I Want Something in a Cage

Read the following questions carefully and choose the correct answer from the given
alternatives:

Question 1.
What did the customer buy ?
(a) Parrots
(b) Rats
(c) Sparrows
(d) Doves

Answer

Answer: (d) Doves

Question 2.
How much money did Mr. Purcell demand for the birds ?
(a) Five dollars
(b) Five-fifty dollars
(c) Two dollars
(d) Seven dollars

Answer

Answer: (b) Five-fifty dollars

Question 3.
How much money did the customer give ?
(a) Five dollars
(b) Five-fifty dollars
(c) Two dollars
(d) Seven dollars

Answer

Answer: (a) Five dollars

Question 4.
What did the customer do with the doves ?
(a) Gave to a child
(b) Tossed them into the air
(c) Made them his pets
(d) Took them to his home

Answer

Answer: (b) Tossed them into the air

Question 5.
How many cents are there in a dollar ?
(a) Forty cents
(b) Twenty cents
(c) Hundred cents
(d) Seventy cents

Answer

Answer: (c) Hundred cents

Question 6.
What type of shop does Mr. Purcell own ?
(a) A cloth shop
(b) A barber shop
(c) A pet shop
(d) A press shop

Answer

Answer: (c) A pet shop

Question 7.
What is Mr. Purcell compared to ?
(a) A gentleman
(b) A fox
(c) An owl
(d) A cowman

Answer

Answer: (c) An owl

Question 8.
What was his usual first task ?
(a) To read newspaper
(b) To make notes with the birds
(c) To take tea
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (a) To read newspaper

Question 9.
Who slid off Mrs. Purcell’s stool ?
(a) Customer
(b) Neighbour
(c) Purcell
(d) Storekeeper
 Answer

Answer: (d) Storekeeper

Question 10.
What did the customer want to buy ?
(a) Something in cage
(b) Something that is big
(c) Something in bag
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Something in cage