The Snake and the Mirror Class 9 Worksheet English Chapter 1

Multiple Choice Questions

Q1: While looking at the mirror, the doctor smiled, and he found his smile
(a) Ugly
(b) Wide
(c) Attractive
(d) Unattractive
Ans: (c) 

Q2: The doctor described the snake as the one
(a) That had bitten the thief
(b) Thick and ugly
(c) Taken with its own beauty
(d) Very poisonous
Ans: (c) 

Q3: According to the doctor, the thief had a sense of
(a) Good clothes
(b) Logic
(c) Cleanliness
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c) 

Q4: Why did the doctor have very little things to carry?
(a) Some thief had stolen most of the things
(b) The room was too small to keep a lot of things
(c) He was too poor to have many things
(d) Because the storm destroyed most of the things
Ans: (a) 

Q5: What did the doctor do immediately after reaching his friend’s house?
(a) Narrated the incident of the snake
(b) Took medicines
(c) Drank a glass of water
(d) Smeared oil all over his body and took a bath
Ans: (d) 

Q6: How did the doctor’s wife actually look like?
(a) Thin
(b) Short
(c) Fat
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a) 

Q7: After the snake moved towards the mirror, the doctor was
(a) A paralyzed man
(b) A crying man
(c) A man of flesh and blood
(d) A stone in a flesh
Ans: (c)

Q8: From the doctor’s arm, the snake slithered into his
(a) Back
(b) Head
(c) Lap
(d) Leg
Ans: (c) 

Q9: The snake looked at the mirror. Seeing that, the doctor wondered
(a) If it’s going to smile
(b) If it’s going to make a noise
(c) If it’s going to bite him
(d) If the snake was admiring its own beauty
Ans: (d) 

Q10: While sitting wrapped around by a snake, the doctor felt
(a) The presence of devils
(b) The presence of rats
(c) The presence of the ghost
(d) The presence of God
Ans: (d)

Very Short Answer Questions

Q1: What kind of snake did the doctor say was?
Ans: The doctor said it was a cobra, but he didn’t know whether it was a male or female snake.

Q2: What was the kind of house in which the doctor lived?
Ans: The doctor lived in a rented house. It was not electrified. He had an army of rats who were living with him in the room.

Q3: Where did the snake fall from the gable?
Ans: The snake fell from the gable and landed on the floor with a thud. The doctor was not moved as he was used to such sounds.

Q9: Somebody asked, “Doctor, is your wife very fat?”
Ans: Somebody asked the doctor if/whether his wife was fat.

Q10: “Are there any other funny stories related to cobras?” The young wife enquired.
Ans: The young wife enquired if there were any other funny stories related to cobras.

Short Answer Questions

Q2: Describe the house in which the doctor lived when the snake came?
Ans: The house in which the doctor lived, when the snake came, was a rented house. It was not electrified. It was a small room on the outer side. I opened the two windows in the room. It was an outer room with one wall facing the open yard. It had a tiled roof with long supporting gables that rested on the beam over the wall. There was no ceiling. There was a regular traffic of rats to and from the beam.

Q3: What was the thinking of the doctor about the creator of universe when the snake had coiled around his arm?
Ans: When the snake coiled itself on the doctor’s arm, the doctor remembered the creator of the world and the universe. He thought that he might say something that the God didn’t like, what would happen. He then tried in his imagination to write in bright letters, the words ‘O God’ in front of his little heart. He was thinking, if the snake bit him, he didn’t have even medicine in his house as he was a poor doctor and had just started practice. He smiled feebly. He thought that probably the God appreciated the smile and the snake unwound itself and slithered through his lap to the top of the table in front of the mirror.

Q4: Where was the snake when the doctor ran out of his house?
Ans: The snake was in the room when the doctor ran out of his house. It was sitting in front of the mirror on the table. When the snake had winded itself on doctor’s arm, it saw its reflection in the mirror and seemed that it like its image.

Q5: Why did the doctor have to stay in an unelectrified house?
Ans: The doctor had to stay in an unelectrified house, since he had just started his practice and was poor, he couldn’t afford anything better and his means were meager.