Class 8th

Princess September MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Princess September got a green parrot in a golden cage
(a) on her birthday
(b) on the Queen’s birthday
(c) on the king’s birthday
(d) on her sister’s birthday

Answer : C

Question. What did Princes September find her parrot doing one day?
(a) Singing song
(b) Reciting poem
(c) Crying
(d) Lying dead

Answer : D

Question. The little bird tired to slip through the ___________.
(a) Bors of the cage
(b) Door of the cagecorrect
(c) Bottom of the cage
(d) Hole in the cage

Answer : B

Question. The bird _____ for princes September
(a) Dance
(b) Sing
(c) Recite poem|
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Who sings much better than Parrots according to the King?
(a) Bird
(b) Queen
(c) Princes September
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. What did the eight Princesses tell her when she was worried about the bird?
(a) She should let him out
(b) She should stay firm
(c) She should sing for him
(d) She should force him to sing

Answer : B

Question. What did the King give to his daughters?
(a) Green parrot in green cage
(b) Green parrot in golden cage
(c) Golden parrot in green cage
(d) He did not give them anything

Answer : B

Question. All the sisters of Princess September offered to buy her a parrot because
(a) they were jealous of the bird
(b) they really wanted her to have a pet bird
(c) the King had asked them to do so
(d) the Queen had asked them to do so

Answer : A

Question. The king of Siam named his daughters after the _____________.
(a) days of the week
(b) months of the yearcorrect
(c) great women of the world
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Who did Princess September marry?
(a) King of Cambodia
(b) King of Columbia
(c) King of Canada
(d) King of China

Answer : A

Question. One morning Princess September found her parrot ______________.
(a) singing a sweet song
(b) missing
(c) deadcorrect
(d) unconscious

Answer : C

Question. Did Princes September accept the offer made by other eight princes?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Always

Answer : B

Question. “When he had finished, the Princess was ______ any more”
(a) Not hungry
(b) Not sleepy
(c) Not sad
(d) Not crying

Answer : D

Question. Name the youngest daughter.
(a) November
(b) April
(c) September
(d) July

Answer : C

Question. Did September really locked the bird into the cage?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned

Answer : A

Question. What would September offer the bird if he sing a song for here?
(a) A piece of Bread
(b) Rice
(c) Sugar
(d) All of these

Answer : C

Question. What is the meaning of peculiar?
(a) Specialcorrect
(b) Common
(c) General
(d) Normal

Answer : A

Question. “They got up and walked out of the room, shaking their heads, and they left September very ______.”
(a) Relieved
(b) Satisfied
(c) Anxious
(d) Uneasy

Answer : D

Question. What would happen to the bird if he couldn’t sing a song?
(a) He would be happy
(b) He would not talk
(c) He would die
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Did Princess September accept her sisters’ offer?
(a)Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned in the story

Answer : B

Question. Whom did the princes September get to marry?
(a) Minister of Cambodia
(b) King of Cambodia
(c) King of England
(d) Prince of France

Answer : B

Question. What is the meaning of Supper?
(a) Breakfast
(b) Lunch
(c) Evening Snacks
(d) Dinner

Answer : D

Question. What did the little bird said to the Princess September?
(a) Would you care to have me in place of parrot?correct
(b) Would you provide some meals to me?
(c) Would you give some place in your room?
(d) Do you like my song?

Answer : A

Question. Why was the bird late one day to visit the princes?
(a) A hunter was about to kill it
(b) His father was not well
(c) His father-in-law organised a party
(d) He wished to get her wait

Answer : C

Question. Whom did her sisters get to marry?
(a) Councillors
(b) Prince’s
(c) King
(d) They were not married

Answer : A

Question. The story talks about the King and Queen of _____.
(a) United Kingdom
(b) Siam
(c) Russia
(d) Korea

Answer : B

Question. The king of Siam said that his councillors said the same thing _____________.
(a) In seven different waycorrect
(b) In five different way
(c) Again and again
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. What did she tell the bird upon locking him in the cage at first?
(a) That she was fond of him
(b) That her mother’s cats were supposed to be prowling all night
(c) That the parrots were open all night
(d) She did not lock him in a cage

Answer : B

Question. To whom the Princess September was married?
(a) A minister of Combodia
(b) King of Australia
(c) King of Cambodia
(d) Minister of Africa

Answer : C

Question. The king and the queen were from –
(a) India
(b) Turkey
(c) Siam
(d) England

Answer : C

Important Questions for CBSE Class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 5

Short Answer Type Questions

1. What did the little bird sing to the beautiful Princess September?

Answer: The little bird sang a beautiful song all about the lake in the king’s garden, the willow trees and the goldfish; which entertained the beautiful Princess September.

2. How was Princess September married and to whom?

Answer: When Princess September was old enough she married the king of Cambodia and was carried on a white elephant all the way to the city in which the king lived.

3. Why did the King decide to call his daughters by the names of months?

Answer: The King decided to call his daughters by the names of months because he had so many daughters and the Queen got confused in their names.

4. What song did the little bird sing?

Answer: The little bird sang a beautiful song, all about the lake in the king’s garden, the willow trees and the goldfish.

5. What words of the King vexed the eight princesses?

Answer: The princesses were vexed when the King said that the parrots said the same thing again and again in seven different languages and it reminded him of his councillors. He liked the song of the bird of Princess September.

6. What was the offer put forward by the eight princesses?

Answer: The eight princesses offered the Princess September to buy her a lovely green and yellow parrot.

7. What was a very unfortunate remark made by the little bird?

Answer: The unfortunate remark given by the bird was that she had not come back that night as her father-in-law had given a party and they all wanted her to stay.

8. “How can I sing?” Answered the bird. Why couldn’t she sing?

Answer: She could not sing because she was in a cage and could not see the trees, the lake and the green rice growing in the fields.

9. What pulled the Princess out of her gloom?

Answer: The Princess came out of her gloom when she heard the song of a little bird. She made the Princess forget her sorrow, and stopped crying while sitting up. She heard the bird’s song about the lake and gold fish in the king’s garden with rapt attention. In the bird she found a good friend indeed.

10. How did the Maids of Honour come to know that the princess and the bird had become intimate friends?

Answer: The Maids-of-Honour brought in September’s breakfast the following day. They noticed that the little bird ate out of her hand and bathed in her saucer. Then he revived her with his song. The Maids were quite surprised. They now knew how close friends the two had become.

11. The new bird was full of new songs but the old parrots always repeated themselves. What did they say?

Answer: The old parrots were very beautiful but they did not sing well. They spoke and repeated/recited only “God save the King” and “Pretty Polly”. These were the only things taught to them.

12. What did the King of Siam give his daughters one year on his birthday?

Answer: One year on his birthday, the King of Siam gave each of his daughters a green parrot in a golden cage.

13. What happened to Princess September’s parrot one day? How did the prin­cess react to it?

Answer: One day, Princess September found her parrot lying dead at the bottom of its golden cage. She burst into tears suddenly. She cried so much that the Queen got angry and told her to go to bed without any supper.

14. Why was the little song bird surprised?

Answer: The little song bird was surprised to see how ruthlessly Princess September treated him one day. She carried him over to a cage, popped him in and shut the door on him. He became speechless. For a moment he could think of nothing to say.

15. Who was Princess September married to? Why?

Answer: Princess September was married to the King of Cambodia, because she was ex­tremely beautiful.

Long Answer Type Questions

1. What made Princess September act upon her sister’s advice?

Answer: After the death of her lovely parrot; Princess September got the company of a little song bird. He comforted her with his sweet songs. One day, her sisters advised her to put the bird into a cage lest he should fly. Princess September loved the bird too much to take chances. So, she acted upon their advice.

2. What is the King’s opinion about his councillors? Why did he form that opinion?

Answer: The king found the little bird’s song as unique and pleasing. He was tired of listening the same old repetitions of the parrot “God save the King” and “Pretty Polly” each day. They reminded him of his councillors who spoke the same words in seven different ways but it was just flattery. They did not mean what they recited and did not offer any sincere advice.

3. Suppose you are Princess September. Give a brief account of your heart breaks, sufferings and eventual happiness.

Answer: I am the ninth daughter of the royal couple of Siam. My father,- the King, used to give gifts to us on his birthdays. One year, on his birthday he gave each one of the princesses a green parrot in a golden cage. I also got a parrot in a golden cage. All other sisters taught the bird to say ‘God save the King’ and ‘Pretty Polly’. But I was different from them. Unfortunately my parrot died one day. I wept and wept. I slept without supper. At night a small song bird flew into my room. It sang so sweetly that I forgot the loss of my parrot. I showed it to my sisters. They grew jealous of my happiness. They advised me to put the bird in a cage. And I acted foolishly upon that advice. The bird stopped singing. It appeared to be dead. So I set it free. I then had the last laugh. I was married to a Prince of Cambodia while my sisters were ugly and were married to my father’s councillors.

4. Compare and contrast the characters of Princess September and her other eight sisters.

Answer: Princess September was different from her elder sisters. She was sweet-natured and simple-hearted. She cried bitterly when her parrot died. A little bird made her happy with his song. Her sisters were jealous, mean and wicked. They made a plan to rob her of her happiness. They told her to put the bird in a cage. Their wicked plan worked for a while. The bird stopped singing in captivity. Princess September cared more for the bird’s life than her own happiness. So she let him off. She was duly rewarded for her goodness.

