Extract Based Questions Test: The Tale of Custard the Dragon - Class 10 MCQ
20 Questions MCQ Test - Extract Based Questions Test: The Tale of Custard the Dragon
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
“Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household,
And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed.
But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine,
Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon,
With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm,
He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm”
Q. Which option lists the quotes that support the ideas in the extract?
(1) Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.
(2) If you’re brave enough to start, you’re strong enough to finish.
(3) Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.
(4) You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
(5) Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is strong.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Belinda giggled till she shook the house,
And Blink said Wreck! which is giggling for a mouse,
Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age,
When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.
Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound,
And Mustard growled, and they all looked around.
A hyperbole is a literary device where the poet/writer/speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme.
Q. Choose the option that includes an example of hyperbole, from the extract.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,
And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
Q. Name the poem and its poet.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,
And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
Q. What is the colour of Belinda’s dog?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,
And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
Q. Which word in the stanza is the antonym of ‘dull’?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,
And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
Q. What were the kitten and the mouse called?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,
And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
Q. Which of these are character traits of Custard?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful,
Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,
They all sat laughing in the little red wagon
At the realio, trulia, cowardly dragon.
Q. Why did she tickle ‘him’?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful,
Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,
They all sat laughing in the little red wagon
At the realio, trulia, cowardly dragon.
Q. Who are Ink, Blink and Mustard?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful,
Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,
They all sat laughing in the little red wagon
At the realio, trulia, cowardly dragon.
Q. Why did they all laugh at ‘him’?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
“Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household,
And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed.
But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine,
Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon,
With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm,
He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm”
Q. Pick an option that best fits the usage of the word’ trickled’ as used in the extract.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow:
“Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household,
And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed.
But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine,
Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon,
With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm,
He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm”
Q. What is the poet’s purpose of using the onomatopoeic words given in the extract?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
“Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household,
And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed.
But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine,
Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon,
With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm,
He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm”
Q. ‘He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm'. Why has this comparison been used here?
Just like the robin catches the worm,
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
“Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household,
And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed.
But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine,
Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon,
With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm,
He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm”
Q. Select the option that fits with the reaction of the characters in the context of the extract.
Ink : terrified : : Blink : (i) __________________
Pirate: (ii) ______________:: Custard: undaunted
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
“Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household,
And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed.
But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine,
Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon,
With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm,
He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm”
Q. The extract mentions ‘irons’ in dungeons. According to this extract, ‘irons’ is a reference to :
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Belinda giggled till she shook the house,
And Blink said Wreck! which is giggling for a mouse,
Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age,
When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.
Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound,
And Mustard growled, and they all looked around.
Q. What can you infer from the repetition ‘suddenly, suddenly’ in the above extract?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Belinda giggled till she shook the house,
And Blink said Weeck! which is giggling for a mouse,
Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age,
When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.
Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound,
And Mustard growled, and they all looked around.
Q. Why has the poet used the word ‘week’ to signify the giggling of the mouse?
The poet:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Belinda giggled till she shook the house,
And Blink said Wreck! which is giggling for a mouse,
Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age,
When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.
Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound,
And Mustard growled, and they all looked around.
Q. A cage means captivity. Why is Custard inclined to remain in a cage despite what it symbolizes?
This is so because he viewed it as a :
(1) sanctuary
(2) guardhouse
(3) cubicle
(4) refuge
(5) booth
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Belinda giggled till she shook the house,
And Blink said Wreck! which is giggling for a mouse,
Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age,
When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.
Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound,
And Mustard growled, and they all looked around.
Q. Pick the option with the correct matches for columns A and B.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Belinda giggled till she shook the house,
And Blink said Wreck! which is giggling for a mouse,
Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age,
When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.
Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound,
And Mustard growled, and they all looked around.
Q. Which belief about dragons is in contrast to Custard’s behaviour in the extract.
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