Q1. Where is the story set according to the poem?
a) Southland
b) Eastland
c) Northland
d) Midlands
Answer: c) Northland

Q2. What is special about the days in the Northland?
a) They are very long
b) They are very short
c) They are hot
d) They are rainy
Answer: b) They are very short

Q3. Why are the nights long in the Northland?
a) Because of summer
b) Because of heavy rain
c) Because of winter
d) Because of storms
Answer: c) Because of winter

Q4. What animals are harnessed to the sledges?
a) Horses
b) Dogs
c) Reindeer
d) Oxen
Answer: c) Reindeer

Q5. The children in the Northland look like bear’s cubs because they wear:
a) Woollen caps
b) Funny, furry clothes
c) Animal masks
d) Heavy coats
Answer: b) Funny, furry clothes

Q6. The story told in the poem is described as:
a) A true incident
b) A curious story
c) A historical fact
d) A fairy tale
Answer: b) A curious story

Q7. The poem teaches the readers a:
a) Moral lesson
b) Scientific fact
c) Political idea
d) Historical event
Answer: a) Moral lesson

Q8. Who came to the cottage of the little woman?
a) A king
b) A traveller
c) Saint Peter
d) A beggar
Answer: c) Saint Peter

Q9. Saint Peter was travelling around the earth:
a) Selling goods
b) Preaching
c) Hunting
d) Exploring
Answer: b) Preaching

Q10. Why was Saint Peter feeling faint?
a) He was sick
b) He was fasting
c) He was injured
d) He was tired from walking
Answer: b) He was fasting

Q11. What did Saint Peter ask from the old lady?
a) Water
b) Shelter
c) Money
d) A single cake
Answer: d) A single cake

Q12. The old lady was baking the cakes on the:
a) Stove
b) Oven
c) Hearth
d) Firewood
Answer: c) Hearth

Q13. The first cake the old lady made seemed:
a) Too small
b) Too sweet
c) Too large to give away
d) Burnt
Answer: c) Too large to give away

Q14. What happened when she made a smaller cake?
a) It burned
b) It became large again
c) It disappeared
d) It broke
Answer: b) It became large again

Q15. How thin was the third cake she made?
a) Like bread
b) Like paper
c) Like a wafer
d) Like a biscuit
Answer: c) Like a wafer

Q16. Even the wafer-like cake seemed too large because the old lady was:
a) Poor
b) Hungry
c) Selfish
d) Afraid
Answer: c) Selfish

Q17. What did the old lady finally do with the cakes?
a) Gave them away
b) Ate them
c) Threw them
d) Put them on the shelf
Answer: d) Put them on the shelf

Q18. How did Saint Peter react to her behavior?
a) He forgave her
b) He ignored her
c) He grew angry
d) He laughed
Answer: c) He grew angry

Q19. According to Saint Peter, the woman was too selfish to dwell in:
a) Heaven
b) A palace
c) A human form
d) A village
Answer: c) A human form

Q20. Saint Peter said she had both food and shelter and fire to keep her:
a) Rich
b) Safe
c) Warm
d) Happy
Answer: c) Warm

Q21. Saint Peter cursed her to build as the:
a) Animals do
b) Birds do
c) Poor do
d) Hunters do
Answer: b) Birds do

Q22. According to the curse, how would she get her food?
a) By begging
b) By hunting
c) By farming
d) By boring into wood
Answer: d) By boring into wood

Q23. How did the woman leave the house after the curse?
a) Through the door
b) Through the window
c) Through the chimney
d) Through the roof
Answer: c) Through the chimney

Q24. Into which bird was the old lady changed?
a) Sparrow
b) Crow
c) Woodpecker
d) Eagle
Answer: c) Woodpecker

Q25. What remained unchanged after her transformation?
a) Her dress
b) Her voice
c) Her scarlet cap
d) Her hands
Answer: c) Her scarlet cap

Q26. What happened to the rest of the woman’s clothes?
a) They turned white
b) They remained the same
c) They were burned black
d) They disappeared
Answer: c) They were burned black

