MRS DEEPTI KOCHOR [ST.

EDMUNDS MALVIYA NAGAR]

MRS CHITRA TRIVEDI [ CENTRAL ACADEMY JODHPUR]

MR FELIX ANAND SINGH ST. ANSELM’S PINK CITY SCHOOL

MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS

VISTAS-SHOULD WIZARD HIT MOMMY

SL NO QUESTIONS ANSWER TYPE
1 Name the author who has analysed the theme of the difference of (c ) John Updike Remembering
viewpoints of a child to an adult (should wizard hit Mommy)

(a) Pearl S Buck

(b) Colin Derter
(c ) John Updike
(d) Susan Hill

2 In the story of Roger Skunk the train used to bring Daddy Skunk back (d) Boston Remembering
home from which station?

(a) Belgium
(b) Bismark
(c ) Berlin
(d) Boston

3 How much did the Wizard demand for changing Roger Skunk’s awful (b) seven Pennies Remembering
smell?

(a) six Pennies

 (b) seven Pennies
(c ) eight Pennies
(d) nine Pennies

4 What was Claire doing down stairs? (c ) painting furniture Remembering

(a) painting pots

(b) painting walls
(c ) painting furniture
(d) painting fabric

5 Where did Roger Skunk find the owl? a) at the tip-top of a tree Remembering

(a) at the tip-top of a tree

(b) at the end of the branch
(c ) in the nest
(d) in the thickness of the tree

6 ‘Should Wizard hit Mommy’ is a ………………….. within a story (a) story Understanding

(a) story
(b) biography
(c ) fable
(d) anecdote

7 Roger Skunk feels ……….. when the other creatures run away (b) humiliated Understanding

(a) victorious
(b) humiliated
(c ) curious
(d) determined to take revenge

8 Why would the other woodland creatures not play with Roger Skunk (d) he smelled bad Understanding
 (a) he was weak
(b) he was quarrelsome
(c ) he bullied others
(d) he smelled bad

9 What is a ‘crick’? (b) a little river Understanding

(a) a hill
(b) a little river
(c ) a fountain
(d) a brook

10 Why did the little Skunk accept his mother’s decision whole heartedly (c ) he loved his mother more than anyone Understanding

(a) he was scared of his mother

(b) his mother was too imposing
(c ) he loved his mother more than anyone
(d) mother disliked the rosy smell

11 What would have happened if Roger skunk had carried the rosy smell? (b) he would have fallen in danger Applying

(a) he would have been be able to play with woodland creatures

(b) he would have fallen in danger
(c ) his mother would have loved the smell
(d) all his problems would be solved

12 What would you do if you are teased by your class mates just like (c ) you will take advice from the elders Applying
Roger Skunk

(a) you will be revengeful

(b) you will complain against them
(c ) you will take advice from the elders
 (d) you will sink in gloom

13 Why did Joe not accept the conclusion of the story proposed by her (a) she did not want Roger to lose his friends Applying
father?

(a) she did not want Roger to lose his friends

(b) she did not like awful smell
(c ) she did not like the mother spanking the wizard
(d) she wanted a happy ending of the story

14 Why did Jack find himself in an ugly middle position (d) he was unable to justify his role to his daughter Applying
and wife
(a) he was tired of narrating stories
(b) he disliked painting woodwork
(c ) the wife complained of the long story sessions
(d) he was unable to justify his role to his daughter and wife

15 How do you want the story to end? (b) Skunk accepting the awful smell Applying

(a) Skunk retaining the rosy smell

(b) Skunk accepting the awful smell
(c ) Skunk running away from his house
(d) Skunk teasing the woodland creatures back
 FILL UPS/SENTENCE COMPLETION TYPE QUESTIONS

