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Class 6th English Honeysuckle
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Chapter 2 How the Dog Found Himself a New Master?
MCQ Questions
He walked and he walked and he met a kinsman of his, a big wolf who was as strong
as he was fierce.“Where are you going, Dog?” the Wolf asked.
“I am looking for someone to take up service with. Would you like to be my master, Wolf?”
“I don’t see why not! the Wolf said, and this agreed upon, the two of them went on together.”
Question 1.
Who is ‘he’ in the above lines?
(a) The dog
(b) The bear
(c) The wolf
(d) The man
Answer
Answer: (a) The dog
Question 2.
Whom did he meet on his way?
(a) The bear
(b) The man
(c) The wolf
(d) A dog
Answer
Answer: (c) The wolf
Question 3.
What did he ask the wolf?
(a) To be his slave
(b) To be his master
(c) To be his friend
(d) To have fight with him
Answer
Answer: (b) To be his master
Question 4.
‘Kinsman’ here means ……………
(a) a kindman
(b) a relative
(c) a master
(d) a friend
Answer
Answer: (d) a friend
Question 5.
Pick out the word from the passage which means ‘violent’.
(a) strong
(b) fierce
(c) service
(d) agreed upon
Answer
Answer: (b) fierce
(2)
Dog were once their own masters and lived the way wolves do, in freedom, until a dog was bom who was ill pleased with this way of life. He was sick and tired of wandering about by himself looking for food and being Mghtened of those who were stronger than he.
He thought it over and decided that the best thing for him to do was to become the servant of one who was stronger than anyone on earth, and he set out to find such a master.
Question 1.
What sort of life did dogs once live?
(a) Life of slaves
(b) Lived in forests
(c) Lived in freedom
(d) Lived in dens
Answer
Answer: (c) Lived in freedom
Question 2.
What was the dog sick and tired of?
(a) Wandering for food
(b) Fear of stronger animals
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Nope of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
Question 3.
What did he decide to do?
(a) To have a strong master for protection
(b) To have a rich master
(c) To have a strong master
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) To have a strong master for protection
Question 4.
Which of the following is closely related to ‘dogs’?
(a) Lions
(b) Wolf
(c) Man
(d) Cat
Answer
Answer: (b) Wolf
Question 5.
Give the meaning of ‘ill pleased’
(a) pleased
(b) pleasing
(c) ill mannered
(d) unhappy
Answer
Answer: (d) unhappy
(3)
Seeing that the Bear was stronger than the Wolf, the Dog decided to take up service with him, and he left the Wolf and asked the Bear to be his master. The Bear agreed to this readily and said, “Let up go and find a herd of cows. I’ll kill a cow and then we can both eat our fill.”
Question 1.
What did the dog decide?
(a) To make the wolf his master
(b) To make the cow his master
(c) lb make the bear his master
(d) To return to his place
Answer
Answer: (c) lb make the bear his master
Question 2.
Whom did he leave on his way?
(a) The bear
(b) The wolf
(c)The man
(d) The lion
Answer
Answer: (b) The wolf
Question 3.
What did the dog ask the bear? ‘
(a) To be his slave
(b) To be his master
(c) To be his friend
(d) To help him
Answer
Answer: (b) To be his master
Question 4.
Did the bear accept his offer?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Can’t say
(d) May be
Answer
Answer: (a) Yes
Question 5.
‘herd’ means :
(a) cows
(b) bear
(c) wolves
(d) a large group
Answer
Answer: (d) a large group
(4)
They walked and they walked, and all of a sudden the Wolf lifted his nose, sniffed, darted quickly off the path and into the bushes and crept deeper into the forest. The Dog was much surprised. “What’s come over you, master?” he asked. “What has frightened you so?”
“Can’t you see? There’s a Bear out there, and he might eat up both of us you and me.
Question 1.
Who does ‘they’ refer to?
(a) Dog and wolf
(b) Dog and man
(c) Dog and bear
(d) Bear and wolf
Answer
Answer: (a) Dog and wolf
Question 2.
Why did the wolf run into the forest?
(a) He was afraid of lion
(b) He was afraid of a bear
(c) He was afraid to the dog
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) He was afraid of a bear
Question 3.
What was the wolf’s fear?
(a) The dog might kill him
(b) The lion might kill him
(c) That the bear might kill both of them
(d) He did not fear anything
Answer
Answer: (c) That the bear might kill both of them
Question 4.