The Treasure Within MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Contractor had nightmares about
(a) his maths examination
(b) his failure in the class
(c) never finding a job
(d) losing his mother

Answer: A

Question. For his SSC examination
(a) contractor worked hard
(b) contractor copied
(c) contractor had advance knowledge of the question papers
(d) contractor’s Principal helped him

Answer: A

Question. “Putting design, construction, psychology and sociology together and making a sketch from all that is ‘__________’”
(a) Architecture
(b) French
(c) Design
(d) Mathematics

Answer: D

Question. What did the Principal warn hafeez about?
(a) He would not allow him to join if didn’t do good in entrances
(b) He would not allow him to join if didn’t do good in French
(c) He would not allow him to join if didn’t do good in German
(d) He would not allow him to join if didn’t do good in Architecture

Answer: A

Question. What did they do when he created a “distraction”?
(a) Played hide and seek
(b) Played chor police
(c) Played hopscotch
(d) Played football

Answer: B

Question. Why according to him did the nightmares disappear?
(a) He was no longer afraid of the subject
(b) His psyche must have gotten over it
(c) He did not have enough time for nightmares
(d) Both b and c

Answer: D

Question. What is the full form of HC?
(a) Hafeez Contractor
(b) Hafeez Chopra
(c) Himansh Chopra
(d) Himansh Contractor

Answer: A

Question. Why according to him did the nightmares disappear?
(a) He was no longer afraid of the subject
(b) His psyche must have gotten over it
(c) He did not have enough time for nightmares
(d) Both B and C

Answer:  B

Question. Hafeez was-
(a) A very good sportsman
(b) Senior Champion for so many years
(c) Cricket captain
(d) All of the Above

Answer: D

Question. How often did he receive canning?
(a) Every day
(b) Every two days
(c) Twice a week
(d) Once every week

Answer: D

Question. “In the college for architecture, nobody who had got below _____ per cent was allowed to enter”
(a) 80-85
(b) 85-90
(c) 90-95
(d) 75-80

Answer: A

Question. Which drawing did he find defective in the architect’s office?
(a) A house detail
(b) A balcony detail
(c) A bathroom detail
(d) A window detail

Answer: D

Question. What was Mrs Gupta’s advice to Hafeez?
(a) To drop out of school
(b) To join the Army upon growing up
(c) To join the police force upon growing up
(d) To become an architect upon growing up

Answer: D

Question. How did he help students who lost their button?
(a) Give them his button
(b) Cut a button out of chalk
(c) Cut a button out of eraser
(d) He did not help them

Answer: B

Question. What did Hafeez and his friend compete about?
(a) Designing forts
(b) Designing guns
(c) Designing ammunition
(d) All of the Above

Answer: D

Question. Contractor loved
(a) learning books
(b) talking to his friends
(c) playing games
(d) helping his mother

Answer: C

Question. Since when did the nightmares stop?
(a) Last 4-5 years
(b) Last 5-6 years
(c) Last 4 years
(d) Last 5 years

Answer: A

Question. In which standard did he lose interest in studies?
(a) First standard
(b) Second standard
(c) Third standard
(d) Fourth standard

Answer: C

Question. In which standard did the words of his Principal influence him?
(a) Third standard
(b) Fifth standard
(c) Seventh standard
(d) Eleventh standard

Answer: D

Question. How did he help students who lost their button?
(a) Give them his button
(b) Cut a button out of chalk
(c) Cut a button out of eraser
(d) He did not help them

Answer: B

Question. Who had a conversation with Hafeez contractor?
(a) Bela Bose
(b) Bela Raja
(c) Bela Rani
(d) Bela Ram

Answer: B

Question. How much marks did Hafeez get in SSC exam?
(a) 30 percent
(b) 40 percent
(c) 50 percent
(d) 60 percent

Answer: C

Question. Which grade did Hafeez get in entrance exam?
(a) A
(b) A ++
(c) A+
(d) B +

Answer: C

Question. Which subject did he hate the most?
(a) Architecture
(b) English
(c) Mathematics
(d) Drawing

Answer: C

Question. Name the editor of Sparsh, Bangalore
(a) Ms Meera Raja
(b) Ms Bobita Raja
(c) Ms Bela Raja
(d) Ms Priya Raja

Answer: C

Question. ‘…… I don’t have to think about education and there is absolutely no time to get ——.’
(a) Nightmares
(b) Studies
(c) Tired
(d) Rest

Answer: A

Question. ‘I used to be a very good —–.’
(a) Influence
(b) Sportsman
(c) Singer
(d) None of these

Answer: B

Question. How did he feel when teachers pull him out of the class?
(a) Ashamed
(b) Nothing
(c) Sacred
(d) None of these

Answer: B

Question. Every Saturday, why they were allowed to go into town?
(a) To visit museum
(b) For shopping
(c) To play in the park
(d) To watch movies

Answer: D

Question. What was the percentage needed to enter the collage for architecture?
(a) 80-85
(b) 60-65
(c) 90-95
(d) 75-80

Answer: A

Question. What were the languages available in Jai Hind collage?
(a) French
(b) Chinese
(c) German
(d) Both (a) & (c)

Answer: D

Question. Who taught him French?
(a) His teacher
(b) He, himself
(c) His friend
(d) His cousin

Answer: D

Question. What did his cousin’s husband ask him to design?
(a) Balcony
(b) Classroom
(c) Study room
(d) House

Answer: D

Question. Name the friend he used to had competition with –
(a) Behram Divecha
(b) Behram Adivar
(c) Berham Divecha
(d) Behram Dwicha

Answer: A

Question. ‘—– and —— i could deal with, maths was very ba(d)’
(a) Science
(b) Geography
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) English

Answer: C

Question. ‘Here we almost come to a full circle where Mr Contractor has derived his own interpretation of —– talking it from…’
(a) Knowledge
(b) Mathematics
(c) Skills
(d) Talent

Answer: B

Important Questions for CBSE Class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 4

Short Answer Type Questions

1. Why did the interviewer say that “giftedness and learning disabilities go hand in hand”.

Answer: Hafeez Contractor told Ms. Bela Raja, Editor of Newsletter and his interviewer that there were many students of his class who always stood first or second but in the present day are doing very ordinary jobs.

2. Which sentence spoken by the Principal changed Hafeez’s life?

Answer: One sentence spoken by the Principal that changed Hafeez’s life was “Look here, son, I have been seeing you from day one. You are a good student, but you never studied. I have taken care of you till today. Now, I can no longer take care of you so do it yourself.”

3. Why could Hafeez not join Army or Police Force?

Answer: Hafeez could not join Army because his aunts did not want him to join it and he could not join Police Force because his mother wanted him to do graduation.

4. Why was Hafeez advised to join architect classes?

Answer: Once Hafeez was sitting in an architect’s office where he found a fault in the architect’s drawing of a window and he was correct. Therefore, he was advised to join architect’s classes.

5. How does Hafeez decide as to what kind of structure he should give to a client?

Answer: Hafeez looked at a client’s face, his clothes and the way he talked and pronounced, the way he ate and he knew what his taste would be like.

6. What can schools do to draw out the best in unusual learners? Suggest whatever seems reasonable to you.

Answer: The schools can instruct their teachers to give extra care to these type of ‘unusual learners’ through activities like debates, drawing competitions, seminars, discussions, writing and elocution competitions, drama competitions to enhance and evoke their inner feelings, thereby revealing them in front of the whole world.

7. What does the title of the lesson ‘The Treasure Within’ mean and highlight?

Answer: The Treasure Within’ refers to the hidden talent of every child who has his own style of learning and area of interest. Not every topper in the academics becomes an achiever in life. Every child can achieve greatness in his area of interest.

8. Mr Hafeez at school was more interested in other things than his books. How does he support this statement?

Answer: At school he used to be interested in games and playing jokes. He was a good sportsman, the cricket captain. He used to copy in class during exam times. Maths was a terror for him. Though he did badly in school, he was good at designing. This skill helped him become an architect.

9. How does Hafeez give to his client the kind of structure he wants?

Answer: Hafeez is good at drawing the design of a house on the spot. He looks at the client’s face and the way he talks to know what his taste would be like. Then he sketches on the spot and gives it to his client in the office.

10. Do you agree with Hafeez that learning disabilities do not go hand in hand with gifted?

Answer: There is a general belief that the genius usually do not shine in studies. Those who always stand first or second do very ordinary jobs later on. Personality and skills ultimately decide the careers of boys.

Long Answer Type Questions

1. Is it likely that someone who is original and intelligent does not do very well at school? Should such a learner be called a failure? If not, why not?

Answer: It is a probability that someone who is original and intelligent does not do very well at school because every child has a different personality. Such a learner cannot be called a failure because a “differently abled” child is different from other children in his/ her style of learning and area of interest. He/She can achieve success in specialized field of his/her own interest and desire.

2. Who is Hafeez Contractor? What does he tell about himself to his interviewer? How does he find his calling?

Answer: Hafeez Contractor is a leading architect in India at present. In this interview he traces the story of his childhood and schooldays. He had little interest in studies. He passed the annual examinations by copying. He used to be a good sportsman. But his cousin’s husband once noted his hidden talent and told him to become an architect.

3. Who in your view is an “unusual learner”?

Answer: There are many examples/exceptions which can be quoted as “unusual learners”. One of such unique example is of Mr. Hafeez Contractor who lived life in his own style. He defied learning yet imagined in his own peculiar way where he felt comfortable. He could easily judge his clients by their facial expressions, dress code and relate to them similarly. He possessed will power to achieve something and had confidence in himself which helped him to gain heights in success.