VISTAS-SHOULD WIZARD HIT MOMMY

SL NO QUESTIONS ANSWER TYPE
1 Jo is now nearly ___________ years old. four Remembering
2 Jack narrates the story in the evening and for _____________ naps. Saturday Remembering
3 Jack felt being _____________ suited him. an old man Remembering
4 Each new story was a slight variation of ____________________. a basic tale Remembering
5 The wizard performed ________________ that solved the problem. a magic spell Remembering
6 The rite of storytelling seemed futile as Jo refused _______________. to sleep Remembering
7 Jo wanted the conclusion of the story with Roger Skunk retain_____. his rosy smell Understanding
8 The corners of Jo’s mouth drooped down while the story telling the pain Understanding
session because she felt _____________ of Roger Skunk
9 Jack was in no hurry to wind up with the story as he wanted to teach A moral lesson Understanding
Joe ______.
10 The reason of other woodland creatures not accepting Roger Skunk his foul/ awful smell Understanding
was ________________.
11 The mother Skunk hugged the baby skunk in the night because she loved Understanding
______ the baby skunk.
12 The woodland creatures accepted the little skunk in their fold because used to Applying
they got ______________ with the passage of time.
13 Jo wanted the wizard to hit mommy as she took Roger as his hero Applying
_________.
14 Through the story of Roger Skunk Jack wanted Jo to learn the _______ realities Applying
of life.
15 By accepting Roger Skunk with his natural smell, the creatures had tolerant Applying
shown their ________________ behaviour.
16 Jack said that mommy was not stupid with rare emphasis as ______ he defended Applying
 his own mother.

REFERENCE TO CONTEXT TYPE QUESTIONS

VISTAS-SHOULD WIZARD HIT MOMMY

SL NO QUESTIONS ANSWER TYPE
1 In the evenings and for Saturday naps (a) He used to narrate stories to make her sleep Recall
like today’s, Jack told his daughter Jo a (b) Out of his head means making stories of his own. Analysing
story out of his head. This custom, (c) felt empty in his head means – had no more ideas Understanding
begun when she was two, was itself now to narrate stories
nearly two years old, and his head felt (d) Jo is 4 year old Understanding
empty

(a) What rite did Jack perform every Saturday noon?

(b) Explain “out of his head.”
 (c) Why did Jack feel empty in his head?
(d) How old is Jo now?
2 demanding in payment a number of
pennies greater than the number that Roger Creature had,
but in the same breath directing the animal to a place
where the extra pennies could be found. Then Roger was
so happy he played many games with other creatures, and
went home to his mother just in time to hear the train
whistle that brought his daddy home from Boston. Jack described
their supper, and the story was over. Working
his way through this scheme was especially fatiguing on
Saturday, because Jo never fell asleep in naps any more,
and knowing this made the rite seem futile.
(a) The wizard used to demand pennies from Roger (a) recall
(a) Who used to demand pennies from Roger Skunk? Skunk (b) understanding
(b) How did Roger get the extra pennies? (b) The wizard directed him to the place (magic well) (c) analysing
(c) What do you mean by ‘supper’? (c) supper – evening meal (d) understanding
(d) Explain the phrase “the rite seem futile” (d) Jo did not fall asleep even after the story was
over

3 Bobby, was two, and (a) Bobby is Jo’s younger brother (a) recall
already asleep with his bottle. Jack asked, “Who shall the (b) Skunks smell very bad (b) understanding
story be about today?” (c) Jo had blue coloured eyes just like her mother (c) analysing
“Roger...” Jo squeezed her eyes shut and smiled to be (d) John Updike –the author; Should Wizard hit (d) recall
thinking she was thinking. Her eyes opened, her mother’s Mommy – the lesson.
blue. “Skunk,” she said firmly.
A new animal; they must talk about Skunks at nursery
school. Having a fresh hero momentarily stirred Jack to
creative enthusiasm.

(a) Who is Bobby?

(b) What is peculiar about Skunks?
(c) Explain “her eyes open, her mother’s blue.”
 (d) Name the author and the lesson of the above extract.

4 “Whenever he (a) recall

would go out to play,” Jack continued with zest, (b) understanding
remembering certain humiliations of his own childhood, (c) recall
“all of the other tiny animals would cry, “Uh-oh, here comes (d) analysing
Roger Stinky Skunk,” and they would run away, and Roger (a) Roger stinking Skunk.
Skunk would stand there all alone, and two little round (b) She felt the pain of Roger Skunk.
tears would fall from his eyes.” The corners of Jo’s mouth (c) The woodland creatures ran away from him.
drooped down and her lower lip bent forward (d) Stinking means foul smell.

(a) How was Roger referred by the woodland creatures?