He might eat up both of us ‘you and me’? Who are ‘you’ and ‘me’ here?
(a) Wolf and dog
(b) Two dogs
(c) Dog and wolf
(d) Dog and bear
Answer
Answer: (b) Two dogs
Question 5.
Which word in the passage means ‘ran fast’?
(a) sniffed
(b) frightened
(c) crept
(d) darted
Answer
Answer: (d) darted
(5)
“What is it, master, is anything wrong?” asked the Dog, surprised. “I smell a man coming this way,” the Lion said. “We’d better run for it or we’ll be in trouble”. “Oh, well, then I’ll say goodbye to you, Lion. I want a master who is stronger than anyone on earth!” And off the Dog went to join the man and he stayed with him and served him faithfully. This happened long, long ago, but to this day, the dog is man’s most loyal servant and knows no other master.
Question 1.
Who did the dog address as ‘master’?
(a) The lion
(b) The man
(c) The wolf
(d) The bear
Answer
Answer: (a) The lion
Question 2.
What did the lion say to the dog?
(a) To fight with the man
(b) To kill the man
(c) To run away from man
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) To run away from man
Question 3.
Whom did the dog say goodbye to?
(a) The man
(b) The lion
(c) Another dog
(d) His friend
Answer
Answer: (b) The lion
Question 4.
Who became the master of the dog at the end?
(a) Lion
(b) Wolf
(c) Bear
(d) Man
Answer
Answer: (d) Man
Question 5.
Which word in the passage means ‘obedient’
(a) loyal
(b) master
(c) stronger
(d) faithfully
Answer
Answer: (a) loyal
(6)
They walked on and soon saw a herd of cows, but just as they were about to come up to it they were stopped by a terrible noise. The cows were mooing loudly and running in a panic in all directions. The Bear looked out from behind a tree, and then he too ran hastily deeper into the forest.
Question 1.
Who does ‘they’ refer to here?
(a) The wolf and the dog
(b) Two dogs
(c) The bear and the dog
(d) The bear and the wolf
Answer
Answer: (c) The bear and the dog
Question 2.
Why did they look for a cow?
(a) They wanted help from cow!
(b) They were hungry
(c) They wanted to kill it
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) They were hungry
Question 3.
What did the cows do?
(a) They started making a noise
(b) They started shouting
(c) They fought bravely
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) They started making a noise
Question 4.
What did the bear do?
(а) He fought bravely
(b) He killed the cow
(c) He asked the dog to fight with the cow
(d) He ran into the forest
Answer
Answer: (d) He ran into the forest
Question 5.
Which word in the passage means ‘swiftly’
(a) hastily
(b) loudly
(c) deeper
(d) mooing
Answer
Answer: (a) hastily
(7)
And off the Dog went to ask the Lion to be his master. The Lion agreed to it, and the Dog stayed with him and served him for a long, long time. It was a good life, and he had nothing to complain of, for there was no stronger beast in the forest than the Lion, and no one dared touch the Dog or offend him in any way.
Question 1.
Whom did the dog ask to be his master here?
(a) The lion
(b) The bear
(c) The wolf
(d) The cow
Answer
Answer: (a) The lion
Question 2.
Did the lion agree?
(a) No
(b) Yes
(c) Gave no answer
(d) Can’t say
Answer
Answer: (b) Yes
Question 3.
Did the dog enjoy a good life?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Can’t say
(d) Sometimes good
Answer
Answer: (a) Yes
Question 4.
There was no stronger beast in the forest’. Here stronger is used as ……………. degree of adjective.
(a) positive
(b) superlative
(c) comparative
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (b) superlative
Question 5.
Give the meaning of ‘offend’.
(a) to go against
(b) to accept
(c) to favour
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (a) to go against
Important Questions
Question 1.
What kind of life did dogs live in earlier times?
Answer:
Dogs were once their own master. They moved out freely like wolves.
Question 2.
Why was the dog ready to surrender his freedom?
Answer:
The dog found his life boring. He had to look for his food alone. He felt tired. He was also afraid of stronger animals.
Question 3.
Why was the wolf afraid of the bear?
Answer:
The wolf was afraid of Che bear because the bear was stronger and could kill the wolf.
Question 4.
Why were the cows mooed and run in panic?
Answer:
The cows mooed and ran in panic because they had smelt a lion coming towards them.
Question 5.
How has the man become final master of the dog?
