Poem - A legend of Northland Class 9 Worksheet English Chapter 1

Q.1. A legend of the Northland, which is a song narrating a story in short stanzas is also called ________.
(a) Song
(b) Poem
(c) Short story
(d) Ballad

Correct Answer is Option (d)
A song narrating a story in short stanzas is called ballad.

Q.2. What did the woman do when Saint Peter asked for a cake?
(a) She started making the smallest cake
(b) She refused to give him cake
(c) She gave the largest cake from the bakery
(d) She gave him some fruits

Correct Answer is Option (a)
She didn't want to give him a large cake so she made a small cake for him.

Q.3. Identify the literary device repetition into the given stanza:
Then she took tiny scrap of dough,
And rolled and rolled it flat;
And baked it thin as a wafer
But she couldn't part with that.
(a) Then she took
(b) Baked it thin
(c) Part with that
(d) Rolled and rolled

Correct Answer is Option (d)
Rolled and Rolled has the repetition of the term rolled.

Q.4. Who was Saint Peter?
(a) God itself
(b) A begger
(c) Disciple of Christ
(d) A traveller

Correct Answer is Option (c)
Saint Peter was a disciple of Jesus Christ and preaching all over the world.

Q.5. What did Saint Peter ask for from the little woman?
(a) A single cake
(b) Something to eat
(c) A loaf of bread
(d) A dozen cakes

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.6. Which cake was given to Saint Peter finally?
(a) Second cake
(b) No one
(c) First cake
(d) Third cake

Correct Answer is Option (b)
After baking three small cakes she thought that they were still too large to give anyone. So she put them on the shelf.

Q.7. The animal which is used to pull the sledges in Northland:
(a) Polar bear
(b) Bull
(c) Reindeer
(d) Sheep

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.8. Why did not woman give a cake to Saint Peter?
(a) Every cake was looking too large to give anyone
(b) No cake was tasty
(c) Saint Peter refused to take cake
(d) Every cake was looking too small

Correct Answer is Option (a)
She thought that her cakes seemed too small when she ate one of them herself but they were looking too large to give away. So she put them on the shelf.

Q.9. When do people go for sledging?
(a) All of these
(b) During vacations
(c) In summers
(d) When snow falls

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.10. The vehicle, which is used to carry things and passengers over the snow in Northland:
(a) Bus
(b) Cart
(c) Sledge
(d) Train

Correct Answer is Option (c)