4. What were the early memories of school of Hafeez Contractor? Describe.

Answer: Hafeez Contractor was a good student in the first and second year but lost interest in 3rd standard. He was interested in games, running around, playing jokes and pranks on others, he would copy in class during exam times. He would even try to get hold of the examination paper to study as he could not remember things taught previously in the class.

5. How did the. Principal’s words influence Hafeez Contractor?

Answer: The Principal was a sensible man. He had been seeing Hafeez from day one. He thought it as his duty to guard him on right time. So, when Hafeez approached his eleventh standard, he called him and told him that he was a good student but he never studied. He had lost his father and his poor mother had worked hard to bring him up and pay his fees. It was the time now to rise to the occasion and study. These words of the Principal influenced Hafeez deeply. He forgot games that year and studied day and night. As a result, he got a second class, 50 per cent in his SSC. His Principal was very happy because he had got 50 per cent on his own.

The Selfish Giant MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. The children stopped their games to
(a) look at the beauty
(b) eat fruit in the garden
(c) pick beautiful flowers
(d) listen to the birds

Answer: D

Question The Nature was unhappy with the giant because
(a) he would not allow the children
(b) he would not water the plants properly to play
(c) he was very cruel
(d) he loved cold and frost

Answer: A

Question. ‘Years went by and the giant grew ——.
(a) Old
(b) Strong
(c) Feeble
(d) Both (a) & (c)

Answer: D

Question. “…..And underneath it stood the —– he had loved”
(a) Little boy
(b) Little giant
(c) Flower
(d) Linnet

Answer: A

Question. The little boy could not climb the tree because he
(a) was afraid
(b) was too small
(c) was lame
(d) found that the tree was too high

Answer: B

Question. Why did the flower slip back into the ground?
(a) On seeing the high walls
(b) On seeing the empty garden
(c) On seeing the Giant
(d) On seeing the notice-board

Answer: D

Question. Where else did the children try to play?
(a) Other gardens
(b) Home
(c) Road
(d) Bridge

Answer: C

Question. Who is the writer of the story “The Selfish Giant”?
(a) Rudyard Kipling
(b) Oscar Wilde
(c) T.S. Eliot
(d) Paulo Coelho

Answer: B

Question. What did the autumn give to every garden?
(a) Flowers
(b) Birds
(c) Golden fruit
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Question: How did the children creep in?
(a) By climbing the wall
(b) By breaking the wall
(c) Through a big hole in the wall
(d) Through a small hole in the wall

Answer: D

Question. When did the children go to the Giant’s garden?
(a) Morning
(b) Afternoon
(c) Evening
(d) Night

Answer: B

Question. Why did they not like the new place of playing?
(a) Dusty
(b) Full of hard stones
(c) Both A and B
(d) They liked the new place

Answer: C

Question. “One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music”. Whose music was it?
(a) King’s musicians
(b) Children
(c) Linnet’s
(d) None of the above

Answer: C

Question. Why did the child not see the approaching Giant?
(a) He was not looking
(b) He had teary eyes
(c) He was not wearing his spectacles
(d) He had his head bent

Answer: B

Question. Who, according to the Giant, were the most beautiful flowers of all?
(a) The flowers in his garden
(b) Children
(c) Stars
(d) The flowers in the neighbour’s garden

Answer: B

Question. Where did the children go to play?
(a) Giant’s house
(b) Cornish ogre’s garden
(c) Giant’s garden
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Question: In which season the garden bore rich fruit?
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) Spring
(d) Autumn

Answer: D

Question. The spring arrived all over the country, what was the reason in the giant’s garden?
(a) Autumn
(b) Winter
(c) Monsoon
(d) Summer

Answer: B

Question. Whom did the snow and the frost invite to stay?
(a) Rain
(b) North wind
(c) Fog
(d) All of them

Answer: B

Question. “Climb up. Little boy!” – Who said this?
(a) Tree
(b) Giant
(c) Birds
(d) Spring

Answer: A

Question. Who were the only people that were pleased?
(a) North Wind and the Hail
(b) The Snow and the Frost
(c) The giant
(d) Children

Answer: B

Question. What did the Hail do?
(a) Covered the grass with white cloak
(b) Painted the trees silver
(c) Roared all day about the garden
(d) Rattle on the roof of the castle

Answer: D

Question.W hat happened to the garden when the giant put the little boy in the tree?
(a) It bloomed again
(b) Birds came and sang
(c) Spring arrived again
(d) All of these

Answer: D

Question. What did the people found in the most beautiful garden?
(a) Birds singing
(b) Children fighting
(c) Giant playing with the children
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Question. When did the people notice the giant playing with children?
(a) While going to the market
(b) At twelve o’ clock
(c) Both a and b
(d) They never noticed them

Answer: C

Question. Why did the Autumn not give golden fruit to the Giant’s garden?
(a) There were no children
(b) There were huge walls
(c) There was a notice board
(d) The Giant was too selfish

Answer: D

Question. For how many years he stayed with his friend?
(a) Five
(b) Ten
(c) Seven
(d) Nine

Answer:  C

Question. What was written on the notice –board?
(a) Trespassers will be executed
(b) Trespassers will be welcomed
(c) Trespassers will be prosecuted
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Important Questions Class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 3

Short Answer Type Questions

1. Who was the Giant’s friend? After how many years did the Giant come back?

Answer: The Giant had been out to visit his friend-the Cornish Ogre and had stayed with him for seven years.

2. What did the Giant do in his old age?

Answer: The Giant grew very old and feeble so he could not play about any more. He sat in his huge armchair and watched the children at their games and admired his garden.

3. Why were the children happy in the garden?

Answer: The children were happy in the garden because it was very lovely with the grass and beautiful flowers. There were peach trees and birds singing sweetly.

4. Was the Giant happy or sad over the state of the garden?

Answer: The Giant was surely very sad. He could not infer why the spring and summer never visited his garden. Even the autumn gave golden fruit to every garden except the Giant’s where winter reigned the year round.

5. What was the weather in the Giant’s garden, when there was spring outside?

Answer: When there was spring outside, the Giant’s garden still had winter. There was snow and frost.

6. What made the Giant think that the spring had come?

Answer: One morning when Giant heard a linnet singing, the hail stopped dancing and the North Wind ceased roaring, he thought that the spring had come.

7. What wonderful sight did the Giant see?

Answer: The Giant saw that the children had crept inside through the hole, trees were covered with blossoms, the birds were flying and the flowers were looking up. It was a lovely scene.

8. Why did the Giant love the little boy the most?

Answer: The giant loved the little boy the most because he had kissed him.

9. Who do you think was the little boy?

Answer: The little boy was God himself.

10. Describe in brief the Giant’s garden.

Answer: The Giant’s garden was very beautiful. It had soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars and there were twelve peach trees that in the spring time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in autumn bore rich fruit.

11. Where had the Giant gone? What did he see when he arrived?

Answer: The Giant had gone to his friend, the Cornish Ogre and had stayed with him for seven years. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.

12. Why did he build a high wall round his garden?

Answer: He didn’t want children to play in his garden. Therefore, he built a high wall round it in order to stop them from entering it.

13. What happened to the Giant’s garden when the spring came?

Answer: All over the country there were little blossoms and little words. But the Giant’s garden remained deprived of them. There was still winter there instead of the spring. The birds didn’t care to sing in it, as there were no children and the trees forgot to blossom.

14. What changes came to be noticed in the Giant’s behaviour?

Answer: Previously he was a selfish Giant. He didn’t like children and their playing in his garden. But one day he realised his fault and became affectionate towards them. He opened his garden for them. He began to play with them.

Long Answer Type Questions

1. Who did the Giant love most? Why?

Ans. The Giant loved the little boy most because he had kissed him. He felt helpless and began to cry. The Giant saw him. His heart melted all of a sudden. He came to the little boy and put him into the tree. The tree broke at once into blossom and the birds came and sang on it. The little boy became happy. He stretched out his two arms and flung them round the Giant’s neck, and kissed him. The Giant’s joy knew no bounds. He (the Giant) made the little boy his friend.

2. What evidence do you find in the story about the Giant’s selfishness and wicked nature? Did he stick to this? How do you know?

Answer: The Giant was self-centred and wicked. He wanted his garden only for his own use. He forbade the entry of children there. He put up a notice board that who soever entered the garden without his permission would be punished. He also got a high wall constructed all around it. Children were horrified to see this. They flew away from the garden. It shows the giant’s selfishness and wicked nature. But he didn’t stick to this. He became soft towards the children. He broke the wall that he had constructed around his garden and allowed the children to play there. He regarded the children as the most beautiful flowers of all.

