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MCQs For Class 9 Beehive
Chapter 3 : The Little Girl
MCQs For Class 9 Beehive Chapter 3 The Little Girl
Q1. Who is the author of the story "The Little Girl"?
A. Isaac Asimov
B. Katherine Mansfield
C. Robert Frost
D. Coates Kinney
Correct Answer: B
Q2. What was the name of the little girl?
A. Kezia
B. Mary
C. Alice
D. Isabel
Correct Answer: A
Q3. To the little girl, her father was a figure to be ________.
A. Loved
B. Feared and avoided
C. Admired
D. Mocked
Correct Answer: B
Q4. What did the father do before going to his office every morning?
A. He scolded Kezia
B. He gave her a casual kiss
C. He played with her
D. He gave her a gift
Correct Answer: B
Q5. What was Kezia’s response to her father’s "Goodbye"?
A. She cried
B. "Goodbye, Father"
C. She hid under the bed
D. She ignored him
Correct Answer: B
Q6. How did Kezia feel when her father’s carriage noise grew fainter?
A. Sad
B. Glad
C. Angry
D. Scared
Correct Answer: B
Q7. In the evening, where did Kezia have to stand when her father returned?
A. In the kitchen
B. Near the staircase
C. In the garden
D. On the roof
Correct Answer: B
Q8. What did the father ask for as soon as he came home in the evening?
A. His slippers and tea
B. His newspaper
C. Both A and B
D. His dinner
Correct Answer: C
Q9. Why did Kezia stutter (fumble) only in front of her father?
A. She was naturally a stutterer
B. She was afraid of him
C. She was trying too hard to say words properly
D. Both B and C
Correct Answer: D
Q10. What did Kezia’s father compare her to when she looked at him?
A. A little brown owl
B. A cat
C. A mouse
D. A parrot
Correct Answer: A
Q11. On Sunday afternoons, what did Grandmother suggest Kezia to do?
A. Go out and play
B. Have a nice talk with her parents in the drawing-room
C. Sleep
D. Clean her room
Correct Answer: B
Q12. What did Kezia usually find her mother doing on Sunday afternoons?
A. Sleeping
B. Cooking
C. Reading
D. Gardening
Correct Answer: C
Q13. What did Kezia find her father doing on the sofa on Sundays?
A. Reading the newspaper
B. Talking to mother
C. Sleeping and snoring
D. Playing with her
Correct Answer: C
Q14. Why did Grandmother suggest Kezia make a pin-cushion?
A. For a school project
B. To sell it
C. As a birthday gift for her father
D. To keep her busy
Correct Answer: C
Q15. What was the color of the silk cloth used for the pin-cushion?
A. Blue
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Pink
Correct Answer: C
Q16. How many sides of the pin-cushion did Kezia stitch?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. All sides
Correct Answer: B
Q17. What did Kezia use to stuff the pin-cushion?
A. Cotton
B. Old clothes
C. Torn pieces of her father’s important speech
D. Dry leaves
Correct Answer: C
Q18. Where did Kezia find the papers she tore up?
A. In the dustbin
B. On the bed-table in her mother’s room
C. In her father’s pocket
D. In the library
Correct Answer: B
Q19. What was the subject of the papers Kezia tore?
A. A story
B. A speech for the Port Authority
C. A business contract
D. A personal letter
Correct Answer: B
Q20. How did the father react when he found out Kezia tore his speech?
A. He laughed
B. He ignored it
C. He became very angry and punished her
D. He told her not to do it again
Correct Answer: C
Q21. How did Kezia’s father punish her for tearing the papers?
A. He didn't give her dinner
B. He beat her palms with a ruler
C. He sent her to the hostel
D. He locked her in a room
Correct Answer: B
Q22. What did Kezia cry out while being punished?
A. "I am sorry"
B. "No, no!"
C. "God made fathers for nothing"
D. "Grandmother, save me"
Correct Answer: B
Q23. Hours later, when Grandmother wrapped her in a shawl, what did Kezia say?
A. "I love Father"
B. "What did God make fathers for?"
C. "I want a new gift"
D. "I am hungry"
Correct Answer: B
Q24. Who were the MacDonalds?
A. Kezia’s relatives
B. Kezia’s neighbors
C. Kezia’s teachers
D. Kezia’s servants
Correct Answer: B
Q25. How many children did Mr. MacDonald have?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Five
D. One
Correct Answer: C
Q26. What were the MacDonalds doing when Kezia saw them through a gap in the fence?
