Questions and Answers of OUR RUNAWAY KITE – QUESTION BANK

Questions and Answers of OUR RUNAWAY KITE – QUESTION BANK

Section A: Multiple Choice Questions (1 mark each)

1. The part of the narrator's body that went through the kite was his:

(a) elbow, (b) ankle, (c) knee, (d) fingers

2. Father received a letter:

(a) one month ago, (b) one week ago, (c) after one month, (d) after several years

3. When Father went back home, his brother:

(a) had already died, (b) could not be traced, (c) did not meet him, (d) welcomed him warmly

4. The letter was from Father's sister:

(a) Philippa, (b) Claude, (c) Mimi, (d) Esther

5. Father left home because he:

(a) did not like his home, (b) quarrelled with his brother, (c) wanted a new life, (d) got a new job at Big Half Moon

6. The Big Half Moon looked lovely during:

(a) spring, (b) summer, (c) autumn, (d) winter

7. The narrator and his playmates pretended to be:

(a) robbers, (b) adventurers, (c) mountaineers, (d) shipwrecked mariners

8. The family moved over to the mainland in:

(a) summer, (b) winter, (c) autumn, (d) spring

9. Big Half Moon is the name of the:

(a) island, (b) kite, (c) cottage, (d) village

10. The keeper of the lighthouse is:

(a) Claude, (b) Claude's father, (c) Claude's aunt, (d) Claude's grandfather

11. The game played by Claude and the narrator was:

(a) hide and seek, (b) merry-go-round, (c) musical chair, (d) pirate caves

12. Claude learnt the art of making kite from:

(a) an artist, (b) a boy in the mainland, (c) his sister, (d) his father

Or: A boy showed Claude how to:

(a) fly kites, (b) play with kites, (c) make kites, (d) make sand caves

13. The big kite was covered with:

(a) green paper, (b) red paper, (c) yellow paper, (d) multicoloured paper

Or: The big kite was covered with:

(a) lovely paper, (b) lovely red paper, (c) lovely gold paper, (d) red paper

14. This extract is from a story written by:

(a) R.K. Narayan, (b) Nayantara Sehgal, (c) Lucy Maud Montgomery, (d) Ted Hughes

15. Father had quarrelled with his:

(a) mother, (b) father, (c) sister, (d) brother

16. Philippa was the name of Aunt Esther's:

(a) friend, (b) mother, (c) sister-in-law, (d) mother-in-law

17. Total number of members in the narrator's family at present is:

(a) 3, (b) 4, (c) 5, (d) 6

18. The kite was patched with the letter written by:

(a) Philippa to Claude, (b) Esther to her husband, (c) Father to her sister, (d) Esther to her brother

19. The narrator of the text is:

(a) Dick, (b) Mimi, (c) Philippa, (d) Claude

20. The kite was mended with a:

(a) red paper, (b) letter, (c) leaflet, (d) newspaper

21. When the children asked their father about relatives, he became:

(a) embarrassed, (b) happy, (c) irritated, (d) sorrowful

22. The narrator is:

(a) one year senior to Claude, (b) one year junior to Claude, (c) of the same age, (d) much junior to Claude

23. The age of the narrator is:

(a) ten, (b) eleven, (c) twelve, (d) nine

24. When the weather is fine, the harbour looks:

(a) grey and calm, (b) grey and stormy, (c) blue and calm, (d) grey and turbulent

25. They were pitied by the people of the:

(a) mainland, (b) island, (c) lighthouse, (d) park

26. The colour of the kite they flew was:

(a) white, (b) yellow, (c) red, (d) blue

27. They were crazy about:

(a) all, (b) kites, (c) nothing, (d) paper boats

28. One day there was a grand wind for:

(a) playing, (b) river rafting, (c) paragliding, (d) kite-flying

29. After getting the letter, Father brought his sister to his house:

(a) the next day, (b) after two days, (c) after three days, (d) on that day

30. Father of Claude and Philippa got reunited with his:

(a) uncle, (b) aunt, (c) both, (d) none of them

31. Philippa was narrator's:

(a) mother, (b) aunt, (c) grandmother, (d) sister

32. The number of siblings the narrator's father had was:

(a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five

33. Philippa is:

(a) ten, (b) eleven, (c) twelve, (d) thirteen

34. Father could not meet his brother again because:

(a) his brother was missing, (b) his brother was admitted to a hospital, (c) his brother went abroad, (d) he had died