Children at Work MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Velu reached Chennai Central
(a) to meet Jaya
(b) having run away from home
(c) because he had got a job there
(d) to see Chennai

Answer:- B

Question. Velu had run away from home because
(a) there was no food at home
(b) there was no work in the village
(c) he was an orphan
(d) he could not stand his father’s beatings

Answer:- D

Question. What did they do with all the stuff?
(a) Sell it to a factory
(b) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Maggu
(c) Sell it to Mam Bazaar Jaggu
(d) Sell it to Jam Bazaar Jaggu

Answer:- D

Question. Who was fighting over a banana leaf?
(a) Goats
(b) Velu and Jaya
(c) Velu and a goat
(d) Jaya and a goat

Answer:- A

Question. Did Velu get enough sleep on the train?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned in the story

Answer:- B

Question. How old was Velu?
(a) Ten
(b) Eleven
(c) Twelve
(d) Fourteen

Answer:- B

Question. How old was Velu?
(a) Fifteen
(b) Ten
(c) Twelve
(d) Eleven

Answer:- D

Question. “Oy, out of the way!” – who said this?
(a) The girl
(b) Porter
(c) Velu
(d) Passengers

Answer:- B

Question. ‘The noise was ——.’
(a) High
(b) Wired
(c) Terrible
(d) All of these

Answer:- C

Question. What did Velu eat within two days?
(a) A piece of breed
(b) Peanuts
(c) A piece of jaggery
(d) Both (b) & (c)

Answer:- D

Question. “Aiy! What, new to town ch?” – Who said this?
(a) Ticket collector
(b) A girl
(c) Porter
(d) Velu

Answer:- B

Question. What was the girl collecting from the platform?
(a) Books
(b) Money
(c) Plastic cups
(d) Papers

Answer:- C

Question. Where did Velu’s father spend all their money?
(a) Buying groceries
(b) Eating food
(c) On drink
(d) Buying woods

Answer:- C

Question.  What did Velu find that kept coming and never stopped for anymore?
(a) Vehicles
(b) Trains
(c) People
(d) The girl

Answer:- A

Question. ‘If was still morning but the sun blasted down on the far and Velu’s —– burned’
(a) Hand
(b) Head
(c) Nect
(d) Bare foot

Answer:- D

Question. What was there behind the big hall?
(a) Market
(b) Big field
(c) Garbage bin
(d) All of these

Answer:- C

Question. Did Velu eat the banana and Vada?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Not mentioned

Answer:- A

Question. ‘If you’re still hungry, you’ll have to wait for them to finish ——.’
(a) Breakfast
(b) Lunch
(c) Dinner
(d) None of these

Answer:- B

Question. “We are in Triplicane now, See, that’s Buckingham Canal” – Who said this?
(a) Velu
(b) Jaya
(c) Jaya’s friend
(d) None of these

Answer:- B

Question. What was the only work Velu ever did?
(a) Ploughing
(b) Weeding
(c) Taking cows to graze
(d) Both (a) & (c)

Answer:- D

Question. Tick the correct sentence –
(a) We sell it to jam bazaar Jaggu
(b) We buy it from jam Bazaar Jaggu
(c) We sell it to Ram bazaar Jaggu
(d) We sell it to Jam market Jaggu

Answer:- A

Question. The lesson “Children at work” is written by _____
(a) Gita Wolf
(b) Anushka Ravishankar
(c) Orijit Sen
(d) All of the Above

Answer:- B

Question. What felt wobbly when he stood on the platform?
(a) Legs
(b) Arms
(c) Head
(d) Floor

Answer:- A

Question. What did he carry in his small bundle?
(a) Pants, shirt and towel
(b) Shirt, towel and comb
(c) Shirt, towel and teddy
(d) Towel, comb and money

Answer:- B

Question. What was the girl picking up from the platform?
(a) Plastic cups
(b) Newspapers
(c) Money
(d) None of the above

Answer:- A

Question. What made his head spin?
(a) Traffic
(b) Noises
(c) Smoke and dust
(d) The strange girl

Answer:- C

Question. “Velu’s bare feet burne(d) It was not like walking on a _____”
(a) Cement road
(b) Mud road
(c) Beach side
(d) None of the above

Answer:- B

Question. “He could have eaten at least _____ times more”
(a) Two
(b) Five
(c) Seven
(d) Ten

Answer:- D

Question. What did Jaya collect?
(a) Paper
(b) Plastic
(c) Glass
(d) All of the Above

 Answer:- D

Important Questions Class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 2

Short Answer Type Questions

1. Name the train which Velu boarded.

Answer: Kanyakumari Express.

2. How was Velu’s journey in the train?

Answer: Velu entered an unreserved compartment and tried to sleep on the floor near the door. A group of men next to him had played cards and shouted all night, so, it was spent miserably.

3. Describe the appearance of Jaya.

Answer: She wore a long banian that came down to her knees. Her hair was stiff brown and she had a huge sack on her one shoulder. She was picking up dirty plastic cups from the floor and stuffing them into her sack.

4. What was the name of the big building?

Answer: “Sri Rajarajeshwari Prasanna Kalyana Mandapam”.

5. Velu stood on the platform but he felt “as if he was still on a moving train.” Why?

Answer: Velu felt “as if he was still on a moving train” because he had wandered around for hours before getting on a train to Chennai, he was tired and hungry, his legs shook unsteadily. He had travelled so long that he felt the train was still moving.

6. What made Velu feel miserable?

Answer: Velu felt miserable and exhausted as he had run away from his village two days ago. For two days he had eaten nothing but some peanuts and a piece of jaggery; even the noise at the platform seemed terrible and made him feel miserable.

7. Why did Velu’s legs felt wobbly when he got off the train?

Answer: Velu’s legs felt wobbly when he got off the train because he had travelled a long journey and he felt as if he were still on a moving train.

8. Which other time did Velu see so many people?

Answer: Velu saw so many people only once a year at the fair of his village.

9. What sort of things did Jaya and children like her collect and what did they do with those things?

Answer: Jaya alongwith similar children collect paper, plastic, glass. They sell it to Jaggu in Jam Bazaar who further sells it to a factory.

10. Is Velu happy or unhappy to find work? Give a reason for your answer.

Answer: Velu was not happy initially but he had no other option. This seemed to him all right until he was able to find a better job, he tried to be happy.

11. Why could Velu not understand what was written on the sign boards?

Answer: Velu could not understand what was written on the sign board because it was written in English.

12. Which big building did the girl show to Velu?

Answer: The girl showed the building of Central Jail to Velu.

13. What work does the girl ask Velu to do?

Answer: The girl asked Velu to collect paper, plastic, glass etc. from the rubbish.

14. How old was Velu when he left his home? Why did he leave his home?
Answer: Velu was eleven when he ran away from home. He took this risk because he could not tolerate his drunkard father’s beating.

15. What problems did Velu face when he stood on Chennai platform?
Answer: Velu was alone, tired and hungry. He felt miserable. For two days, he had eaten nothing except some peanuts. He was penniless and homeless too.

16. How did Jaya earn her livelihood?
Answer: Jaya was a small girl who lived in a cottage near a dirty drain. She was a ragpicker. She earned her livelihood by collecting paper, plastic, glass and even food from the dustbins and heaps of rubbish.

17. What sort of girl was Jaya? How did she help Velu?                           ‘
Answer: Jaya was a poor little girl ragpicker who carried a bag on her back. She collected waste material from the dustbins. Though small, she was kind-hearted. She helped Velu with food as well as a regular job as ragpicker.

18. What problems do millions of poor children face in India? What basic issue does the story discuss?
Answer: This story gives us a picture of children who are bound to work to support not only themselves but also their parents. They can’t go to school, they can’t play like other children of their age. The story draws our attention to the evil of child labour.

Long Answer Type Questions

1. What one throws away as waste may be valuable to others. Do you find this sentence meaningful in the context of this story? How?

Answer: Yes, the rubbish can be wholesome food for others. This is depicted in this story. Jaya lives on the left overs of the garbage bins, same thing follows for Velu. Children don’t have money to buy food for themselves so they eat what is available until they earn their own. It sounds quite pathetic but it is true as is shown in the story.

2. Under what circumstances did Velu become a ragpicker?
Answer: Velu was an eleven year old boy. He ran away from home because his father was addicted to drinking. He used to beat him and his sister and snatched whatever they earned. He came to Chennai where he met a girl of his own age. The girl was carrying a big sack on her back. She was picking up plastic cups and putting them into the sack. Seeing Velu in a miserable condition she took pity on him and got food for him. She brought Velu to her hut, which was built out of wood, plastic and sheets. She gave him a pair of old shoes, a sack and a stick. He wondered what work she wanted him to do. She told him that he was now a ragpicker like her. He too now had to collect things from waste materials. Velu was alone in that big city. He had no option and therefore accepted the job of a ragpicker.

How the Camel Got His Hump MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Camel lived in the Howling Desert because
(a) he loved the desert
(b) he could eat thorns and pickles
(c) he didn’t want to work for man
(d) he was hiding himself from other animals

Answer :  C

Question. How much work did the animals have to do?
(a) Single time
(b) Double time
(c) Triple time
(d) No work

Answer :  B

Question.Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert?
(a) The camel lived in the desert because his parents lived there.
(b) The camel lived in desert because he loved the place.
(c) The camel lived in the desert because he worked there.
(d) The camel lived in the desert because he did not want to work.

Answer :  D

Question.“…he has never yet learnt to behave”. In the light of this, what is the writer’s opinion about the camel?
(a) The camel is very obedient.
(b) The camel is very hard working.
(c) The camel is still a lazy animal.
(d) The camel fights with others.

Answer :  C

Question. What, according to the Djinn, was the use of the “humph”?
(a) It made the camel look better than the others.
(b) It made the camel look tall.
(c) The camel could work for three days without eating.
(d) The camel looked more attractive.