A. They were fighting
B. They were playing 'tag'
C. They were sleeping
D. They were working
Correct Answer: B
Q27. After watching Mr. MacDonald, what did Kezia realize?
A. All fathers are the same
B. There are different sorts of fathers
C. Her father was the best
D. She wanted to live with the MacDonalds
Correct Answer: B
Q28. What happened to Kezia’s mother one day?
A. She went on a trip
B. She became ill and was hospitalized
C. She was angry with Kezia
D. She left the house
Correct Answer: B
Q29. Who stayed with Kezia at home when her mother and grandmother were at the hospital?
A. Her father
B. Alice, the cook
C. Mr. MacDonald
D. Her aunt
Correct Answer: B
Q30. What was Kezia afraid of when she was left alone at night?
A. Ghosts
B. Thieves
C. Nightmares
D. The dark
Correct Answer: C
Q31. What nightmare did Kezia have?
A. A tiger chasing her
B. A butcher with a knife and a rope
C. Falling from a mountain
D. Getting lost in a forest
Correct Answer: B
Q32. When Kezia woke up screaming from her nightmare, who was standing by her bed?
A. Alice
B. Her Grandmother
C. Her Father
D. Her Mother
Correct Answer: C
Q33. What was the father carrying in his hand when he came to Kezia’s room?
A. A ruler
B. A candle
C. A glass of water
D. A book
Correct Answer: B
Q34. What did the father do to comfort Kezia after her nightmare?
A. He scolded her
B. He told her to go back to sleep in her own bed
C. He carried her to his big bedroom and tucked her in
D. He called the doctor
Correct Answer: C
Q35. Why did Kezia’s father go to sleep before she did?
A. He was very tired from work
B. He didn't care for her
C. He was sick
D. He was lazy
Correct Answer: A
Q36. What did Kezia feel when she snuggled her head under her father’s arm?
A. Fear
B. Comfort and safety
C. Anger
D. Sadness
Correct Answer: B
Q37. What did Kezia realize about her father at the end of the story?
A. He was a monster
B. He had a big heart but was too tired to be like Mr. MacDonald
C. He didn't love her
D. He was very rich
Correct Answer: B
Q38. "Poor Father! Not so big, after all..." Who said this?
A. Mother
B. Grandmother
C. Kezia
D. Alice
Correct Answer: C
Q39. What did the father ask Kezia to do to warm her feet?
A. Wear socks
B. Rub them against his legs
C. Put them near the heater
D. Jump
Correct Answer: B
Q40. The story "The Little Girl" teaches us that:
A. Children should always fear their parents
B. Parents may seem strict but they love their children
C. Nightmares are real
D. One should never make a pin-cushion
Correct Answer: B
Q41. Who was Alice?
A. Kezia’s sister
B. The cook
C. A neighbor
D. A teacher
Correct Answer: B
Q42. How did Kezia describe her father’s hands and neck?
A. Small and soft
B. Very big and "giant-like"
C. Dirty
D. Weak
Correct Answer: B
Q43. What did Kezia’s father do with the newspaper on Sundays?
A. He read it aloud
B. He put it over his face while sleeping
C. He gave it to Kezia
D. He threw it away
Correct Answer: B
Q44. "I didn't mean to..." Why did Kezia say this?
A. She broke a vase
B. She tore the important papers
C. She lost her slippers
D. She forgot her homework
Correct Answer: B
Q45. When Kezia was being beaten, where did she hide her hands?
A. Under her pillow
B. Behind her back
C. In her pockets
D. Under her pinafore
Correct Answer: B
Q46. What was the "giant" thing Kezia thought about her father?
A. His height
B. His voice
C. His hands and mouth
D. His anger
Correct Answer: C
Q47. Why was Kezia’s father unable to play like Mr. MacDonald?
A. He didn't know how to play
B. He was too tired after working all day
C. He was too old
D. He was mean
Correct Answer: B
Q48. How did Kezia feel at the very end of the story?
A. Relieved and happy
B. Terrified
C. Sad
D. Confused
Correct Answer: A
Q49. "You're a good girl, Kezi
A. " Who said this or implied it by their actions at the end? A. Grandmother
B. Her father (through his care)
C. Mother
D. Mr. MacDonald
Correct Answer: B
Q50. What does the "Butcher" in the nightmare symbolize?
A. A real person
B. Kezia's fear of her father's strictness
C. A character from a book
D. A movie character
Correct Answer: B