Q27. The woodpecker is seen in the woods boring for:
a) Shelter
b) Fun
c) Food
d) Nesting
Answer: c) Food

Q28. Who is the poet of the poem?
Phoebe Cary
a) William Wordsworth
b) Phoebe Cary
c) Robert Frost
d) Sarojini Naidu
Answer: b) Phoebe Cary

Q29. A ballad is:
a) A long novel
b) A short story
c) A song narrating a story in short stanzas
d) A play
Answer: c) A song narrating a story in short stanzas

Q30. Ballads are usually passed down through:
a) Books
b) Teachers
c) Newspapers
d) Oral tradition
Answer: d) Oral tradition

Q31. The word ‘legend’ means:
a) A modern tale
b) An old traditional story
c) A poem
d) A mythological creature
Answer: b) An old traditional story

Q32. The word ‘provoke’ means:
a) To please
b) To forgive
c) To make angry
d) To ignore
Answer: c) To make angry

Q33. Saint Peter refers to:
a) A king
b) An apostle of Christ
c) A poet
d) A traveller
Answer: b) An apostle of Christ

Q34. Which pair of words rhyme in the poem?
a) Snow – Clothes
b) True – You
c) Earth – Hearth
d) All of these
Answer: d) All of these

Q35. The main theme of the poem is:
a) Bravery
b) Kindness and generosity
c) Greed and its punishment
d) Adventure
Answer: c) Greed and its punishment

Q36. Assertion (A): The old lady was punished by Saint Peter.
Reason (R): She refused to give even a small cake though she had enough.
a) Both true and R explains A
b) Both true but R does not explain A
c) A true, R false
d) A false, R true
Answer: a)

Q37. Assertion (A): The old lady was kind and generous.
Reason (R): She gave a wafer-like cake.
a) Both true
b) A true, R false
c) A false, R true
d) Both false
Answer: d)

Q38. Assertion (A): Saint Peter was faint with fasting.
Reason (R): He had not eaten the whole day.
a) Both true and R explains A
b) Both true but R does not explain A
c) A true, R false
d) A false, R true
Answer: a)

Q39. Assertion (A): The woman went out through the top of the house.
Reason (R): She was turned into a bird.
a) Both true and R explains A
b) Both true but R does not explain A
c) A true, R false
d) A false, R true
Answer: a)

Q40. The old woman’s behaviour shows she was:
a) Honest
b) Selfish
c) Brave
d) Polite
Answer: b) Selfish

Q41. “Boring and boring” means:
a) Feeling dull
b) Making holes in wood
c) Singing loudly
d) Flying fast
Answer: b) Making holes in wood

Q42. The lesson of the poem is to:
a) Save money
b) Travel the world
c) Help others and not be greedy
d) Cook carefully
Answer: c) Help others and not be greedy

Q43. The Northland is where daylight hours are:
a) Many
b) Few
c) Bright
d) Hot
Answer: b) Few

Q44. The story is told mainly to:
a) Entertain only
b) Teach a lesson
c) Describe winter
d) Praise Saint Peter
Answer: b) Teach a lesson

Q45. The old woman felt cakes were too small:
a) To eat
b) To bake
c) To sell
d) To give away
Answer: d) To give away

Q46. Saint Peter shows:
a) Greed
b) Anger at injustice
c) Laziness
d) Fear
Answer: b) Anger at injustice

Q47. The transformation teaches that selfish people:
a) Are rewarded
b) Are ignored
c) Face consequences
d) Become rich
Answer: c) Face consequences

Q48. The poem is an example of a:
a) Drama
b) Ballad
c) Novel
d) Essay
Answer: b) Ballad

Q49. The cap on the woodpecker was:
a) Blue
b) White
c) Scarlet
d) Black
Answer: c) Scarlet

Q50. The poem suggests generosity is better than:
a) Wisdom
b) Greed
c) Courage
d) Fame
Answer: b) Greed