Answer:
Dog is man’s most dependence servant. He was been serving his master most faithfully for ages. He never felt the need to change his master again.
Question 6.
Who did he choose next?
Answer:
Next, the dog chose bear as his master.
Question 7.
Why did he serve the Lion for a long time?
Answer:
He serve the lion for long time because he found there was no one powerful and stronger than lion in the forest and no one dared to touch the dog or offend him in any way. Therefore, the dog lived happily by serving the lion for a long time.
Question 8.
Who did he finally choose as his master and why?
Answer:
The dog finally chose man as his master. Even lion was afraid of man. So the dog was convinced that man was the strongest creature on earth.
How the Dog Found Himself a New Master Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type
Question 1.
What kind of relationship does human and dog share?
Answer:
Every creature on earth wants freedom. But the exemplary behaviour, they both display is beyond measures. The trust and care they share is often missing in relationships. The way the master pampers and loves his dog is repaid by the loyalty of his pet even in his absence. The relationship between man and dog has strengthened with time. Love and compassion that a man has for dog is missing in other animals. Whereas the loyalty and impeccable faith of dog for his master is undeterred even in times of danger.
Question 2.
Which trait of dog can be adaptable and impressed you the most?
Answer:
The dog was looking for its master. It began its search from wolf and finally to the man. The impressive trait it has, was its persistent strife to find the most suitable and has dependable master. It has ‘never to give up’ attitude. That helped it to find the best opportunity. So one should be persistent, optimistic to reach the desired result.
Question 3.
Why did the dog feel the need for a master?
Answer:
The dog was tired of the sort of life it was leading. He was tired of wandering about by himself looking for food. He was frightened of those who were stronger than he. So he felt the need for a master who could give him food. He also wanted security in returns for his services.
Question 4.
Who did the first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master?
Answer:
He choose a big wolf as his master. One day, the dog saw that the wolf was afraid of the bear. Since the dog wanted to serve only the strongest, he left the wolf and asked the bear to be his master.
How the Dog Found Himself a New Master Extra Questions and Answers Reference to Context
Question 1.
Dogs were once their own masters and lived the way wolves do, in freedom, until a dog was born who was ill pleased with this way of life. He was sick and tired of wandering about by himself looking for food and being frightened of those who were stronger than he.
(i) Who were their own master and lives in forest?
(ii) Why was the dog unhappy?
(iii) Why was it afraid of other animals?
(iv) Choose the correct words which means ‘travelling aimlessly from place to place.’
(v) The word opposite to meaning “ill-pleased” is
Answer:
(i) Dogs were their own master and lived in forest.
(ii) The dog was not happy because it had to arrange its food by itself.
(iii) The other animals were stronger than the dog, so it was afraid of other animals.
(iv) Wandering about’.
(v) Happy.
Question 2.
Seeing that the Bear was stronger than the Wolf, the Dog decided to take up service with him, and he left the Wolf and asked the Bear to be his master. The Bear agreed to this readily and said, “Let us go and find a herd of cows. Ill kill a cow and then we can both eat our fill.”
(i) Whom does the dog decide to serve?
(ii) Where was the dog taken to?
(iii) What does ‘our fill’ mean?
(iv) What is a ‘herd’?
(v) Who said that he is going to hunt the cows?
Answer:
(i) The dog decides to serve the bear.
(ii) The dog was taken to find the cows.
(iii) It means to satisfy their hunger.
(iv) A herd is a group of cows.
(v) The bear said that he is going to hunt cow.
Question 3.
It was a good life, and he had nothing to complain of, for there was no stronger beast in the forest than the Lion, and no one dared touch the Dog or offend him in any way. But one day the two of them were walking side by side along a path that ran amid bare cliffs when all of a sudden the Lion stopped. He gave a great roar and struck the ground angrily with his paw with such force that a hole formed there. Then he began to back away very quietly. “What is it, Master, is anything wrong?” asked the Dog, surprised. “I smell a man coming this way,” the Lion said. “We’d better run for it or well be in trouble.”
(i) What was ‘good’ about lion as master?
(ii) How was the lion, a good choice for the dog?
(iii) Why did the lion run away?
(iv) What did the lion do to save himself?
(v) The meaning of baby away is
Answer:
(i) The dog called it good life because he had nothing to complaint.
(ii) The lion protected the dog from other animals.
(iii) The lion stopped as he smelled a man coming his way.
(iv) The lion ran away from there to save himself.
(v) The meaning of back away is to move backwards.
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