. Where was the author’s grandfather’s portrait placed?

A. on a shelf
B. hung above the mantelpiece
C. put on the mantelpiece
D. on a table

27. Did the author bother to learn the morning prayers that his grandmother
recited?
A. yes
B. he listened but did not bother to learn
C. he could not learn
D. no

28. When was their common link of friendship snapped?

A. when he went to college
 B. When he went to the university, they were given seperate rooms
C. when he started working
D. When he went abroad

29. What was grandmother’s reaction when the author was going abroad?
A. Happy
B. sad
C. not even sentimental
D. Sentimental

30. What was her reaction when he came back after 5 years?
A. Overwhelmed
B. clasped the author in her arms and said prayers
C. happy
D. sentimental

Chapter 2 – We are not afraid to die if we all can be

together

1. From where did the ship sail for the voyage?

A. America
B. Mexico
C. Germany
D. Plymouth, England

2. Why did the author decide to go for a round-the-world voyage?

A.to duplicate the voyage made 200 years ago by Captain James Cook
B. to see the world
C. to settle down in different country
D. to show his children the world through ship

3. What was the occupation of the author?

A. Businessman
B. Sailor
C. Teacher
D. None of the above

4. What was the name of the ship of the author?

A. Amazon
B. Wavewalker
C. Waveship
D. Sailorship

5. What part of the journey was pleasant for them?

A. First leg – from England to Cape town
B. Last part of the journey
C. First few months
D. Never

6. What were the names of the two crewmen whom the author hired?
A. Shelly and Cabil
B. Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler
C. Herb Seigler and Shelly Cooper
D. Larry Vigil and Adam Moore

7. Why did the author hire the two crewmen?

A. to take rest from long the voyage
B. to help tackle one of the world’s roughest seas, the southern Indian Ocean
C. because he could no longer sail the ship
D. he wanted to spend some time with his family

8. When did the waves start getting gigantic?

A. December 25
B. January 2
C. November 30
D. December 31

9. What did they do to slow down the boat in the storm?

A. Stopped sailing
B. dropped the storm jib and lashed a heavy mooring rope
C. just dropped the storm jib
D. did nothing and waited for storm to calm down

10. What was the first indication of disaster?

A. around 6 pm when winds dropped and sky grew darker
B. next morning when the ship started creaking
C. when it started raining
D. when winds were strong

11. What happened after the first indication of the disaster?

A. a wave appeared vertical and almost twice the height of other waves
B. it broke the ship from inside
C. the ship turned upside down
D. it didn’t affect the ship

12. How did the explosion affect the ship?

A. A torrent of green and white water broke over the ship
B. the ship started sinking
C. the ship turned upside down
D. None of the above

13. Why did the author accept his approaching death?

A Pirates had attacked the ship
B because he was injured by the explosion
C he was thrown in the sea
D he was stabbed

14. What did the author see when his head popped out of the water?
A. the ship was sinking
B. the ship was nowhere to be seen
C. the ship was near capsizing, her masts almost horizontal
D. it was still standing

15. What happened to the author’s body when he managed to reach the deck?
A. his head smashed again
B. his left ribs cracked;mouth filled with blood and broken teeth
C. he broke his leg
D. his broke his left hand

16. Who said, “We’re sinking!” ?

A. His crewmen
B. Mary
C. His daughter
D. His son

17. What was the condition of the ship?

A. Broken timbers, starboard side bulged inwards; clothes, crockery, charts, tins and
toys sloshed
B. There personal belongings were missing
C. water filled in every room and their clothes were missing
D. Can’t say

18. What had happened to Sue when the author entered their room to check
on them?
A. her head hurt as there was a bump
B. She was unconscious
C. her legs hurt
D. she was fine

19. What was the age of Suzanne and Jonathan?

A. 8 & 9 years old
B. 7 & 6 years old
C. 10 & 7 years old
D. 4 years & 6 years

20. How did the author manage to stretch the canvas?

A. by repairing the holes
B. by asking crewmen for help
C. it happened on its own
D. the problem got over as the storm had passed

