Multiple-choice questions

1. When did the family reach their home?

A. In the morning
B. In the afternoon
C. Early morning
D. At midnight

2. In stanza 1, soaky clothes are caused by

A. the heavy downpour
B. water shortage
C. sweating profusely
D. falling into the river

3. Why did they approached the stove?

A. .To cook breakfast
B. To boil water
C. To change their stove
D. To dry themselves up

4. What can you see on their limbs?

A. Birthmark
B. Blood
C. Muscles

D. Wounds

5. What can you see on their brows?

A. delighted look
B. calm composure
C. An angry expression
D. A sad look

6. How long did the flood hit the village?

A. 24 hours
B. 1 hour
C. 12 hours
D. Not mentioned

7. The word horrendous in Stanza 2 can be replaced with

A. horrific
B. drastic
C. fantastic
D. terrific

8. Who were desperately looking for their sons albino buffalo?

A. The albino buffalos family
B. The father and the mother

C. The villagers
D. The head villager

9. In Stanza 2, what were floating in the floodwater?

A. Stove
B. Albino buffalo
C. Bloating carcasses
D. The villagers

10. Which phrase in Stanza 3 indicates the jovial feelings of the family despite what they have
gone through?
A. They were born admist hardship
B. there was not a sign of despair
C. making jokes while rolling their cigarette leaves
D. their limbs marked by scratches

C. Early morning (Dawn refers to the first appearance of daylight in the morning)
A. the heavy downpour (Their clothes were soaked in flood water)
A. .To cook breakfast (They were hungry after being stranded in the horrendous flood)
D. Wounds (Their legs were full of scars and scratches)
B. calm composure (They accepted everything with an open mind.
A. 24 hours ( It happened for the whole day and night.)
A. horrific (It can also be defined as awful or terrible)
B. The father and the mother (Their son indicated it was the parents who would have
been searching for the missing albino buffalo.
C. Bloating carcasses (Humans and animals were drowned in the flood.)
C. making jokes while rolling their cigarette leaves (They did not complain although they
faced adversity in life.)