Test 1: The Adventures Of Toto - 1 | 15 Questions MCQ Test

QUESTION: 1

Who or what was Toto?

A.
A pretty child
B.
Pretty monkey
C.
A little horse
D.
A pet parrot

Solution:

Toto was a pretty monkey because his eyes were bright and sparkled with mischief beneath deep set eyebrows. His Teeth were white like pearls, were very often displayed in a smile. His fingers were quick. His tail added to his good looks.

QUESTION: 2

By whom was Toto brought to the writer’s house?

A.
The writer’s servant
B.
The writer’s father
C.
The writer’s grandfather
D.
The writer’s uncle

Solution:

The writer's grandfather liked to collect animals and had made a zoo at home. One day, he saw a red - coloured monkey tied to a trough with a tonga driver. He liked the monkey and wanted to add it to his collection. He bought Toto from the tonga driver for a sum of five rupees.

QUESTION: 3

For how much was Toto bought?

A.
Five rupees
B.
Ten rupees
C.
Fifteen rupees
D.
Twenty rupees

Solution:

Grandfather bought Toto from a tonga-driver for the sum of five rupees.

QUESTION: 4

Who did Grandfather buy Toto from?

A.
A rickshaw-puller
B.
A tonga-driver
C.
A milkmaid
D.
A juggler

Solution:

Grandfather bought Toto from a tonga-driver for the sum of five rupees. The tonga-driver used to keep the little red monkey tied to a feeding-trough, and the monkey looked so out of place there that Grandfather decided he would add the little fellow to his private zoo.

QUESTION: 5

What colour was Toto?

A.
Red
B.
Brown
C.
Yellow
D.
Grey

Solution:

The tonga-driver used to keep the little red monkey tied to a feeding-trough, and the monkey looked so out of place there that Grandfather decided he would add the little fellow to his private zoo.

QUESTION: 6

The tonga-driver used to keep the monkey_______.

A.
tied to his tonga
B.
tied to a feeding trough
C.
tied to a tree
D.
tied to a tub

Solution:

The tonga driver had tied the little red - coloured monkey to a feeding trough, so that he could not run away.

QUESTION: 7

Grandfather decided to add the little monkey_______.

A.
his library
B.
his museum
C.
his theatre company
D.
his private zoo

Solution:

QUESTION: 8

Toto had bright eyes that sparkled with________.

A.
joy
B.
mischief
C.
intelligence
D.
enthusiasm

Solution:

Toto was a pretty monkey because his eyes were bright and sparkled with mischief beneath deep set eyebrows.

QUESTION: 9

Toto’s________often displayed a smile.

A.
little lips
B.
shining eyes
C.
pearly teeth
D.
red face

Solution:

Its teeth, which were pearl white, were very often displayed in a smile that frightened the life out of elderly Anglo-Indian ladies.

QUESTION: 10

Toto’s hands looked_______as if they had been pickled in the sun.

A.
dried up
B.
coiled up
C.
screwed up
D.
nailed up

Solution:

QUESTION: 11

Toto’s _______ added to his good looks.

A.
face
B.
eyes
C.
teeth
D.
tail

Solution:

QUESTION: 12

Grandfather believed that _______added to anybody’s good looks.

A.
a nose
B.
a tail
C.
a tall body
D.
a fair complexion

Solution:

The writer's grandfather thought that the tail added to the good looks of an animal. Toto's tail was like a third hand for him. It helped him hang from the branch of a tree. He also used it to lift objects which were beyond his hand's reach.

QUESTION: 13

What could Toto do with his tail?

A.
Beat a drum
B.
Hang from a branch
C.
Eat from a dish
D.
Put things into his mouth

Solution:

QUESTION: 14

What would Grandmother do when Grandfather brought home some new bird or animal?

A.
She always fussed
B.
She felt very happy
C.
She would start crying
D.
She started playing with it

Solution:

Grandmother always fussed when Grandfather brought home some new bird or animal. So, it was decided that Toto’s presence should be kept a secret from her until she was in a particularly good mood. Grandfather and I put him away in a little closet opening into my bedroom wall, where he was tied securely — or so we thought — to a peg fastened into the wall.

QUESTION: 15

Why was it decided to keep Toto’s presence a secret from Grandmother?

A.
Because she did not like monkeys
B.
Because there was no space for it in the house
C.
Because she always fussed when Grandfather brought home some new bird or animal
D.
Because she had always a great fear of birds and animals

Solution:

Toto's presence was kept a secret from grandmother because she did not approve of any addition to the already existing pets the grandfather had. So, Toto was kept in a closet that opened into the narrator's bedroom wall and was tied to a peg fastened into the wall.