21. What happened after the hand pumps started to block up with the debris
floating around the cabins?
A. the author connected an electric-pump to an out-pipe
B. by taking out water with the help of bucket
C. by repairing hand pump
D. the author found another hand pump

22. Where did they decide to reach to save themselves and the ship?
A. Australia
B. Ile Amsterdam
C. Mumbai, India
D. Japan

23. What was their first meal in two days?

A. Meat loaves
B. bread and milk
C. noodles
D. corned beef and cracker biscuits

24. Who said, “we aren’t afraid of dying if we can all be together — you and
Mummy, Sue and I.”?
A. Jon
B. Crewmen to each other
C. Suz
D. Mom

25. When did they reach lle Amsterdam?

A. around 6 pm in the evening
B. never reached there
C. at 11 in the next morning
D. they decided to take different route

26. What was the status of the ship on January 3?

A. "pumps had the water level sufficiently under control "
B. condition was getting worse
C. they were still struggling to control the pumps
D. everything was just right
27. How long did they take for the ship’s testing and fitting?
A. months
B. few days
C. 2 years
D. few weeks

28. Where had they reached on the 25th of December?

A. 3,500 kilometres east of Cape Town
B. they were suffering the waves away from Cape Town
C. 2500 km from Cape Town
D. reached capeTown

29. What happened when the author’s head smashed into the wheel?
A. he was hurt but steady
B. he flew overboard sinking below the waves
C. he was not hurt
D. he gained control immediately

30. What does ‘Mayday call’ mean?

A Call made in the month of May
B Distress call for help
C Both A and B
D None of these

Chapter 3
“Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues”
1. Who was Tutankhamun?
A. A Geologist
B. A Scientist
C. An Egyptian king
D. A historian

2. When did Tut die?

A. When he was a teenager
B. When he was old
C. When he was in middle age
D. When he was a child

3. Who discovered Tut’s tomb and when?

A. Adam Cooper in 1901
B. Howard Carter in 1922
C. Howard Carter in 1930
D. Sam Shaw in 1890

4. When was Tut’s body taken for CT scan after being found?
A. After 1 year
B. After 80 years
C. After 50 years
D. After 30 years

5. For how many years did Amenhotep III rule Egypt?

A. 5 years
B. 20 years
C. 10 years
D. 40 years

6. Who promoted the worship of Aten (the sun disk) ?

A. Tutankhamun
B. Amenhotep III
C. Amenhotep IV
D. None of the above

7. What name did Amenhotep IV change to?

A. Amarna
B. Atul
C. Akhenaten
D. Amenhotep III

8. For how many years did Tutankhamun rule Egypt?

A. Nine
B. Eleven
C. Two
D. Five

9. What was found with Tutankhamun’s body?

A. Gold
B. Egyptian Gold Coin
C. Nothing as such
D. gold, wealth, bronze razor, games, clothes, cases of food and wine

10. How would you describe Tut’s tomb?

A. gold-plated
B. rock-cut
C. wall paintings with gold-plate
D. rock-cut, 26 feet underground, which had wall paintings

11. What was in the first coffin?

A. garlands of olives, lotus petals, and cornflowers
B. flowers and coins
C. gold, wealth, bronze razor, games, clothes, cases of food and wine
D. It was empty

12. Why did the third coffin put Carter in trouble?

A. It was empty
B. The resins used to cement Tut to the bottom of the solid gold coffin which was
hardened enough
C. The material found inside was already looted
D. None of the above

13. How did Carter remove the resins?

A. with the help of chisel and hammer
B. with the help of chemicals
C. with the help of machinery
D. with the help of man power

14. How did Carter cut the body of Tut?

A. First head and then every limb
B. first leg and then head
C. first legs, head and then limbs
D. limb, hand only

15. What did Carter and his men do after cutting down his body?
A. they sent it for X-Ray
B. they examined them carefully
C. they placed it on the layer of sand in a wooden box
D. they clicked photographs

