BCM ARYA MODEL SR SEC SCHOOL SHASTRI NAGAR

LUDHIANA
CLASS 9
THE LOST CHILD
ASSIGNMENT 1
EXTRACTS

1. Read the following extracts and answer the questions given below:

1. There was a roundabout in full swing. Men, women and children, carried away
in a whirling motion shrieked and cried with dizzy laughter. The child watched
them intently and then he made a bold request. "I want to go on the
roundabout, please, Father, Mother."

1. Name the story from which this extract is taken

(a)The Happy Prince
(b) The Lost Child
(c) The Beggar
(d) The Last Leaf

2. Who were in the roundabout?

(a) men
(b) women
(c) children
(d) all the three mentioned

3. In the roundabout they shrieked and cried with…………

(a) suppressed laughter
(b) dizzy laughter
(c) hollow laughter
(d) a feeling of nausea

4. The child watched the persons in the roundabout intently and then he made_____.
(a) a protest
(b) a weak request
(c) a bold request
(d) a strong demand

5. What became of the request which the child made?

(a) went unanswered
(b) turned down
(c) happily acceeded
(d) reluctantly accepted
2. His father looked at him red-eyed, in his familiar tyrant's way. His mother, melted
by the free spirit of the day, was tender and, giving him her finger to hold, said, "Look,
child, what is before you!"

1. For whom does the word 'him' stand?

(a) father of the child

(b) the child
(c) a shopkeeper
(d) a villager

2. Why did the father look at the child red-eyed?

(a) he was angry with the child
(b) the child disobeyed him
( c ) the child had demanded a toy
(d) the child was not following him

3. The father is considered a tyrant because he……….

(a) beats the child

(b) starves the child
(c) turns down the child's requests
(d) is very short tempered

4. Compared with the child's father his mother was………

(a) more beautiful
(b) tender hearted
(c) stingy
(d) affectionate

5. The mother asked the child to look what was……..

(a) behind him
(b) before him
(c) in the festival
(d) there in the field

3. I want that burfi", he slowly murmured But he half knew as he begged that his plea
would not be heeded because his parents would say that he was greedy . So without
waiting for an answer he moved on.

(1) Name the lesson from which this passage is taken.

(a) The Adventures of Toto
(b) The Lost Child
(c) The Lost Leaf
(d) The Happy Prince

2. What did the boy want?

(a) a balloon
(b) burfi
(c) a toy
(d) gulab jamuns

3. What did the child half know?

(a) his parents would refuse
(b) his plea would not be heeded
(c ) his father would beat him
(d) his mother would not buy him anything

4. The child feared that if he asked for burfi his parents would say that he was……
(a) mean
(b) (b) foolish
(c) (c) greedy
(d) hungry

5. Knowing the reaction of his parents well the child did not wait for______.
(a) their refusal
(b) their approval
(c) an answer
(d) a rebuke

4. There was no reply. He turned to look at his parents. They were not there, ahead of
him. He turned to look on either side. They were not there. He looked behind. There
was no sign of them.

1. When there was no reply what did the boy do?

(a) turned to look at his parents
(b) cried
(c) wondered
(d) was shocked

2. His parents were not.

(a) near him
(b) ahead of him
(c) to be seen anywhere
(d) present

3) He turned and looked.______

(a) to the right

(b) to the left
(c) on either side
 (d) towards the gate
4. Where was ' he' when his parents were not with him?
(a) near the sweet shop
(b) near the balloon seller
(c) near the roundabout
(d) near the temple

5. How did 'he' react on seeing that his parents were not with him?
(a) cried again and again
(b) tears rolled down his cheeks
(c ) he ran here and there
(d) all the three above mentioned