Practice Questions: The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom | English Honeycomb Class 7 PDF Download

Direction:  Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow. Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:

Hearing of their neighbours’ good luck, they coaxed the dog into their garden and set before him bits of fish and other dainties, hoping he would find treasure for them. But the dog, being afraid of the cruel pair, would neither eat nor move.

Question 1. Who are ‘they’ in the above lines?
(a) The old man and his wife
(b) The wicked old man and his wife
(c) The wicked old man
(d) The old lady
Answer: (b) The wicked old man and his wife

Question 2. What did they do?
(a) Took the dog to the garden
(b) Went to the neighbours’ house
(c) Took a spade to dig
(d) Lit the fire
Answer: (a) Took the dog to the garden

Question 3. What did they do with the dog?
(a) Gave him fish
(b) Patted his back
(c) Scolded him
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Gave him fish

Question 4. Give the meaning of ‘coaxed’.
(a) argued
(b) persuaded
(c) welcomed
(d) released
Answer: (b) persuaded

The old man, being a rice farmer, went daily with the hoe or spade into the fields, working hard from morning until O Tento Sama (as the sun is called) had gone down behind the hills. Every day the dog followed him to work, never once harming the white heron that walked in the footsteps of the old man to pick up the worms. For the old fellow was patient and kind to everything that had life and often turned up sod on purpose to give food to the birds.

Question 1. Which crop the old man used to sow in his fields?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Maize
(d) Barley
Answer: (a) Rice

Question 2. What did the farmer take with him to the fields?
(a) Spade
(b) Some papers
(c) Some labourers
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Spade

Question 3. Who used to follow him?
(a) His dog
(b) A cow
(c) A pet cat
(d) His pet parrots
Answer: (a) His dog

Question 4. What was the dog’s name?
(a) Tommy
(b) Muko
(c) Micky
(d) Cuckoo
Answer: (b) Muko

So the old man chopped down the tree and cut out of the middle of the trunk a section about two feet long. With great labour, partly by fire, partly by the chisel, he scraped out a hollow place as. big as a small bowl. He then made a long-handled hammer of wood, such as is used for pounding rice.

Question 1. Why did the old man chop down the tree?
(a) Because the spirit of the dog asked him to do so
(b) Because he wanted to treasure
(c) Because he did not like the tree
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Because the spirit of the dog asked him to do so

Question 2. What did he do with the trunk of the tree?
(a) Put the wood to fire
(b) Made a small bowl
(c) Made wooden toys
(d) Threw it in the ground
Answer: (b) Made a small bowl

Question 3. What was the hammer used for?
(a) For cutting the tree
(b) For chopping wood
(c) Pounding rice
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Pounding rice

Question 4. Give the meaning of ‘pounding’.
(a) crushing
(b) cutting
(c) tearing
(d) to go near the pond
Answer: (a) crushing

Then they dragged him out of doors, taking spade and hoe with them. No sooner had the dog got near a pine tree growing in the garden then he began to paw and scratch the ground as if a mighty pleasure lay beneath.

Question 1. What did the wicked old couple do?
(a) Dragged the dog to the garden
(b) Cooked meat
(c) Went to neighbour’s house
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Dragged the dog to the garden

Question 2. Where did the dog stop?
(a) Near a pine tree
(b) Near the old man’s house
(c) Near a lake
(d) Near the temple
Answer: (a) Near a pine tree

Question 3. What was the wicked couple looking for?
(a) Seeds
(b) Food
(c) Treasure
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Treasure

Question 4. Give the meaning of ‘dragged’.
(a) took
(b) pulled
(c) hit
(d) pushed
Answer: (b) pulled

When the daimyo himself was almost directly under him, he threw a handful of ashes over the tree, which did not change a particle. The wind blew the fine dust in the noses and eyes to the daimyo and his wife. Such sneezing and choking! It spoiled all the pomp and dignity of the procession.

Question 1. Name the lesson
(a) Three Questions
(b) Expert Detectives
(c) Quality
(d) The Ashes That Made The Trees Bloom
Answer: (d) The Ashes That Made The Trees Bloom

Question 2. Who is ‘he’ here?
(a) The old man
(b) The wicked old man
(c) The wicked old lady
(d) The old lady
Answer: (b) The wicked old man

Question 3. Why did the man throw the ashes over the tree?
(a) To change the tree into a blossoming one
(b) To spoil it
(c) To grow it rapidly
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) To change the tree into a blossoming one

Question 4. What were the effects of ashes?
(a) the tree blossomed
(b) the daimyo and his wife started sneezing
(c) the way turned smoky
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b) the daimyo and his wife started sneezing