16. When was the mummy examined in X-Ray by the anatomy professor?
A. In 1945
B. In 1986
C. In 1968
D. Never
17. What facts were revealed when the mummy was X-Rayed in 1968?
A. his several possessions were missing
B. his hip bone was missing
C. his breast bone and front ribs were missing
D. his feet bone was missing

18. When was Tut’s body taken for CT Scan in the 21st century?
A. January 05 2005
B. January 10, 2007
C. June 09, 2001
D. February 12, 2009

19. What does CT scan stand for?

A. Computed Telegraphy
B. Computed Tomography Scan
C. Car Topology
D. Computer Technology

20. How did the workmen lift the body for the scan?
A. through the stairs
B. on a hydraulic trailer
C. through sliding
D. through lift

21. Why did the procedure stop in between?

A. As spare fan stopped working
B. as the light went off
C. As the lift broken
D. none of the above

22. When was Tut’s body taken back in his tomb after CT scan?
A. After a day
B. After 3 hours
C. After 12 hours
D. After 5 hours

23. What is the Cemetery of Tut called?

A. Valley of the Kings
B. Tut’s Resting Place
C. Resting Peace
D. Valley of Flowers

24. How did Tut die?

A. It is a mystery
B. Due to heart attack
C. Due to Cancer
D. During a war

25. Who said “The mummy is in very bad condition because of what Carter did
in the 1920s”? A. Carter
B. ZahiHawass
C. an anatomy professor
D. A Egypt Historian

26. "Tut was laid to rest, laden with ………."

A. platinum
B. aluminium
C. gold
D. silver

27. When did Tut die?

A. 22000 years ago
B. more than 33000 years ago
C. 10000 years ago
D. 16000 years ago

28. What was Tut lavished with?

A. gold, silver, flowers
B. lots of jewels
C. "glittering goods: precious collars, inlaid necklaces and bracelets,
rings, amulets, a ceremonial apron, sandals, sheaths for his fingers
and toes all of pure gold"
D. expensive clothing

29. How has archeology changed through the decades ?

A. focusses more on treasure
B. focusses more on physical findings
C. focusses on time factors more
D. focusing less on treasure and more on the fascinating details of life and mysteries
of death

30. Who is Osiris?

A. god of nature
B. god of afterlife
C. god of seasons
D. god of universe

Case Based Comprehension

 READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE
QUESTION BY CHOOSING THE CORRECT OPTION

Global estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate

that about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and
emotional violence in their lifetime.

Worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male

partner. What makes this worse for countries like India is the fact that partner
violence is the highest at 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region.

As per figures released by WHO, the violence ranges from 23.2% in high-income
countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western Pacific region to 37% in the WHO
Eastern Mediterranean region.

“Violence against women is a major public health problem and a violation of

women’s human rights. WHO together with UN Women and other partners has
developed a framework for prevention of violence against women called Respect
which can be used by governments to counter this menace,” noted WHO.

Meanwhile, healthcare professionals cautioned that violence can negatively

affect a woman’s physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health, and may
increase the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings.

Explaining how gender-based violence is perpetrated, the global health

organization said that men are more likely to perpetrate violence if they have low
education, a history of child maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence against
their mothers, harmful use of alcohol, unequal gender norms, including attitudes
accepting of violence, and a sense of entitlement over women.

Women are more likely to experience violence if they have low education,
exposure to mothers being abused by a partner, abuse during childhood, and
attitudes accepting violence, male privilege and women’s subordinate status.

Warning that violence cause serious short-and long-term problems for women
and adversely affect their children besides leading to high social and economic
costs for women, their families and societies, WHO said: “There is now evidence
that advocacy and empowerment counseling interventions, as well as home
visitation are promising in preventing or reducing violence against women.’’

Q1 Which among the following is the main issue for women as highlighted in the
information given in the passage?
A Women have to go through a lot of hardships during pregnancy and that
should be taken care of.

B The government is not serious about providing shelter to homeless women

especially in the under developed countries.
C The developing nations are yet to understand the problem of having too
much male population.