Answer :  C

Question. Whom did the animals start to work for?
(a) Themselves
(b) Man
(c) Djinn
(d) Camel

Answer :  B

Question. What was the reply of camel to everyone?
(a) Humph
(b) Trumph
(c) Hump
(d) Grumph

Answer :  C

Question. Who said, “Camel, O camel, come out and trot like the rest of us”?
(a) Ox
(b) Man
(c) Dog
(d) Horse

Answer :  D

Question. Who complained about the idleness of the camel?
(a) Man
(b) Dijnn
(c) Animals
(d) None of the above

Answer :  C

Question. Who attempted to talk to the camel secondly?
(a) Man
(b) Dog
(c) Djinn
(d) Horse

Answer :  B

Question. Who did not want to work?
(a) Dog
(b) Ox
(c) Camel
(d) Horse

Answer :  C

Question. What did the camel not want to do?
(a) Live
(b) Cat
(c) Sleep
(d) Work

Answer :  D

Question. The camel said, “Humph” repeatedly. How did it affect him?
(a) He did not have to work like others.
(b) All others became friends with him.
(c) His back suddenly grew a lump.
(d) He was asked to leave the desert.

Answer :  C

Question. “There a thing in the middle of your desert with a long neck and long legs, and…” – who/what is the ‘thing’ referred here?
(a) Horse
(b) Camel
(c) Ox
(d) Dog

Answer :  C

Question. What was the camel doing when the Djinn found him?
(a) He was crying under the tree
(b) He was chewing thorns
(c) He was looking at his own reflection in the water
(d) None of these

Answer :  C

Question. What bulged out on the camel’s back?
(a) Big hump
(b) Horn
(c) Bones
(d) All of these

Answer :  A

Question. Name of the author of ‘How the camel got his hump
(a) Thomas Hardy
(b) Rudyard Kipling
(c) RK Narayan
(d) Jane Austen

Answer :  C

How did the Djinn know the horse was complaining against the camel?
(a) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he said that it had long legs and a long neck.
(b) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he knew he disliked the camel.
(c) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because he always got complaints about the camel from others.
(d) The Djinn knew that the horse was complaining against the camel because the camel had already told him about the fight they had had.

Answer :  A

Question. Camel lived in the Howling Desert because
(a) he loved the desert
(b) he could eat thorns and pickles
(c) he didn’t want to work for man
(d) he was hiding himself from other animals

Answer :  C

Question. When the Djinn went to the Camel
(a) the Camel obeyed him at once
(b) asked him to go away
(c) the Camel asked him why he had come
(d) the Camel went on looking at his own reflection in the water

Answer :  D

Question.What was the camel doing?
(a) Eating
(b) Working
(c) Looking his reflection in a pool of water.
(d) Sleeping

Answer :  C

Question. What was the dog taking in his hand?
(a) Bread
(b) A stick
(c) A piece of cloth
(d) A bone

Answer :  B

Question.Where did the camel live all alone?
(a) On a hill
(b) In the middle of the desert
(c) In a nalley
(d) In a cave

Answer :  C

Question. The Ox asked the Camel
(a) to run away from the desert
(b) to fetch and carry
(c) to obey the man
(d) to plough the field

Answer :  D

Question. ‘…… there was a —–, and he lived in the middle of a howling desert…..’
(a) Bear
(b) Ox
(c) Camel
(d) Crocodile

Answer :  C

Question. On which day the Horse same to the camel?
(a) Saturday
(b) Monday
(c) Friday
(d) Thursday

Answer :  B

What tasks, do you think, were assigned to the dog and the ox?
(a) The dog was asked to fetch things and the ox to plough fields.
(b) The dog and the ox were asked to trot and to play.
(c) The dog and the ox were asked to take rest.
(d) They were asked to dance.

Answer :  A

Important Questions Class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 1

Short Answer Type Questions

1 What did the camel eat and where did he live? Why?

Answer: The camel ate thorns and prickles and lived in the middle of a Howling Desert because he did not want to work.

2. What did the three animals do after the camel refused to work?

Answer: The three animals namely the horse, the dog and the ox held a panchayat on the Edge of the Desert after the camel’s refusal to work.

3. What tasks, do you think, were assigned to the dog and the ox?

Answer: The dog was assigned the task of carrying and fetching things. The ox was asked to carry the yoke on his neck and thereby plough the field.

4. Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert?

Answer: The camel lived in the middle of the desert because he did not want to work.

5. What made the dog, the horse and the ox very angry?

Answer: The dog, the horse and the ox were very angry because they had to do extra work to compensate for camel’s idleness; while the camel did not do any work.

6. How did the Djinn punish the camel?

Answer: The Djinn encouraged the camel to work but when he refused to work, it angered the Djinn and on his back became a big hump. He was told to work equally with the other animals, come out of the desert and behave properly.

7. What work was given to the horse, the dog and an ox?

Answer: The horse was given the work to trot, dog was given the work to fetch and carry and ox had to plough.

8. Why do you think the camel was looking at his own reflection?

Answer: Camel was looking at his own reflection to see how smart he was not to work and make others work in his place.

9. What was the purpose of the ‘humph’ on camel’s back?

Answer: The purpose of the ‘humph’ was to live on it without eating.

10. Why did early man domesticate a few animals?

Answer: Early man domesticated animals for different purposes. They used them to carry heavy loads, draw carts and plough the field.

12. Which animal in your opinion is man’s best friend and most useful too?

Answer: The dog is man’s best friend. It provides security and even draws the sledge on ice. It is known for its faithfulness. The horse and the elephants have also been very friendly to man.

13. Do you think the camel renders no service to man?

Answer: The camel is rightly called the ship of the desert. It renders a variety of services to man. It is the chief means of transport across the desert. It ploughs the fields and gives milk and meat to its master.

14. Do yon think hump on a camel’s back has no use?

Answer: The hump on a camel’s back is an obstruction in riding. But it is very useful. It coma ins fat arid food. A camel can get its food from the hump for several days.

15. Who was Djinn? How did he set the camel right?

Answer: Djinn was in-change of all deserts. So the horse, ox and the dog complained to him about the camel’s laziness. The Djinn scolded the camel, gave a hump on its back and ordered it to serve man as did other animals.

Long Answer Type Questions

1. What made the Three very angry?

Answer: The Three (the Dog, the Horse and the Ox) were hard working animals. They did different works for men. The Dog carried heavy loads, the Horse drew carts and the Ox ploughed the field. These three were fed up with the Camel because he didn’t do any work. So one day they complained to Man about the Camel’s laziness. At this the Man became angry. He told the three to leave the Camel alone and work double time to compensate his (Camel’s) work. That made the three very angry. They held a panchayat but it proved in vain. The camel came chewing and laughed at them.

2 How did the Camel get a hump?

Answer: In the beginning the camel was a lazy animal. He didn’t want to work and lived in the middle of a desert away from other working animals. But the animals never forgot him and his nature. They wanted him to work like them. They complained against him to the Djinn, who was in-charge of all deserts. The Djinn decided to punish such an idle animal. He told the Camel to work like other animals but the Camel showed no willingness to work. This made the Djinn angry. He put a curse on the Camel. Soon the Camel’s back puffed up into a big bump. This is how the Camel got a hump.

On the Grasshopper and Cricket MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. Whom did the poet identify as summer days?
(a) Grasshopper
(b) Cricket
(c) Birds
(d) Ants

Answer:  A

Question. Where do the birds take shelter?
(a) Cooling trees
(b) Beneath the weed
(c) Behind the stone
(d) Grassy hills

Answer:  A

Question. Who sings the poetry of earth in the summer season?
(a) Grasshopper
(b) Cricket
(c) Crow
(d) Skylark

Answer:  A

Question. Why all the birds were fainted?
(a) Hot sun
(b) Heavy rain
(c) Cold breeze
(d) All of them

Answer:  A

Question. What makes the birds faint?
(a) Earth’s poetry
(b) Hot sun
(c) Frost
(d) Rain

Answer:  B

Question. ‘The poetry of earth is — dead’
(a) Almost
(b) Always
(c) Never
(d) No

Answer:  C

Question. Whose voice can be heard in summer?
(a) Ant
(b) Grasshopper
(c) Cricket
(d) All of them

Answer:  B

Question. What does the cricket’s song increase?
(a) Cold
(b) Dryness
(c) Warmth
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. How far was Lyonnesse when the poet set out for?
(a) two hundred miles
(b) Hundred miles
(c) Fifty miles
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. Name the poet of the poem “On the Grasshopper and Cricket”
(a) P. B Shelly
(b) William Shakespeare
(c) John Dryden
(d) John Keats

Answer:  D

Question. Where does the grasshopper take rest?
(a) Beneath the weed
(b) Behind the stone
(c) Grassy hills
(d) None of the above

Answer:  A

Question. Who is the poet of the poem “When I set out for Lyonnesse”?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) Thomas Hardy
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Firdaus Kanga

Answer:  B

Question. Complete the line in Stanza 1 that says, “The poetry of earth is __”
(a). Never dead
(b). Ceasing never
(c). Dead never
(d). Never ceasing

Answer:  A

Question. “The —-‘s song, in warmth increasing ever,”
(a) Grasshopper
(b) Poet
(c) Cricket
(d) Ant

Answer:  C

Question. Whose warmth is ever increasing?
(a) Grasshopper’s song
(b) Cricket’s song
(c) Birds chirping
(d) Poetry of earth

Answer:  B

Question. Who could have not guessed what happened in Lyonnesse?
(a) The poet
(b) Prophet
(c) Wisest wizard
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer:  D

Question. “The rime was on the spray” What do you mean by the word “rime”?
(a) Rhyme
(b) Frost
(c) Leaves
(d) Trees

Answer:  B

Question. Who could not dare to declare the poet in Lyonnesse?
(a) Prophet
(b) The poet, himself
(c) Wisest wizard
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. Whose voice can be heard in winter?
(a) Birds
(b) Ants
(c) Grasshopper
(d) Cricket

Answer:  D

Question. Who sings the poetry of earth in the winter season?
(a) Grasshopper
(b) Cricket
(c) Crow
(d) Skylark

Answer:  B

Question. Whom did the poet identify as winter evening?
(a) Cricket
(b) Ant
(c) Grasshopper
(d) All of them

Answer:  A

Question. What is the meaning of ‘Lonesomeness’?
(a) Lonely
(b) Isolated
(c) Loneliness
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun.
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead,
This is the grasshopper’ she takes the lead
In summer luxury—he has never done
With his delights, for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.

