The Little Girl Class 9 Worksheet English Chapter 1

Multiple Choice Questions

Q1: Why do you think Katherine Mansfield titled her story like The Little Girl?
(a) Because the story talks about the little girl and her feelings
(b) Because the story has a little girl in it
(c) Because The Little Girl seems to be an attractive and interesting title for a story
(d) Because Katherine Mansfield liked the little girl in the story

Q2: Kezia was beaten up with a ruler by her father because
(a) she went to an ice cream parlour
(b) she failed in her exam
(c) she disagreed to sleep alone
(d) she has torn down the papers of her father’s speech

Q3: Kezia saw these children playing
(a) football
(b) badminton
(c) hide and seek
(d) tag

Q4: How many children did the Macdonalds have in the text titled The Little Girl?
(a) Five
(b) Six
(c) Four
(d) Three

Q5: Why did Kezia tear the papers?
(a) To clean her room
(b) To play
(c) All of these
(d) To fill the cushion

Q6: In the text The Little Girl,  whom did Kezia find standing at her bedside with a candle when she woke up in the dark due to her nightmare?
(a) The cook, Alice
(b) Her Grannie
(c) Her Father
(d) Her Mother

Q7: The father who lived next door to Kezia’s would
(a) make barbeque
(b) play and laugh
(c) water his plants
(d) speak angrily

Q8: Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
(a) Once he beat her for tearing his papers
(b) She thought that he was a hard-hearted man
(c) He used to speak rudely to her and always found faults in her
(d) All of these

Q9: Which family lived in the neighbourhood of Katherine?
(a) The Smiths
(b) The Wilson Family
(c) The Johnsons
(d) The Macdonald Family

Q10: What would Kezia find her mother doing on Sunday afternoons in the drawing-room?
(a) Nothing
(b) Reading
(c) Busy in her work
(d) Talking to her father

Reference to Context Questions

Q1: To the little girl he was a figure to be feared and avoided. Every morning before going to work he came into her room and gave her a casual kiss, to which she responded with “Goodbye, Father And oh, there was a glad sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage growing fainter and fainter down the long road!
(a) Who does ‘he’ refer to in this extract?
(b) What kind of a person was Kezia’s father?
(c) What were the feelings of the little girl towards him?
(d) How did she feel when her father left for office?

Q2: To the little girl he was a figure to be feared and avoided. Every morning before going to work he came into her room and gave her a casual kiss, to which she responded with “Goodbye, Father”. And oh, there was a glad sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage growing fainter and fainter down the long road!
(a) Who is the little girl?
(b) Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
(c) What did ‘he’ do before going to work every morning?
(d) What does this gesture show about him?

Short Answer Questions

Q1: Why was Kezia scared of her father?
Q2: What was Kezia’s father’s routine before going to office and after coming back in the evening?
Q3: Why did Kezia go slowly towards the drawing-room when mother asked her to come downstairs?
Q4: Why did Kezia stutter while speaking to Father?
Q5: Why was Father often irritated with Kezia?

Long Answer Questions

Q1: Do you think the Kezia deserved the beating she got for her mistake? What light does this incident throw on her father’s character?
Q2: Briefly comment on Kezia’s relationship with her grandmother?
Q3: What impression do you form of Kezia’s mother?
Q4: Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers.” Comment on Kezia’s remark in the light of her relationship with her father and that of the Macdonald children with their father?
Q5: How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?

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