MCQ Questions for Class 9 English Beehive A Legend of the Northland with Solutions
Chapter Name | Multiple Choice Questions for A Legend of the Northland |
Author Name | Phoebe Cary |
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Book Name | NCERT First Flight Textbook for Class 9 |
MCQ Questions for A Legend of the Northland Class 9 English
1. What do the people of Northland harness their sledges to?
(i)The Foxes.
(ii) The oxen.
(iii) The bullocks.
(iv) The reindeer.
Answer
(iv) The reindeer
2. How do the children wearing furry clothes look?
(i) They look like little pups.
(ii) They look like foxes.
(iii) They look like fawns.
(iv) They look like bear’s cubs.
Answer
(iv) They look like bear’s cubs
3. What did Saint Peter do during his travels around the world?
(i)He looked after the poor and the rich.
(ii) He preached the people.
(iii) He met little women.
(iv) He begged for food.
Answer
(ii) He preached the people
4. What was the little woman doing when Saint Peter went to her?
(i) She was eating cakes.
(ii) She was giving away cakes to the poor.
(iii) She was making and baking cakes.
(iv) She was putting cakes on the shelf.
Answer
(iii) She was making and baking cakes.
5. What time of the day did Saint Peter reach the little woman’s cottage?
(i)In the morning.
(ii) At noon.
(iii) At the close of the day
(iv) At night.
Answer
(iii) At the close of the day
6. What did Saint Peter ask for from the little woman?
(i) A single cake.
(ii) A dozen cakes.
(iii) A loaf of bread.
(iv) Something to eat.
Answer
(i) A single cake
7. How was Saint Peter feeling when he reached the little woman’s cottage?
(i)Tired and hungry.
(ii) Hale and hearty.
(iii) Happy and refreshed.
(iv) Trembling with cold and fever.
Answer
(i) Tired and hungry
8. The little woman baked a cake for Saint Peter. Then why did she not give it to him?
(i) She thought it was too big to give away.
(ii) She thought it was too small for the holy man.
(iii) She thought the holy man won’t like it.
(iv) She thought the cake was not tasty.
Answer
(i) She thought it was too big to give away.
9. What did the little woman think of the cakes she baked?
(i)She thought they were too big.
(ii) She thought they were too small.
(iii) She thought they were too small for her but too big to give away.
(iv) She thought they were too big for her but too small to give away.
Answer
(iii) She thought they were too small for her but too big to give away.
10. What made Saint Peter angry?
(i) The woman’s greed.
(ii) The woman’s selfishness.
(iii) The woman’s pride.
(iv) The woman’s kindness.
Answer
(ii) The woman’s selfishness.
11. What was the selfish woman changed into?
(i) Into a fox.
(ii) Into a crow.
(iii) Into an eagle.
(iv) Into a woodpecker.
Answer
(iv) Into a woodpecker
12. Which literary device has been used in this poem?
(i) irony
(ii) alliteration
(ii) personification
(iii) all of Above
Answer
(ii) alliteration
13. Why did the poet use alliteration in the poem?
(i) to add pun to it
(ii) to give a rhyming scheme
(iii) to make it lyrical
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) to make it lyrical
14. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
(i) 4-lined stanzas with abcd rhyming scheme
(ii) 3 lined stanzas with aabc
(iii) 5 lined stanzas with abbcc
(iv) None
Answer
(i) 4-lined stanzas with abcd rhyming scheme
15. Why the words like away, boring and rolled have been repeated ?
(i) to make it lyrical
(ii) to enhance their impact
(iii) to add rhythm
(iv) all
Answer
(iii) to add rhythm
16. Where did the story of this poem occur?
(i) Switzerland
(ii) Scotland
(iii) Northland
(iv) Netherland
Answer
(iii) Northland
17. The poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ was written by :
(i)Robert Frost
(ii) Phoebe Cary
(iii) W. B. Yeats.
(iv) Coates Kinney.
Answer
(ii) Phoebe Cary
18. Where is Northland situated?
(i) It is near Scotland.
(ii) It is in Holland.
(iii) It is an island of New Zealand.
(iv) It is an island of Ireland.
Answer
(iii) It is an island of New Zealand
19. What message does this poem convey?
(i) be greedy
(ii) don’t help the poor
(iii) don’t be greedy and help the poor and hungry people
(iv) All
Answer
(iii) don’t be greedy and help the poor and hungry people
20. What made St. Peter angry with the woman?
(i) her cakes
(ii) she made a thin cake for him
(iii) her greedy actions
(iv) All
Answer
(iii) her greedy actions
21. Which bird did the St.’s curse change the woman into ?
(i) a sparrow
(ii) a crow
(iii) a parrot
(iv) a woodpecker
Answer
(iv) a woodpecker
22. Quote examples of Alliteration used in the poem.
(i) tell the tales to you
(ii) faint with fasting
(iii) cakes that seem too small
(iv) all
Answer
(iv) all
23. When do people go for sledging?
(i) in summers
(ii) During vacations
(iii) when snow falls
(iv) All
Answer
(iii) when snow falls
24. Where did the story of this poem occur?
(i) Switzerland
(ii) Scotland
(iii) Northland
(iv) Netherland
Answer
(iii) Northland