Class 10 English Chapter 1 Extract Based Question Answers - First Flight

Q1: Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
Belinda lived in a little white house,
With a little black kitten and a little grey mouse,
And a little yellow dog and little red wagon,
And a realio, trulio, little pet dragon.

(i) Name the poem and poet.
(ii) Who was Belinda?
(iii) Where did Belinda live?
(iv) Who were her companions?
Ans:
(i) This stanza has been taken from the poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” composed by Ogden Nash.
(ii) Belinda was a little girl.
(iii) Belinda lived in a little white house.
(iv) Belinda had four pets—a little black kitten, a little grey mouse, a little yellow dog and a little red wagon.

Q2: Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,
And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.

(i) What were the names of her pets?
(ii) Who was the sharpest of them?
(iii) Who was a coward?
(iv) Name the poem and poet.
Ans:
(i) Kitten was Ink, mouse was Blink, the dog was Mustard and the dragon was called Custard.
(ii) Mustard, the dog was the sharpest of them.
(iii) The dragon, Custard was a coward.
(iv) The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and composed by “Ogden Nash”.

Q3: Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth,
And spikes on top of him and scales underneath
Mouth like a fireplace, Chimney for a nose,
And realio, trulio daggers on his toes.

(i) Who was Custard?
(ii) What were on his top?
(iii) How did his mouth and nose look like?
(iv) Name the poem and poet.
Ans:
(i) Custard was the pet dragon of Belinda.
(ii) There were spikes on his top.
(iii) His mouth looked like a fireplace and his nose was like a chimney.
(iv) The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and composed by “Ogden Nash”.

Q4: Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:.
Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears,
And Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs,
Mustard was as brave as a tiger in a rage,
But Custard cried for a nice safe cage.

(i) What type of a girl was Belinda?
(ii) Who was Ink and Blink?
(iii) Who was Mustard? What was his quality?
(iv) Name the poem and poet.
Ans: 
(i) Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears.
(ii) The kitten was Ink and the mouse was Blink.
(iii) Mustard was the name of her pet dog. He was as brave as a tiger.
(iv) The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and composed by “Ogden Nash”.

Q5: Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful,
Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,
They all sat laughing in the little red wagon
At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon.

(i) Who did Belinda tickle?
(ii) What did other pets call him?
(iii) Why did they laugh at him?
(iv) Name the poem and poet.
Ans:
(i) Belinda tickled the Dragon.
(ii) The other pets called him Percival.
(iii) They laughed at him because he was coward.
(iv) The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and composed by “Ogden Nash”.

Q6: Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
Belinda giggled till she shook the house,
And Blink said Weeck! which is giggling for a mouse,
Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age,
When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.

(i) On whom did Belinda giggle?
(ii) How did Ink and Mustard trouble Custard?
(iii) What did Custard cry for?
(iv) Name the poem and poet.
Ans:
(i) Belinda giggled and made fun of him when Custard cried for a nice safe cage.
(ii) Ink and Mustard made fun of Custard and rudely asked his age.
(iii) Custard cried for a nice safe place.
(iv) The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and composed by “Ogden Nash”.

Q7: Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound,
And Mustard growled, and they all looked around.
Meowch! qried Ink, and ooh! cried Belinda,
For there was a pirate, climbing in the winda.
(i) Who are ‘they here?
(ii) What did they hear?
(iii) How did they react?
(iv) Name the poem and poet.
Ans:
(i) ‘They’ are Belinda and her pets.
(ii) They heard a nasty sound.
(iii) All of them were afraid.
(iv) The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and composed by “Ogden Nash”.

Q8: Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
Pistol in his left hand, pistol in his right,
And he held in his teeth a cutlass bright,
His beard was black, one leg was wood;
It was clear that the pirate meant no good.

(i) Who is ‘He’in this stanza?
(ii) What did he look like?
(iii) What was his intention?
(iv) Name the poem and poet.
Ans:
(i) ‘He’ is the pirate in this stanza, who had entered to their house.
(ii) His beard was black. He had one wooden leg. He looked scary.
(iii) He did not have good intention.
(iv) The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and composed by “Ogden Nash”.

Q9: Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
Belinda paled, and she cried Help! Help!
But Mustard fled with a terrified yelp,
Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household,
And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed.
(i) Why did Belinda become pale?
(ii) How did Mustard react?
(iii) What did Ink do? Why?
(iv) Name the poem and poet.
Ans:
(i) Belinda paled when a pirate attacked her.
(ii) Mustard fled with a terrified yelp.
(iii) Ink was so terrified that she trickled down to the bottom of the household.
(iv) The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and composed by “Ogden Nash”.

Q10:Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
The pirate gaped at Belinda’s dragon
And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon,
He fired two bullets, but they didn’t hit,
And Custard gobbled him, every bit.

(i) What did the pirate do?
(ii) What did he drink?
(iii) What did Custard do?
(iv) Name the poem and poet.
Ans:
(i) The pirate gaped at Belinda’s dragon (Custard).
(ii) He drank some wine from his vessel.
(iii) Custard gobbled pirate slowly and slowly.
(iv) The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and composed by “Ogden Nash”.