D The women face a lot of events of violence especially in the developing

countries.

E N one of the above

Q2 Which among the following correctly defines the position of India in the
context of violence against women, as stated in the passage?
A India is far better than the developed countries where the rate of such
crimes is increasing day by day.

B India is at par with all the other countries of the world given the fact that it is
same for women everywhere
.
C India is worse than most of the developed countries since the incidents of
violence against women are more in the South Asian region of the world.

D The WHO has not given any status report typical to India and its
neighbouring countries making it impossible to understand the Indian context.

E None of the above

Q3 Which among the following cannot be considered as an adverse effect of the

violence against women, as described in the given passage?

I. The children of such couples suffer a lot due to such incidents of violence.
II. The families of the women suffer a lot due to the attacks on their children by
their partners.
III. The society, as a whole, suffers a lot due to such incidents of violence against
women.
A Both I and II

B Both II and III

C Both I and III

D Only III

E None of I, II and III

Q4 Which among the following can be considered as a reason why men indulge in
violence against women, as described in the passage?

I. The men have such upbringing where they must have observed their family members
doing so.
II. The men who do such things are not educated enough to understand the adverse
effects of such actions.
III. The men who do such things may have been treated badly during their own
childhood.
A Both I and III

B Both II and III

C Both I and II

D Only III

E All I, II and III

Q5 Which among the following is correct regarding the action taken by WHO to
address the violence against women in various countries?

A WHO has made the data public and has urged all the government agencies
to take due care of their women in the future.

B WHO has moved the International Court of Justice on behalf of the women
who are suffering day in and day out.

C WHO has not made any point in the report as to what should be done about
the violence that is perpetrated against women.

D WHO has not done anything to save the women from the troubles as
mentioned in the report.

E WHO has floated a platform called Respect along with other agencies to
address the issue of violence against women.

MCQs‌– Poetry Section (HORNBILL)

Poem.1: A Photograph
1. Who is the poet/poetess of the poem ‘A Photograph’?
A. Shirley Toulson
B. Rudyard Kipling
C. Elizabeth Jennings
D. Markus Natten

2. What is the poem ‘A Photograph’ about?

A. About poet’s childhood memories
B. tribute to the poet’s mother
C. Poet’s photograph
D. Poet’s father

3. What was the age of the poet’s mother when the photograph was taken?
A. eleven years old
B. thirteen years old
C. twelve years old
D. fourteen year old

4. When did her mother die ?

A. two years ago
B. five years ago
C. thirteen years ago
D. twelve years ago

5. How many people were in the photograph?

A. two girls
B. three girls
C. two girls and one boy
D. only her mother

6. Which material was the frame of the photograph made of?

A. Cardboard
B. Wood
C. Steel
D. Plastic

7. Who are on both sides of her mother?

A. Cousins, Betty and Dolly
B. Parents
C. Cousins, Dolly and Adam
D. Friends

8. What are the three of them doing in the photograph?

A. playing
B. standing beside house
C. holding hands
D. holding hands and went for paddling

9. Who took the photograph of her mother with her cousin?

A. Her grandfather
B. Her uncle
C. Her mother’s friend
D. Her grandmother

10. What does ‘Terribly Transient Feet’ mean in the poem?

A. her feet represent the mother, who changed with time while the sea remained
the same
B. temporary situation
C. age is temporary
D. None of the above
11. After how many years did her mother laugh on seeing the photograph?
A. twenty-one
B. twenty-three
C. twelve
D. twenty-five

12. What was the favourite memory of her mother?

A. beach holidays
B. school memories
C. vacations
D. None of the above

13. What was the favourite memory of the poet?

A. her mother’s memories
B. her mother’s laughter
C. her own vacation memories
D. her childhood memories

14. What would the mother show to her daughter while showing her the
photograph?
A. how her parents dressed her for the beach
B. her cousins
C. her own childhood photograph
D. the background

