Chapter 3 - The little girl by Katherine Mansfield

i. a figure to be feared: a person to be feared

ii. Glad sense of relief: feeling relaxed
iii. Fainter and fainter: to lessen or reduce
iv. slip down: come down quietly and unwillingly
v. Stutter: to stammer, to speak with pauses
vi. given it up: stopped doing it
vii. Trying so hard: making a lot of efforts
viii. Wretched: unhappy, sad
ix. on the brink of suicide: about to commit suicide
x. suicide: kill oneself
xi. Snoring: the sound produced by some people when there are asleep.
xii. Gravely: seriously.
xiii. Laboriously: with lot of effort or difficulty.
xiv. Wandered into: went into, by chance
xv. Scraps: small pieces of cloth or paper etc that are not needed.
xvi. Hue and Cry: angry protest.
xvii. The damned thing: used to express anger at something.
xviii. shadowed room means that as it was dark, there was a light outside the
room which was making shadows in the room.
xix. a sad little pattern refers to the sad atmosphere in the room.
xx. Bedclothes Refers to the sheets, the top sheets that you cover yourself
when you are sleeping.
xxi. Clung: to attach yourself to something.
xxii. Nightmare: a bad dream.
xxiii. A Butcher is a person who cuts animals, who cuts meat.
xxiv. tucked up: covered up nicely in bed
xxv. Snuggled: moved into a warm, comfortable position, close to another
person

MCQ

Question 1:
Name of the little girl was
(a) Kezia
(b) Simmy
(c) Kezi
(d) Sony
Answer:
(a) Kezia.

Question 2:
Who was a figure to fear and avoided to the little girl Kezia
(a) Father
(b) Brother
(c) Mother
(d) Grandmother
Answer:
(a) Father.

Question 3:
The sound of—–was a great relief for Kezia.
(a) Bus
(b) Car
(c) Carriage
(d) Train
Answer:
(c) Carriage.

Question 4:
In the evening when her father came home Kezia used to stand near the
(a) Staircase
(b) Dining table
(c) Door
(d) Storeroom
Answer:
(a) Staircase.

Question 5:
After coming back home Kezia’s father ordered for tea, news paper and
his
(a) Spectacles
(b) T-shirt
(c) Slippers
(d) Trousers
Answer:
(c) Slippers.

Question 6:
According to Kezia’s mother if she was a good girl she should talks off
his father’s ——
(a) Coat
(b) Socks
(c) Boots
(d) Shirt
Answer:
(c) Boots.

Question 7:
Kezia should be taken to the doctor to check her
(a) Fever
(b) Stammering
(c) Cough
(d) Cold
Answer:
(b) Stammering.

Question 8:
Meaning of wretched is
(a) Happy
(b) Sad
(c) Clever
(d) Wicked
Answer:
(b) Sad.

Question 9:
Who seemed like a giant for Kezia
(a) Father
(b) Mother
(c) Grandfather
(d) Teacher
Answer:
(a) Father.

Question 10:
Where did Kezia’s grandmother send her to have a nice talk to her
mother and father
(a) Drawing room
(b) Barandah
(c) Dinning room
(d) Bedroom
Answer:
(a) Drawing room.

Question 11:
On every —- Kezia went to have a nice talk with her parents.
(a) Saturday
(b) Monday
(c) Sunday
(d) Friday
Answer:
(c) Sunday.

Question 12:
Kezia found her mother —- after going to the drawing room.
(a) Cooking
(b) Sleeping
(c) Fating
(d) Reading
Answer:
(d) Reading.
Question 13:
Covering his face with ——-Kezia’s father used to sleep on Sunday
afternoon in their drawing room.
(a) Handkerchief
(b) Cap
(c) Cushion
(d) Pillow
Answer:
(a) Handkerchief.

Question 14:
According to Kezia’s father she was looking like a — while staring at
him.
(a) Owl
(b) Crow
(c) Tiger
(d) Elephant
Answer:
(a) Owl.

Question 15:
Kezia’s grand mother gave her a —-coloured fabric of silk to make
cushion for her father’s birthday.
(a) Red
(b) Brown
(c) Blue
(d) Yellow
Answer:
(d) Yellow.

Question 16:
Scraps means
(a) Big piece of cloth
(b) Long saree
(c) Small piece of cloth
(d) Shawl
Answer:
(c) Small piece of cloth.
Question 17:
Kezia filled the new cushion with
(a) Small cloth
(b) Cotton
(c) Important papers
(d) Stone
Answer:
(c) Important papers.

Question 18:
Whose great speech for the port Authority had been lost?
(a) Kezia’s father
(b) Kezia’s brother
(c) Keria’s mother
(d) Kezia’s sister
Answer:
(a) Kezia’s father.

Question 19:
Kezia’s grandmother wrapped her with —— and rocked her in the
rocking chair to console her.
(a) Bedcover
(b) Shawl
(c) Long cloth
(d) Saree
Answer:
(b) Shawl.

Question 20:
Kezia’s neighbours Macdonald’s had children.
(a) Six
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Two
Answer:
(c) Five.

Question 21:
Macdonalds used to play —— in the evening.
(a) Tag
(b) Hide and sick
(c) Football
(d) Cricket
Answer:
(a) Tag.

Question 22:
Name of the smallest baby of the Macdonald’s was
(a) Piu
(b) Lio
(c) Poco
(d) Mao
Answer:
(d) Mao.

Question 23:
Alice was Kezia’s
(a) Servent
(b) Gardener
(c) Cook
(d) Caretaker
Answer:
(c) Cook.

Question 24:
—–took Kezia into her bed when she saw nightmares.
(a) Grandmother
(b) Sister
(c) Mother
(d) Alice
Answer:
(a) Grandmother.

Question 25:
Butcher is a person who
(a) Looks after the garden
(b) Cuts trees
(c) Robber
(d) Cuts animals
Answer:
(d) Cuts animals.

Question 26:
Kezia’s ——- took her to the bedroom to give her a comfortable sleep.
(a) Brother
(b) Grandmother
(c) Father
(d) Mother
Answer:
(c) Father.

Question 27:
Finally Kezia felt that Kezia her father had a very big —-.
(a) hand
(c) Heart
(c) Belly
(d) Head
Answer:
(b) Heart.