Test: Should Wizard Hit Mommy?- Extract Based Type Questions- 1 - Class 12 MCQ

Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

“Over the crick, and there will be the wizard’s house.” And that’s the way Roger Skunk went, and pretty soon he came to a little white house and he rapped on the door.” Jack rapped on the window sill, and under the covers Jo’s tall figure clenched in an infantile thrill. “And then a tiny little old man came out, with a long white beard and a pointed blue hat, and said, “Eh? Whatzis? Whatcher want? You smell awful.” The wizard’s voice was one of Jack’s own favourite effects; he did it by scrunching up his face and somehow whining through his eyes, which felt for the interval rheumy. He felt being an old man suited him.

Q. Pick the option that suitably decodes the wizard’s message when he says “Eh? Whatzis? Whatcher want?”.

“All right. He said, ‘But Mommy, all the other little animals run away,’ and she said, ‘I don’t care. You smelled the way a little skunk should have and I’m going to take you right back to that wizard,’ and she took an umbrella and went back with Roger Skunk and hit that wizard right over the head.” “no,” Jo said, and put her hand out to touch his lips, yet even in her agitation did not quite dare to stop the source of truth. Inspiration came to her. “Then the wizard hit her on the head and did not change that little skunk back.”

Q. Choose the option that appropriately shows a quote giving away the message Roger ’s mommy wanted to give Roger.

“All right. He said, ‘But Mommy, all the other little animals run away,’ and she said, ‘I don’t care. You smelled the way a little skunk should have and I’m going to take you right back to that wizard,’ and she took an umbrella and went back with Roger Skunk and hit that wizard right over the head.” “no,” Jo said, and put her hand out to touch his lips, yet even in her agitation did not quite dare to stop the source of truth. Inspiration came to her. “Then the wizard hit her on the head and did not change that little skunk back.”

Q. Choose the correct option with respect to the statements given below.

Statement 1: Jo was adding bits to the story created by her own imagination.

Statement 2: Jack was tired and felt relaxed since he didn’t have to complete the whole story.

(a) Statement 1 can be inferred from the extract but Statement 2 cannot be.

(b) Statement 1 cannot be inferred from the extract but Statement 2 can be.

(c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred.

(d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred.

“All right. He said, ‘But Mommy, all the other little animals run away,’ and she said, ‘I don’t care. You smelled the way a little skunk should have and I’m going to take you right back to that wizard,’ and she took an umbrella and went back with Roger Skunk and hit that wizard right over the head.” “no,” Jo said, and put her hand out to touch his lips, yet even in her agitation did not quite dare to stop the source of truth. Inspiration came to her. “Then the wizard hit her on the head and did not change that little skunk back.”

Q. Roger Skunk’s mommy was ________ and ________ when she got to know the truth about her son’s aromatic body. Choose the option to fill in the blank correctly.

1. vexed

2. Dissatisfied

3. Hostile

4. Disheartened

“All right. He said, ‘But Mommy, all the other little animals run away,’ and she said, ‘I don’t care. You smelled the way a little skunk should have and I’m going to take you right back to that wizard,’ and she took an umbrella and went back with Roger Skunk and hit that wizard right over the head.” “no,” Jo said, and put her hand out to touch his lips, yet even in her agitation did not quite dare to stop the source of truth. Inspiration came to her. “Then the wizard hit her on the head and did not change that little skunk back.”

Q. Pick the option listing the reason Jo wanted to change her father ’s narrative.

Jo was starting to fuss with her hands and look out of the window, at the crack of day that showed under the shade. She thought the story was all over. Jack didn’t like women when they took anything for granted; he liked them apprehensive, hanging on his words. “now, Jo, are you listening?” “Yes“ “Because this is very interesting. Roger Skunk’s mommy said, ‘What that awful smell?’ “who at?“ “And, Roger Skunk said, ‘its me, Mommy. I smell the roses’. And she said“ ‘Who made you smell like that?‘ And he said, ‘The wizard,’ and she said, ‘Well, of all the nerve. You come with me and we’re going right back to that very awful wizard.”

Q. “Jo was starting to fuss with her hands“. This means that Jo was

Jo was starting to fuss with her hands and look out of the window, at the crack of day that showed under the shade. She thought the story was all over. Jack didn’t like women when they took anything for granted; he liked them apprehensive, hanging on his words. “now, Jo, are you listening?” “Yes“ “Because this is very interesting. Roger Skunk’s mommy said, ‘What that awful smell?’ “who at?“ “And, Roger Skunk said, ‘its me, Mommy. I smell the roses’. And she said“ ‘Who made you smell like that?‘ And he said, ‘The wizard,’ and she said, ‘Well, of all the nerve. You come with me and we’re going right back to that very awful wizard.”

Q. Mommy says, ‘Well, of all the nerve.’ This reveals her