The J. B.

Vachha High School For Parsi Girls

CLASS – X
English
THE BLUE BEAD –NORAH BURKE MCQ

No. of sides - 7

1. The story `The Blue Bead’ is full of ___________.

a. Visual imageries
b. Similes
c. Suspense
d. Personifications
2. How old is Sibia?
a. 9
b. 12
c. 8
d. 11
3. Which state does the travelling merchant belong to?
a. Kerala
b. Kashmir
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Punjab
4. What were the contents of the locked chest?
a. Silver and gold
b. Turquoises and opals
c. Diamonds and opals
d. Platinium and turquoises
5. Sibia`s last meal consisted of________.
a. Chupatti,green chilli and rancid butter
b. Chupatti,butter and dal
c. Chupatti,butter and jam
d. Chupatti,butter and green chilli
6. What are the huts made of ?
a. Straw and mud
b. Grass
c. Grass and straw
d. Straw

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7. Which part of the body can a crocodile be attacked?
a. Head and tail
b. Body
c. Eyes and underarms
d. Eyes and tail
8. How long was the crocodile?
a. Thrice the length of a tall man
b. Twice the length of a woman
c. Twice the length of a child
d. Twice the length of a tall man
9. Sibia was dressed in________.
a. Dawn-coloured rag
b. Earth-coloured rag
c. Green-coloured rag
d. Blue-coloured rag
10. The maker`s sign at the edge of the cotton cloth had a ______ symbol.
a. Lion`s head
b. Tiger`s head
c. Leopard`s head
d. Eagle`s head
11. What were the task Sibia performed?
a. Washed clothes
b. Cleaned the house
c. Cut grass for fodder
d. Collected flowers
12. The meaning of the word perforated.
a. Cut through
b. Pierced
c. Bend
d. Shaped
13. Why did Sibia, her mother and the other women go to the cliffs above the river?
a. To collect sticks
b. To cut paper grass
c. To fetch water
d. To gather fruits
14. The crocodile had swallowed a _________.
a. Silver anklet
b. Silver chain
c. Silver bracelet d.Gold bracelet
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15. What type of a story is `The Blue Bead’?
a. Reflective
b. Imaginative
c. Philosophical
d. Descriptive
16. “ Child” who utters the quoted words/
a. Uncle
b. Mother
c. The woman
d. Sibia
17. She came leaping like a ______ goat.
a. rock
b. stone
c. mountain
d. black
18. to which object does the Gujar woman cling to save herself?
a. a large tree
b. a massive stone
c. a timber log
d. a boulder
19. __ bang! __ bang! Which figure of speech is used here?
a. oxymoron
b. onomatopoeia
c. metaphor
d. alliteration and onomatopoeia
20. “The shape wobbling in the movement of the stream”- Which object is being
referred to over here?
a. the sickle
b. the blue bead
c. the fork
d. the rope
21. Which quality should we appreciate in the character od Sibia?
a. Bravery
b. Truthfulness
c. Honesty
d. Hard work

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22. “She aimed at the reptile’s eyes”- Which reptile is referred to here?
a. a viper
b. a snake
c. a crocodile
d. a turtle
23. Who are the Gujars?
a. Uncivilized nomadic people
b. Hardworking junglis
c. Sophisticated city dwellers
24. “ Sibia saw them bob away in the current”- The meaning of ‘bob away’ is______.
a. To cut shorter
b. To rap
c. To move up and down repeatedly
25. “ In an uproar of bloody foam he disappeared”- Who is ‘he’ in the quoted line?
a. The stranger man
b. The crocodile
c. The snake
d. The whale

26. “ With all the force of her little body, Sibia drove the hay-fork at the eyes”-what
kind of attitude is shown by Sibia here?
a. Fearful
b. Oppressive
c. Proud
d. Fearful and formidable
27. “creatures of great wet noses and moving jaws and gaunt black bones”-Which
creatures are referred to here?
a. Buffaloes
b. Tigers
c. Leopards
d. Crocodiles
28. “ They wore trousers, light and wrinkled at the ankles”- Who are ‘they’ referred to
here?
a. The nomadic graziers
b. The junglis
c. The Gujar women
d. The mountain men

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29. “Something did! I found a blue bead for my necklace, look!”- Which literary device
is used here?
a. Situational irony
b. Pun
c. Metaphor
d. Dramatic irony
30. The Blue Bead depicts the theme-_________.
a. Honesty is the best policy
b. Where there is a will, there is a way
c. Stay away from mugger crocodiles
d. Bravery is rewarded with a gift
31. The colour of the underbelly of the crocodile.
a. Pink
b. Grey
c. Yellowy white
d. Not mentioned
32. The meaning of the word ‘juggernaut’
a. Juggle responsibilities
b. Huge force
c. Small
d. Huge
33. The word ‘pastoral’ means
a. Pasteurization
b. Hunting
c. Rural
d. Cultivation
34. The crocodiles fed on _______.
a. Cats
b. Only fish
c. Kingfisher
d. Deer, monkeys, ducks etc
35. The bird flying around a stepping stone is a _________.
a. Kingfisher
b. Thrush
c. Nightingale
d. Flycatcher

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36. The words ‘milling people’ means
a. Going to the mills
b. Talking
c. Bargaining
d. People moving in large numbers
37. A colourful bird mentioned in the text
a. Thrush
b. Sparrow
c. Flycatcher
d. Kingfisher

38. The word ‘sleepers’ refers to

a. Sleeping people
b. Heavy pieces of wood
c. Berths on trains
d. Slippers
39. Complete the following sentence. ‘ Nothing could pierce the ________ _____ of
the crocodile’.
a. Thick skin
b. Armoured hide
c. The underarms
d. Eyes
40. The blue bead is _________.
a. A sand worn glass
b. A turquoise stone
c. A gem
d. None of the above
41. Where was the bazaar ?
a. Near a city
b. Near the jungle
c. In a little town at the railhead.
d. None of the above
42. With whom did Sibia go to the bazaar?
a. Her mother
b. Her brothers and her parents
c. Her parents
d. With the Gujar women

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43. In all her life, Sibia never owned anything but a _________.
a. An anna b. A pi c. A handful of glass beads d. Rag
44. Which phrase is an auditory device?
a. The bell of a sacred bull clonking
b. Milling people
c. Dogs full of fleas
d. Smell of sweat and flies
45. The sweetmeat stall amazed Sibia because …….
a. They were tempting her to buy some
b. They were made of jaggery
c. They smelled wonderful above the smells of drains, humanity and cheap
cigarettes.
d. She had a sweet tooth
46. When it comes to sweets what did she sometimes taste at home?
a. Wild honey
b. Sweet juice from a sugar cane stick
c. Homemade sweets
d. Wild honey and sweet juice from a sugar cane stick
47. At the cloth stall, what attracted Sibia the most?
a. The maker’ sign of a tiger’s head
b. The brilliant colours of the cloth rolls
c. The wonderful smell of cloth straight from the mill
d. None of the above
48. Describe Sibia’s physical appearance.
a. Black hair, black eyes and oiled brown skin
b. Brown hair, brown eyes and smoky brown skin
c. Black hair, great eyes and oiled brown skin
d. Black hair, blue eyes and pale skin
49. Which was the best of all the goods of the Kashmiri merchant?
a. Turquoises and opals
b. A box with a woolen chicken
c. Dawn-coloured silks that poured like cream
d. Tin trays from Birmingham
50. What is meant by ‘brainless craft and ferocity’?
a. Creative work which doesn’t need brains
b. To follow natural instincts
c. To be ferocious without thinking
d. To do craft ferociously
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