35. Claude was standing there looking foolish because:

(a) the kite was snapped, (b) the kite had sailed to the mainland, (c) the kite was torn, (d) both (a) and (b)

36. 'Shipwrecked mariners' is a:

(a) ship, (b) mariner, (c) game, (d) hobby

37. Tinsel is:

(a) a strip, (b) material used in decoration, (c) shining material, (d) all of these

38. The relation between Dick and Mimi was of:

(a) son and daughter, (b) husband and wife, (c) brother and sister, (d) uncle and aunt

39. The narrator and Claude used to quarrel with the mainland children in:

(a) autumn, (b) spring, (c) winter, (d) summer

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Section B: Fill in the Blanks / Complete the Sentences

1. Esther turned pale when __________________________.

2. In the woods, Dick and Mimi __________________________.

3. When the spring came, the family used to __________________________.

4. Claude was standing with __________________________.

5. The narrator and her lost family member were reunited by __________________________.

6. The game played with the kites was __________________________.

7. The kite was covered with paper and pasted __________________________.

8. Last summer, the narrator and Claude had the hobby of __________________________.

9. They found the old letter in __________________________.

10. They rushed into the lighthouse.

11. When the narrator was bringing the kite from the house, she __________________________.

12. Though Father left home, __________________________.

13. The name of the lighthouse was __________________________.

14. The people of the mainland pitied them when __________________________.

15. They hurried to fix the kite because __________________________.

16. Uncle of Claude and Philippa died after __________________________.

17. Every summer __________________________.

18. The big kite was __________________________.

19. The full name of the narrator was __________________________.

20. The narrator and her family lived in __________________________.

21. Philippa's elbow went __________________________.

22. After patching up the kite, they dried __________________________.

23. The narrator and her brother lived on __________________________.

24. The name of Aunt Esther's mother was __________________________.

25. Claude would go around __________________________.

26. The kite soared like __________________________.

27. The father of the narrator __________________________.

28. The visitors to the island last summer were __________________________.

29. Philippa and Claude were the __________________________.

30. Aunt Esther was a __________________________.

31. Coming back on the island __________________________.

32. The snapped kite moved away towards __________________________.

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Section C: True / False (Write T for True, F for False)

1. Claude was Esther's father's name.

2. Aunt Esther always lived on the island Big Half Moon.

3. In summer the island is rough and windy.

4. People felt that Claude and the narrator were lonesome.

5. The names of Claude and Philippa were written on the kite.

6. The old letter was lying on the bookcase in the sitting room.

7. The narrator tripped and fell over the kite.

8. The children of the island enjoyed a good relationship with the children of the mainland.

9. Dick and Mimi were crazy about kites.

10. The narrator's father had siblings.

11. Aunt Esther, Dick and Mimi made the narrator's life miserable.

12. Aunt Esther found the names of her parents written on the kite.

13. No one played with the children in the island.

14. Claude and I quarelled.

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Section D: Chart / Cause-Effect / Information

Cause / Reason Effect / What Happened Information from Text

i) In the island Claude and Philippa had no other friend to play with

ii) The harbour used to get frozen in winter

iii) The narrator and Claude were crazy about kites

Age of Claude

i) The narrator and her brother lived in Big Half Moon throughout the year except winter

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Section E: Short Answer Questions

1. Make a list of the people who lived in the Big Half Moon.

2. How was the kite damaged? / How was the hole made in the kite?

3. How does the harbour look on a fine day? / Describe the harbour of Big Half Moon in summer.

4. How did they play shipwrecked mariners? / What did the narrator and Claude play on the island and how?

5. Where was the kite discovered?

6. How did Father react after reading the letter?

7. Which story did the narrator's father tell the narrator and her brother?

8. Why did the Father's eyes look as if he had been crying?

9. Who discovered the kite?

10. What did Dick and Mimi carry home? / What did Dick and Mimi do after discovering the kite?

11. How was life on the Big Half Moon?

12. Where did Claude and the narrator find the old letter when they returned to the island?