Question. Who symbolises the poetry of earth?
(a) Grasshopper and cricket
(b) Cricket
(c) Grasshopper
(d) Ant

Answer:  A

Question. Which voice runs from hedge to hedge?
(a) Ant’s
(b) Grasshopper’s
(c) Cricket’s
(d) Parrot’s

Answer:  C

Question. How do the birds feel during extreme summer?
(a) Faint
(b) Pleasant
(c) Gay
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. Name the poem.
(a) The Ant and the Cricket
(b) The Grasshopper and the Cricket
(c) Geography Lesson
(d) The last bargain

Answer:  B

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem On the Grasshopper and Cricket 

Question 1. What is the meaning of the line: ‘The poetry of earth is never dead’?

Answer: The poet wanted to say that poetry of nature is never going to end. No matter what the season is, whether it is the sweltering summer or the harsh cold winter, the music and the poetry of the nature is never dead.

Question 2. What is main theme of the poem?

Answer: The main theme of poem is that poetry and music in nature do not perish.

Question 3. Where do birds take rest in hot summer day?

Answer: The birds took rest under shady trees to secure themselves from the scorching heat of the sun.

Question 4. Where do grasshoppers take rest when he tired?

Answer: When grasshopper became tired, he rests ease beneath some pleasant weeds.

Question 5. In which season cricket sing?

Answer: The cricket sing in winter. When it is very cold and quiet, the winter silence is broken by a shrill sound.

Question 6. Discuss with your partner the following definition of a poem.
A poem is made of words arranged in a beautiful order. These words, when read aloud with feeling, have a music and meaning of their own.

Answer: Poem is supposedly an artistic piece which contains a speech as well ag a song and is usually rhythmical and metaphorical. These beautiful arrangement of words add to the essence of the poem. Poems are supposedly read aloud to feel the intense passion and emotion with which they have been composed. The rhyming words in a poem puts various ideas and imaginations of the poet in a sync.

According to the Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary, a Poem can be defined as a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their sound and the images they suggest, not just for their obvious meanings. The words are arranged in separate lines, usually with a repeated rhythm, and often the lines rhyme at the end.

Question 7. ‘The poetry of earth’ is not made of words. What is it made of, as suggested in the poem?

Answer: ‘The poetry of earth’ is not made of words but it is made of the songs of a grasshopper and the cricket, thus it is made by the music sung by these insects.

Question 8. ‘The poetry of earth continues round the year through a cycle of two seasons”. Mention each with its representative voice.

Answer: The grasshopper’s takes the lead in summer. He is never done with his delight. On a long winter evening when the forest is silent, the cricket sing with its shrill voice from the stone.

9. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead.

1. How long does the poetry of the earth live?
   Ans. The poetry of the earth lives forever. It never dies.
2. Where do the birds hide during the hot sun?
   Ans. The birds hide in the cooling trees.
3. Where will the voice run?
   Ans. The voice will run from hedge to hedge.

10. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening when the frost
Has wrought a silence, from the stone there shrills
The cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost;
The grasshoppers among some grassy hills.

1. When does the frost wrought a silence?
   Ans. The frost wrought a silence during winters.
2. What does the cricket’s song do?
   Ans. The cricket’s song shrills out.
3. What does the cricket’s song seem like?
   Ans. The cricket’s song seems to be lost in half drowsiness.

When I set out for Lyonnesse MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. The word ‘sojourn’ means the same as
(a) silence
(b) shake
(c) solar
(d) stay.

Answer:  D

Question. Who is the poet of the poem “When I set out for Lyonnesse”?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) Thomas Hardy
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Firdaus Kanga

Answer:  B

Question. What did the poet return from Lyonnesse with?
(a) Magic in his face
(b) Disappointment
(c) Memorable moments
(d) Magic in his eyes

Answer:  D

Question. What did the second stanza tell about the poet?
(a) Poets boredom
(b) Poets curiosity
(c) Poets foolishness
(d) Poets loneliness

Answer:  B

Question. “What would ——- at Lyonnesse”
(a) Become
(b) Returned
(c) Bechance
(d) All of these

Answer:  C

Question. Who could have not guessed what happened in Lyonnesse?
(a) The poet
(b) Prophet
(c) Wisest wizard
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer:  D

Question. What is the meaning of ‘Lonesomeness’?
(a) Lonely
(b) Isolated
(c) Loneliness
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. How far was Lyonnesse?
(a) A hundred miles away
(b) Two hundred miles away
(c) Four hundred miles away
(d) Very near

Answer:  A

Question. Who returned from Lyonnesse with magic in his eyes?
(a) All the people
(b) The prophet
(c) The poet
(d) No one

Answer:  C

Question. “When i —– out for Lyonnesse”
(a) Set
(b) Go
(c) Reached
(d) Went

Answer:  A

Question. The lines “When I set out for Lyonnesse A hundred miles away” are repeated in which stanza?
(a) I
(b) II
(c) III
(d) None of the above

Answer:  A

Question. Why did the poet visit there?
(a) To attend a meeting
(b) To supervise the restoration of school
(c) To visit his birth place
(d) To supervise the restoration of church

Answer:  D

Question. How far was Lyonnesse when the poet set out for?
(a) two hundred miles
(b) Hundred miles
(c) Fifty miles
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. “My —– rare and fathomless.”
(a) Radiance
(b) Smile
(c) Excitement
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. Why did people remain silent then and there?
(a) Because they were surprised
(b) Because they were shocked
(c) Because they were surprised and shocked
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. What did he return with?
(a) Magic in his eyes
(b) Radiance
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above

Answer:  C

Question. “The rime was on the spray” What do you mean by the word “rime”?
(a) Rhyme
(b) Frost
(c) Leaves
(d) Trees

Answer:  B

Question. Why did he go to Lyonnesse?
(a) To supervise Church restoration
(b)To supervise hotel restoration
(c) To celebrate New Year
(d) On a vacation

Answer:  A

Question. The lines “What would bechance at Lyonnesse While I should sojourn there” are being repeated in which stanza?
(a) I
(b) II
(c) III
(d) None of the above

Answer:  B

Question. What enlightened his loneliness?
(a) Starlight
(b) Magic in his eyes
(c) Radiance
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  A 

What would bechance at Lyonnesse
While I should sojourn there,
No prophet durst declare;
Nor did the wisest wizard guess
What would bechance at Lyonnesse
While I should sojourn there

Question. Which word in the stanza means ‘stay or stop’.
(a) durst
(b) wizard
(c) sojourn
(d) bechance

Answer:  C

Question. What happened at Lyonnesse?
(a) Something different
(b) Something strange
(c) Something attractive
(d) Something increasing

Answer:  B

Question. For whom ‘I’ is used?
(a) Thomas Hardy — the poet
(b) T.S. Eliot — the poet
(c) John Keats — the poet
(d) William Blake — the poet

Answer:  A 

Question. Name the poem.
(a) Geography Lesson
(b) The School Boy
(c) The Last Bargain
(d) When I set out for Lyonnesse

Answer:  D

When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away,
The rime was on the spray ;
And starlight lit my lonesomeness

Question. Lyonnesse is
(a) a beautiful river
(b) a beautiful hill
(c) a country in the legends
(d) an imaginary name.

Answer:  C

Question. The poet of the poem is
(a) Thomas Hardy
(b) R.N. Tagore
(c) Edward Lear
(d) William Blake.

Answer:  A

Question. The leaves were covered by
(a) ice
(b) frost
(c) dust
(d) dirt.

Answer:  B

Question. The poet felt
(a) happy
(b) angry
(c) depressed
(d) excited.

Answer:  C

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem When I set out for Lyonnesse

1. What is Lyonnesse?

Answer: Lyonnesse is the mythical birthplace of Sir Tristram, in England, believed to have been submerged by the sea.

2. Why did the poet visit a parish?

Answer: The poet Thomas Hardy visited a parish to supervise the restoration of a church.

3. On his return from the parish what two things did people notice about him?

Answer: On his return from the parish people noticed two things about him: a new glow in his eyes and a piece of paper sticking out of his coat pocket.

4. In which season did he set out on his journey for Lyonnesse?

Answer: He set out on his journey for Lyonnesse in winter season.

5. Who accompanied him in his loneliness?

Answer: Starlight accompanied him in his loneliness.

6. Why did prophet and wizard not guess about the magic in the poet’s eyes?

Answer: Prophet and wizard did not guess about that magic in the poet’s eyes because this was the radiance in his life and eyes due to the blessings of God.

7. How poet is feeling while travelling to lyonnesse?

Answer: The poet is feeling lonely while travelling as no one accompanied him.

8. What changes occur in poet after he returned from Lyonnesse?

Answer: When the poet returned from Lyonnesse he had strange glows in his eyes. It seemed as if he had magical eyes that glowed from inner radiance.

9. Which season is there when poet is travelling?

Answer: The winter season is in the poem. This can be understood by the line. The rime was on the spray.

10. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away,
The rime was on the spray;
And starlight lit my lonesomeness
When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away.

1. How far was Lyonnesse?
   Answer: Lyonnesse was a hundred miles away.
2. What lit the poet’s lonesomeness?
   Answer: Starlight lit the poet’s lonesomeness.
3. What was the weather condition there?
   Answer: It was the winter season with drop of frost and dew.

The School Boy MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. When did the boy love to rise?
(a) Winter morning
(b) Summer evening
(c) Summer morning
(d) All of these

Answer:  C

Question. “I _____ to rise on a sunday morn”
(a) Hate
(b) Despise
(c) Regret
(d) Love

Answer:  D

Question. ‘Of their joy in the springing day,’- who is ‘their’ referred here?
(a) Birds
(b) Students
(c) Plants
(d) All of these

Answer:  C

Question. How shall the summer arise in joy, Or the summer fruits appear if _____.
(a) Buds are nipped
(b) Blossoms are blown
(c) Plants are stripped
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  D

Question. How is the mood of the child?
(a) Unhappy
(b) Joyous
(c) Happy
(d) Crying

Answer:  C

Question. ‘And forget his youthful —–.’
(a) Wing
(b) Dying
(c) Spring
(d) Flying

Answer:  C

Question. “The little ones spend the day, in _____ and _____”
(a) Sighing, dismay
(b) Happiness, glory
(c) Happiness, joy
(d) Sighing, sorrow

Answer:  A

Question. Name the poet of the poem ‘The School Boy’
(a) P.B Shelley
(b) William Blake
(c) William Wordsworth
(d) John Milton.

Answer:  B

Question. What drives all the joy away?
(a) Caged bird
(b) Nip in the bud
(c) Blown blossoms
(d) School on a summer morning

Answer:  D

Question. The boy ——-to rise in a summer morning.
(a) Love
(b) Hate
(c) Feels annoyed
(d) Nothing

Answer:  A

Question. Where did the boy not find any delight?
(a) Under the tree
(b) Books
(c) Cage
(d) All of these

Answer:  B

Question. Where does the child spend his anxious hour?
(a) In the classroom
(b) In playground
(c) In the garden
(d) In the market

Answer:  A

Question. Who does he compare himself to when he says “How can a child when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, And forget his youthful spring.”?
(a) Book
(b) Flower
(c) Nip in the bud
(d) Caged bird

Answer:  D

Question. Whom does the child complain to?
(a) Father
(b) Mother
(c) Both father and mother
(d) God

Answer:  C

Question. Who is ‘I’ here?
(a) A bird
(b) A tree
(c) A small child
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. Who sings with the child in summer morning?
(a) Thrust
(b) Pigeon
(c) Cuckoo
(d) Skylark

Answer:  D 

Question. What did the skylark do with the boy?
(a) Dance
(b) Sing
(c) Entertain
(d) All of these 

Answer:  B 

Question. Who sings along with the school boy?
(a) His parents
(b) Huntsman
(c) Skylark
(d) His friends 

Answer:  C 

Question. The summer morning is full of
(a) birds
(b) hunters
(c) music
(d) skylarks 

Answer:  C 

Question. Whom does the child compares himself to?
(a) Buds
(b) Evils
(c) Joys
(d) Flowers 

Answer:  A

Question. He cannot take delight in his books because
(a) he is attracted towards nature
(b) he is dull
(c) he doesn’t like to study
(d) the books are uninteresting. 

Answer:  A 

Question. Who sings on every tree?
(a) The boy
(b) Monkey
(c) Insects
(d) Birds 

Answer:  D 

Question. Give the rhyming word of ‘bower’ from this poem.
(a) Shower
(b) Sit
(c) Outworn
(d) Dismay 

Answer:  A 

Question. ‘The little ones spend the day,’ – who is ‘the little ones’ mentioned here?
(a) The birds
(b) The hunters
(c) The students
(d) None of these 

Answer:  C 

Question. Where does the child spend his anxious hour?
(a) In the classroom
(b) In playground
(c) In the garden
(d) In the market 

Answer:  A

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 5

Question 1. Why child hates going to school?

Answer: Child hates school because he is under strict control of his teacher. He feels like a caged bird.

Question 2. How child happiness turn into sorrowness?

Answer: The child rise in the fresh and delightful summer morning. He is very happy but his parents force him to go to the school where he spends his time in sorrowfulness.

Question 3. Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1 that reflect the child’s happiness and joy.

Answer: The phrases that reflect the child’s joy and happiness are ‘love to rise in a summer mom’, birds sing on every tree,’ ‘the skylark sings with me’, and ‘sweet company’.

Question 4. In stanza 2, the mood changes. Which words/ phrases reflect the changed mood?

Answer: ‘It drives all joy away’ under a cruel eye outworm. In sighing and dismay.

Question 5. ‘A cruel eye outworm’ (Stanza 2) refers to
(i) the classroom which is shabby/ noisy.
(ii) the lessons which are difficult / uninteresting.
(iii) the dull /uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play.

Answer: (iii) the dull /uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play.

Question 6. ‘Nor sit in learning’s bower
worn thro with the dreary shower’
Which of the following is a close paraphrase of the lines above?
(i) Nor can I sit a roofless classroom when it is raining.
(ii) Nor can I learn anything at school though teachers go on lecturing and explaining.
(iii) Nor can I sit in the school garden for fear of getting wet in the rain.

Answer: (ii) Nor can I learn anything at school though teachers go on lecturing and explaining.

7. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

But to go to school in a summer morn,
O’ it drives all joy away,
under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day,
In sighing and dismay.

1. What drives away all the joy?
   Ans. Going to school in a summer morning drives away all the joy.
2. What does ‘cruel eye outworn’ refer to?
   Ans. ‘Cruel eye outworn’ refers to the teachers and uninspiring life at school.
3. How do the little ones spend the day?
   Ans. The little ones spend the day sadly sighing.

The Last Bargain MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. What was the time then?
(a) Sunset
(b) Noon
(c) Sunrise
(d) Late night

Answer:  A

Question. What did the young maiden offer to hire him with?
(a) power
(b) money
(c) smile
(d) None of the above

Answer:  C

Question. Who said “ I will hire you with my money,”?
(a) Old man
(b) The speaker
(c) Child
(d) King

Answer:  A

Question. Who said “I will hire you with a smile.”?
(a) Old man
(b) King
(c) Speaker
(d) Fair maid

Answer:  D

Question.  A——is a agreement in which both parties promise to do something for each other.

(a) Arguing
(b) Conversation
(c) Bargain
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. What did the child offer to hire him with
(a) Power
(b) smile
(c) Money
(d) Nothing

Answer:  D

Question. Who offered a flower?
(a) King
(b) Child
(c) Old man
(d) Fair maid

Answer:  D

Question. What did the child hire the speaker with?
(a) Flower
(b) Gold
(c) Nothing
(d) Power

Answer:  C

Question. Name the poet of the poem ‘The Last Bargain’
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) John Keats
(c) Zulfikar Ghose
(d) None of them

Answer:  A

Question. “_____ in hand the King came in his chariot”
(a) Power
(b) Sword
(c) Gold
(d) Wealth

Answer:  B

Question. What is in the kings hand?
(a) A bag of gold
(b) Money
(c) Sword
(d) Nothing

Answer:  C

Question. What do you mean by the word “naught”?
(a) Nothing
(b) Knot
(c) Naughty
(d) None of the above

Answer:  A

Question. Whose offer did the speaker take?
(a) King
(b) Old man
(c) Fair lady
(d) Child

Answer:  D

Question. Who said “ I will hire you with my money,”?
(a) Old man
(b) The speaker
(c) Child
(d) King

Answer:  A

Question. Why does the man accept the child’s offer?
(a) It made him a free man
(b) It made him a noble man
(c) It made him selfless
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  A

Question. ‘Her smile—-and melted into tears, and she went back alone into the dark.’
(a) Glowed
(b) Paled
(c) Rosed
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. ‘In the heat of the mid-day the houses stood with—–‘
(a) Open doors
(b) Shut windows
(c) Open windows
(d) Shut doors

Answer:  D

Question. With what emotion did he accept the child’s offer?
(a) Happiness
(b) Sacrifice
(c) Sadness
(d) Boredom

Answer:  A

Question. What did the old man offer the speaker?
(a) Power
(b) A bag of gold
(c) Flowers
(d) Money

Answer:  B

Question. Who came there to have a bargain?
(a) An old man
(b) A maid
(x) A king
(d) A small child

Answer:  A

Question. Give the meaning of ‘ponder’.
(a) to walk
(b) to think
(c) to help
(d) to say

Answer:  B

Question. According to the speaker, what was the child doing?
(a) Playing with shells
(b) Playing with toys
(c) Studying
(d) Doing nothing

Answer:  A

Question. What was the result of the offer?
(a) The poet accepted it
(b) The poet rejected it
(c) The poet shouted at the old man
(d) The poet became mute

Answer:  B

Question. What was the child doing?
(a) Playing with flowers
(b) Playing with sand
(c) Playing with sea
(d) Playing with sea shells

Answer:  D

Question. “An old man came out with his bag of _____”
(a) Sword
(b) Gold
(c) Notes
(d) None of the above

Answer:  B

Question. Where was the speaker walking?
(a) On the streets
(b) On the stone paved road
(c) On the highways
(d) All of these

Answer:  B

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 4

Question 1. Why speaker deny the king proposal?

