Extract Based Questions: Virtually True - Class 10 PDF Download

Q1: Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
“The doctors were doing all they could, but in our hearts we knew we needed a miracle. ”

(a) Who said this and to whom?
Ans: Mrs Schultz said this to the reporters at the press conference.

(b) What is the ‘miracle’ referred to in this line?
Ans: It refers to the recovery of Mrs Schultz’s son Sebastian from coma after six weeks.

(c) What had happened to Sebastian?
Ans: Sebastian had been badly injured in an accident and had gone into coma.

Q2: Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
“Dad and I had spent the entire Saturday afternoon at the Computer Fair. ”

(a) Who does ‘I’ refer to?
Ans: It refers to Michael.

(b) What does this line tell you about the character of the two people mentioned in this line?
Ans: It tells us that both Michael and his father are very interested in computers.

(c) What did they buy at the fair?
Ans: Michael and his father bought some of the latest psycho-drive games, a virtual reality visor and glove.

Q3: Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
“As I burst through the swing doors of the saloon, everyone went silent and glared at me. ”

(a) Where has the narrator reached in these lines?
Ans: The narrator has reached the Wildwest.

(b) ‘Everyone glared at me’… what does this tell us about the feelings of the people?
Ans: This tells us that the people were unfriendly.

(c) What is the strange experience that he has here?
Ans: The narrator is joined by a boy of his age dressed as a sheriffa, which meant that the game had two sheriffs.

Q4: Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
“At the top was a picture of the second Sheriff. This time, though, he was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. ”

(a) Who does the ‘second SherifF refer to?
Ans: It refers to Sebastian Shultz, the boy who was supposedly in coma.

(b) Who is a sheriff?
Ans: A sheriff was a law enforcement officer in America during the Gold Rush.

(c) Why had the picture been sent?
Ans: The picture had been sent along with an appeal for help.

Q5: Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
“My hero! ” she squealed. “Take me away from all this. ”

(a) Who is the speaker?
Ans: The speaker is Princess Aurora from the game Dragon quest.

(b) What does ‘all this’ refer to?
Ans: It refers to the danger Princess Aurora was facing while being imprisoned in a tower guarded by a dragon.

(c) Did he manage to take her away? Why?
Ans: No, he got diverted into trying to rescue a boy named Sebastian who was trapped in the game.

Q6: Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
“Better luck next time. Please don’t give up, Michael. Otherwise, I’ll have to stay in here forever. Try Jailbreak. I think it might just work! ”

(a) Who is the writer of this message? Who is the message for?
Ans: The message is from Sebastian to Michael.

(b) What does Jailbreak refer to?
Ans: Jailbreak refers to a psycho-drive computer game.

(c) Does ‘it’ work? Explain.
Ans: No, it does not work as the helicopter refused to move and the boy Sebastian fell down onto the concrete floor below.

Q7: Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
“The tall buildings were windowless and riddled with holes. ”

(a) What place is the narrator describing?
Ans: The narrator is describing the virtual world inside the game, Warzone.

(b) What is he doing here?
Ans: He had come to rescue a boy who was trapped inside the computer.

(c) Is he successful? Explain.
Ans: Yes, he is successful because the boy lands into the helicopter in the nick of time, as it is taking off with the narrator sitting inside it.

Q8: Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
“They ended up at the Computer Fair. And we bought them. ”

(a) Who is the speaker?
Ans: Michael is the speaker.

(b) What is he talking about?
Ans: He is talking about the psycho drive game CDs that had belonged to Sebastian and had ended up in the Computer Fair where he and his father had bought them.

(c) How had they landed there?
Ans: They had been stolen from the Shultz family and sold at the fair.