(b) Why did the Corners of Joe’s mouth droop?
(c) Why was Roger Skunk left alone?
(d) What do you mean by “stinking”

5 “Won’t he see the owl?” she asked in a high and faintly (a) understanding
roughened voice. (a) Jo is well acquainted with the plot of the story (b) recall
Sitting on the bed beside her, Jack felt the covers tug (b) Jack realised that he had to help his wife (c) analysing
as her legs switched tensely. He was pleased with this downstairs in wood work painting. (d) understanding
moment — he was telling her something true, something (c) Her legs switched tensely
she must know — and had no wish to hurry on. But (d) Jack was telling something which Jo must know.
downstairs a chair scraped, and he realised he must get
down to help Clare paint the living-room woodwork.

(a) “Won’t he see the owl”? Why did Jo say so?

(b) What did Jack suddenly realise?
(c) Which line in the above extract show the keen involvement of Jo in
the story?
(d) “Jack was in no wish to hurry” give an insight.

6 This was a new phase, just (a) The phase of finding realities (a) recall
 this last month, a reality phase. When he told her spiders (b) cross checking the answers from the parents (b) understanding
eat bugs, she turned to her mother and asked, “Do they (c) Joe intervened by putting questions. (c) understanding
really?” and when Clare told her God was in the sky and (d) a small river (d) analysing
all around them, she turned to her father and insisted,
with a sly yet eager smile, “Is He really?”
“They’re real in stories,” Jack answered curtly. She
had made him miss a beat in the narrative. “The owl said,
“Go through the dark woods, under the apple trees, into
the swamp, over the crick —”

(a) What was the new phase in Jo’s life?

(b) How Jo used to make the authenticity checked?
(c) Why did Jack miss a beat in the narration?
(d) what is a ‘crick’?

7 Jack rapped on the window sill, and (a) Jack created a sound effect by rapping on the (a) understanding
under the covers Jo’s tall figure clenched in an infantile window which thrilled Joe. (b) recall
thrill. “And then a tiny little old man came out, with a long (b) the wizard (c) analysing
white beard and a pointed blue hat, and said, “Eh? (c) showing emotions (d) recall
Whatzis? Whatcher want? You smell awful.” The wizard’s (d) Jack added wizard’s voice by scrunching up his
voice was one of Jack’s own favourite effects; he did it by face and whining through his eyes.
scrunching up his face and somehow whining through his
eyes, which felt for the interval rheumy. He felt being an
old man suited him.

(a) Why was Jo in an infantile thrill?

(b) Who was the old man?
(c) Why did Jack feel rheumy in his eyes?
(d) How did Jack make his stories effective?

8 ‘It’s me, (a)The wizard (a) recall

Mommy. I smell like roses.’ And she said, (b) He converted his foul smell into rosy smell, (b) understanding
‘Who made you smell like that?’ And he changed his identity. (c) understanding
 said, ‘The wizard,’ and she said, ‘Well, of (c) She took back Skunk to wizard and get back the (d) analysing
all the nerve. You come with me and foul smell.
we’re going right back to that very awful (d) Whatever is natural must not be considered
wizard.” disgraceful

(a) Who made Skunk smell like roses?

(b) Why was mother skunk angry?
(C) What did she decide for her child?
(d) What is the underlying idea of the mother Skunk getting back the
foul smell?
9 “The poor kid,” he answered, and with utter weariness (a) Jo – Jack’s daughter (a) recall
watched his wife labour. The woodwork, a cage of moldings (b) Painting the living room woodwork (b) understanding
and rails and baseboards all around them, was half old tan (c) Due to the long story telling session (c) understanding
and half new ivory and he felt caught in an ugly middle (d) He could not justify to his daughter & wife (d) analysing
position,

(a) Who is the kid referred to here?

(b) What was Clare doing?
(c) Why did Jack feel utter weariness?
(d) Why was Jack in an ugly middle position?
10 “Tomorrow, I want you to tell me the story that that (a) Jo wanted Skunk to retain the rosy smell, wizard (a) recall
wizard took that magic wand and hit that mommy” — her to hit the mommy. (b) understanding
plump arms chopped forcefully — “right over the head.” (b) She did not want Skunk to be left by his friends (c) understanding
“No. That’s not the story. The point is that the little (c) The father is experienced and Joe is a child who (d) analysing
skunk loved his mommy more than he loved all the other believes in happy endings.
little animals and she knew what was right.” (d) Parents are the best decision makers for their
children’s wellbeing.
(a) What ending did Jo suggest?
(b) Why did she want this conclusion?
(c) Why did the perception of the child differ?
(d) What moral do you get from this extract?