15. What is the meaning of the word ‘wry’?

A. ironic
B. cry
C. sad
D. None of the above

16. What Oxymoron literary device was used in the poem?

A. Terribly transient
B. Through their
C. Both wry
D. Laboured ease

17. What Epithet literary device was used in the poem?

A. Terribly transient
B. Through their
C. Both wry
D. Laboured ease

18. How many phases were depicted in the poem by the poet?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four

19. What was the last phase in the poem?

A. after her mother died
B. after she grown up
C. after her mother grown up
D. None of the above

20. What does she feel in the last phase?

A. pain and grief
B. happy and nostalgic
C. sad and nostalgic
D. pain and nostalgic

Poem 2: The Laburnum Top - ‌MCQs‌

1. How did the poet describe the top of the Laburnum tree in the poem ‘The
Laburnum Top’?
A. Still and Silent
B. Moving and Angry like
C. Silent and Motionless
D. None of the above

2. What happened to the leaves of the Laburnum tree?

A. they were green
B. turned yellow
C. fallen down
D. new leaves growing

3. How was the tree standing in the month of September?

A. still and death-like
B. alive
C. green and happy
D. still and green

4. When did the death-like tree become alive?

A. in the month of March
B. by the arrival monsoon season
C. by the arrival of the Goldfinch bird
D. by the arrival of sparrows

5. Why did the Goldfinch bird came towards the tree?

A. to feed her younger ones
B. to make a nest
C. to rest
D. None of the above

6. Where are the young ones of the Goldfinch bird?

A. On the thickness of the branch
B. On the top of the tree
C. on other tree
D. they were never there

7. What role does the tree play for the Goldfinch bird?
A. As a shelter
B. as a supporter
C. as a means to feed her family
D. as a resting place

8. How did the bird move to the other side of the branch?
A. Like a lizard
B. Slowly
C. Smoothly
D. by flying

9. How did the bird arrive at the other branch of the tree?
A. with a chirping sound
B. silently
C. never arrived at other branch
D. flew away and then arrived at the branch

10. What happened after she fed her young ones?

A. she flew away
B. she flew to the other side of the branch
C. she stayed there
D. she took some rest in the nest

11. Why was Goldfinch’s body barely visible?

A. due to her dark coloured yellow body
B. because she was small
C. because of the height of the tree
D. because she was brown in colour
12. Where did the bird vanish after feeding her young ones?
A. to the other branch
B. to the top of the tree
C. to her nest
D. behind the yellow leaves

13. What happened to the bird in the end of the poem?

A. she flew away
B. she stayed at the tree
C. she went to other tree
D. she went to bring some food for her younger ones

14. How was the tree in the end when the bird flew away?
A. It was still alive
B. Nothing changed in the looks
C. it was death-like again
D. None of the above

15. What instance of Alliteration has been used in the poem ‘The Laburnum Top’
out of the following options?
A. engine of her family
B. her barred face
C. Sleek as a lizard
D. September sunlight

16. What Transferred Epithet was used in the poem ‘The Laburnum Top’?
A. her barred face identity mask
B. engine of her family
C. Sleek as a lizard
D. September sunlight

17. What does the phrase “her barred face identity mask” mean?
A. because she was brown in colour
B. due to her dark coloured yellow body
C. bird’s face became her identity and symbol of recognition
D. None of the above

18. What is the dominant colour used in the poem?

A. Red
B. Blue
C. Yellow
D. Green

19. What is described by the word ‘sleek’ in the poem?

A. Lizard
B. Bird
C. Branch
D. Top of the tree
20. What is described as ‘engine’ in the poem?
A. Lizard
B. Machine
C. Laburnum Tree
D. None of the above

Chapter 1.:The Summer of the

Beautiful White Horse
Q1. Who is the author of “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse”?
A. AJ Cronin
B. William Wordsworth
C. William Shakespeare
D. William Saroyan

Q2. What were the hallmarks of the Garoghlanian tribe?

A. Trust
B. Honesty
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above

Q3. “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” is a story of two

_________ boys.
A. Armenian
B. Arabian
C. Assyrian
D. African

Q4. Mourad enjoyed being _______ more than anybody else.