Answer: The speaker stated the king power as nothing so he denied the proposal of king.

Question 2. What did the old man want? Was he successful in his bargain?

Answer: The old man wanted to hire the speaker with his money. No, he was not successful in his bargain.

Question 3. Explain, “I hire you with nothing”?

Answer: The child has no material thing so he used the word nothing here. He has only goodwill and cheer to hire to speaker.

Question 4. Who is the speaker in the poem?

Answer: The Poet “Rabindranath Tagore” is the speaker of this poem.

Question 5. “The king, sword in hand” suggests
(i) wealth
(ii) power
(iii) more power than wealth
Mark the appropriate item in the context of stanza 1.

Answer: (ii) power

Question 6. The old man offered the speaker a lot of money. Why did he turn down the offer?

Answer: The old man offered the speaker a lot of money. But the speaker refused to take. Because the poet realised that money cannot give him happiness. When the old man was counting the gold coins, the speaker realised that once the money would be finished. He would again be out of work. Hence he turned away the bargain.

Question 7. Find the poem, lines that match the following. Read both one after another.
(i) I have nothing to give you except goodwill and cheer.
(ii) Her happiness was no more than sorrow in disguise.
(iii) the king’s might was not worth much.

Answer:
(i) ‘I hire you with nothing.
(ii) ‘Her smile paled and melted into tears
(iii) ‘But his power counted for naught’.

Question 8. How did the speaker feel after talking to the child on the beach?

Answer: After talking to the child on the beach, the speaker felt extremely happy.

9. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

“Come and hire me”, I cried, while in the morning
I was walking on the stone-paved road.
Sword in hand the king came in his chariot
He held my hand and said, “I will hire you with my power”
But his power counted for naught and he went away in his chariot.

1. Who is the speaker of the above lines?
   Ans. An unemployed but freedom loving person is the speaker of these lines.
2. What does ’sword in hand’ suggest?
   Ans. ‘Sword in hand’ suggests the power of the king.
3. Why could the king not conquer the narrator?
   Ans. The king could not conquer the narrator because the narrator did not give any importance to his power.

10. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

In the heat of the mid-day the houses stood with shut doors
I wandered along the crooked lane
An old man came out with his bag of gold.
He pondered and said, “I will hire you with my money.”
He weighed his coins one by one, but I turned away.

1. Why were the houses with the doors shut?
   Ans. The houses had the doors shut because of the heat of the mid-day.
2. What did the old man bring out?
   Ans. The old man brought out a bag of gold to hire the man.
3. How did the speaker react to the old man’s offer?
   Ans. Speaker turned down the old man’s offer.

Macavity The Mystery Cat MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. What was the poet telling again and again?
(a) Macavity surrenders his crime
(b) Macavity was present in the scene
(c) Macavity was not in the scene and disappears
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. Which of his powers would make a fakir stare?
(a) Levitation
(b) leeping
(c) Disappearing
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  A

Question. Scotland yard in the headquarters of the —– police force
(a) German
(b) London
(c) Turkish
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. What happens when you think he is half asleep?
(a) He if half asleep
(b) He is wide awake
(c) He is in deep sleep
(d) He is dreaming about another crime

Answer:  B

Question. Why Macavity was a ginger cat?
(a) Because he is tall and thin
(b) Because he is short
(c) Because he is healthy and wealthy
(d) Because he is huge

Answer:  A

Question. ‘You may seek him in the —–.’
(a) Air
(b) Basement
(c) Middle
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. Which part of him was deeply fined with thought?
(a) Eyes
(b) Hairs
(c) Eye brows
(d) Cheeks

Answer:  C

Question. How does the poet describe him?
(a) Hidden paw
(b) Master criminal
(c) Monster of depravity
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  D

Question. The meaning of ‘Fiend’ –
(a) Devil
(b) Human
(c) Giant
(d) Super humans

Answer:  A

Question. How would you identify Macavity when you see him?
(a) Ginger colour
(b) Tall height
(c) Thin looking
(d) Sunken eyes

Answer:  D

Question. Whom did his power of levitation make a stare?
(a) Fakir
(b) Priest
(c) Brahmin
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. The word depravity means
(a) deep thought
(b) moral corruption
(c) bad actions
(d) mystery

Answer:  B

Question. What happen when the police reach the scene of crime?
(a) Macavity disguises himself
(b) Macavity admits his mistake
(c) Macavity disappears from the scene
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. Who is the poet of the poem “Macavity: The Mystery Cat”?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) Macavity
(c) S. D Sawant
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer:  A

Question. Name the poem.
(a) Geography Lesson
(b) Macavity: The Mystery Cat
(c) The Last Bargain
(d) The Ant and the Cricket

Answer:  B

Question. ‘He broken every ——,’
(a) Glasses
(b) Heart
(c) Legs
(d) Human law

Answer:  D

Question. Who was the master criminal?
(a) Dominating cat
(b) Mystery cat
(c) Pampering cat
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. Who is being described here?
(a) The flying squad
(b) The poet
(c) Macavity
(d) The flying treasure

Answer:  C

Question. What is the meaning of ‘bafflement’?
(a) feeling easy
(b) feeling uneasy
(c) feeling good
(d) hopeless

Answer:  B

Question. Whose despair is Macavity?
(a) Scotland Yard
(b) Fly Squad
(c) Baker’s Yard
(d) Poet

Answer:  B

Question. Who is the poem of the poem ‘Macavity; The Mystery Cat’
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Shakespeare
(c) T.S Eliot
(d) John Keats

Answer:  C

Question. What was the mystery cat called?
(a) Hidden eyes
(b) Hidden paw
(c) Hidden ears
(d) None of them

Answer:  B

Macavity’s a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin;
You would know him if saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head a highly domed;
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.
He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake;
And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake.

Question. Describe Macavity’s physique.
(a) Macavity is very tall and thin
(b) Has deeply lined eye-brows.
(c) Has sunken eyes
(d) All of the above

Answer:  D

Question. Macavity sways his head like a:
(a) Lizard
(b) Pigeon
(c) Snake
(d) Cat

Answer:  C

Question. What colour is his coat?
(a) Rusty
(b) Pinkish
(c) Wheatish
(d) Dusty

Answer:  D

Question. What is strange about his sleeps?
(a) He sleeps soundly
(b) He is always wide awake.
(c) He does not sleep the whole day
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 3

Question 1. How Macavity does outwit the world’s top investigation agencies?

Answer: Whenever investigation agencies reached the spot of crime, Macavity is not present there. He also didn’t leave any clue of him. These agencies were not able to found any sign of Macavity. Therefore, he outwitted the world’s top investigation agencies.

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Question 2. What is the most remarkable thing about Macavity?

Answer: Macavity, known as the Mystery cat has defied all laws. He even defies the law of gravity. He possesses supernatural powers which allow him to levitate up in the air. He is so confident in his manner that whenever the crime is discovered, Macavity disappears without leaving a single trace.

Question 3. Describe Macavity.

Answer: Macavity is a tall and thin ginger cat whose eyebrows are deep with lines. He has sunken eyes which gives him a devil look. His coat is untidy and his whiskers are uncombed. He moves his head from side to side and his body movement is like that of a snake.

Question 4. Read the first stanza and think.
(i) Is Macavity a cat really?
(ii) If not, who can Macavity be?

Answer: (i) No, Macavity is not a cat. The cat is just a representation of the master criminal.

(ii) The poet did not mean Macavity as a cat. He just has given a poetic form using the cat to refer a criminal who is ferocious and very intelligent one. He commits the crime in a conning quiet manner as a cat does.

Question 5. A cat “I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through”. (Jules Verne)
Which law is Macavity breaking in the light of the comment above?

Answer: “A cat. I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through”. In this line, Macavity breaks the law of gravity.

Question 6. Read stanza 3, and then, describe Macavity in two or three sentences of your own.

Answer: Macavity described as a ginger cat. He is tall and thin and you can recognise him by his eyes which are sunken; deeply lined brow and highly doomed head. He never takes care of his dress. His coat is dusty with neglect. He never combs his whiskers. He moves like a snake and is always wide awake.

Question 7. Having read the poem, try to guess whether the poet is fond of cats. If so, why does he call Macavity a fiend and monster?

Answer: Yes, It seems like the poet is fond of cats. He calls Macavity a ‘friend’ and a ‘monster’ because he might have wanted to portray an evil side. He might have used a cat in order to create a negative character who is a criminal and escape easily from police. The quick movements of a cat and its mysterious eyes might have influenced him to create this evil character in the form of a cat.

8. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

Macavity’s a Mystery: he’s called the Hidden Paw
For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law.
He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, The Flying Squad’s despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime —Macavity’s not there!

1. What is the other name given to Macavity cat?
   Ans. The other name given to Macavity is the Hidden Paw.
2. What kind of cat is Macavity?
   Ans. Macavity is a mysterious and criminal cat.
3. Why is Macavity the bafflement of Scotland Yard?
   Ans. Macavity is the bafflement of the Scotland Yard because he can defy the law and is never caught by the Flying Squad.

9. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

Macavity’s a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin;
You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly doomed;
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.

1. Why is Macavity called a ginger cat?
   Ans. Macavity is called a ginger cat because he’s very tall and thin.
2. How would you know that it is a Macavity cat?
   Ans. We would know it is a Macavity cat as its eyes were sunken in and his brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly doomed.
3. What kind of coat and whiskers did Macavity have?
   Ans. Macavity had dusty coat and uncombed whiskers.