A. crazy
B. alive
C. funny
D. None of the above
Q5. What according to Aram, was his first longing?
A. To own a horse
B. To become rich
C. To ride a horse
D. To visit a vineyard

Q6. Why couldn’t Aram believe when he saw Mourad with the horse?
A. Because Mourad was crazy
B. Because they were poor to afford a horse
C. Because he was sleepy
D. Because he was dreaming

Q7. Where did Aram live?

A. In the centre of the town
B. In the country
C. Olive Avenue
D. At the edge of town on Walnut Avenue

Q8. How does Aram describe the horse?

A. Magnificent & lovely
B. Beautiful white horse
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above

Q9. No member of the Garoghlanian family could be _______.

A. poor
B. rich
C. a thief
D. crazy

Q10. Mourad was considered the natural descendant of his _________.

A. father
B. uncle
C. grandfather
D. great-grandfather
Q11. How would you describe uncle Khosrove?
A. Hot tempered
B. Irritable
C. Impatient
D. All of the above

Q12. What did uncle Khosrove do to stop anyone from talking?

A. By beating them
B. By walking away
C. By shouting at them
D. By ignoring them

Q13. What was uncle Khosrove’s customary line?

A. Ignore it; pay no attention.
B. Forget it.
C. It is harmless; ignore it.
D. It is no harm; pay no attention to it.

Q14. When Aram rode the horse alone, it ran down the road to the
_________.
A. vineyard
B. irrigation ditch
C. field
D. countryside

Q15. Mourad had been hiding the horse _________.

A. in a stable
B. in a barn of a vineyard
C. at a secret place of his house
D. None of the above

Q16. What was the behaviour of the horse initially?

A. It wanted to be trained
B. It wanted to rest
C. It wanted to run wild
D. All of the above
Q17. What sort of an understanding did Mourad mention with the
horse?
A. Mature
B. Simple and honest
C. Complicated
D. Difficult

Q18. John Byro learned to speak Armenian out of ________.

A. necessity
B. fun
C. eagerness
D. loneliness

Q19. Who was the true knower of the horse?

A. John Byro
B. Fetvajian
C. DikranHalabian
D. Zorab

Q20. For how long did Mourad have the horse before Aram got to know
about it?
A. One day
B. One year
C. One month
A. One week

Q21. At what time did Aram and Mourad ride the horse?
A. Late night
B. Early morning
C. Evening
D. Afternoon hours

Q22. “I have a way with farmers.” Who says it to whom?

A. Aram to Mourad
B. Mourad to John Byro
C. Aram to John Byro
D. Mourad to Aram

Q23. John Byro said, “A suspicious man would believe his eyes instead of
his heart.” What does it tell about him?
A. He believed in the honesty of Garoghlanian family
B. He was impractical
C. He was foolish
D. None of the above

Q24. Why did the horse’s owner refuse to believe that the boys had
stolen his horse?
A. Because he didn’t examine the horse carefully
B. Because their family was known for honesty
C. Because he had found his horse elsewhere
D. Because his horse had a twin

Q25. When did the boys return the horse?

A. After Aram learned to ride it
B. After an year
C. After six months
D. After they ran into John Byro

Q26. Why did the boys return the white horse to its owner?
A. Because they were conscience stricken
B. Because they were afraid
C. Because they found it difficult to hide the horse
D. Because they were accused of theft

Q27. After the horse was stolen and returned, it became ______.
A. rougher
A. sick & ill
B. stronger & better-tempered
C. Both (A) and (C)

Q28. “Quiet, man, quiet. Your horse has been returned.” Who said
this?
A. Mourad
B. Aram
C. Uncle Khosrove
D. Not mentioned in the story

Q29. Who is the narrator of the story “The Summer of a Beautiful White
Horse”?
A. William Saroyan
B. Aram
C. John Byro
D. Mourad

Q30. What idea/theme does “The Summer of a Beautiful White Horse”

entails?
A. Honesty
B. Honour
C. Trust
D. All of the above