OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Who is the writer of the story, “Little Girls Wiser than Men” ?
(a) Resnick Halliday
(b) Joan Lexau
(c) Leo Tolstoy
(d) R.C. Hutchinson
2. Which of the following stories has been written by Leo Tolstoy ?
(a) Little Girls Wiser than Men
(b) Martha
(c) The Pace for Living
(d) Koel
3. The names of the two little wise girls are
(a) Akoulya and Malasha
(b) Akoulya and Malala
(c) Mala and Malala
(d) Akoula and mala
4. Two little girls from different ______happened to meet in a lane between two homesteads. :-
(a) houses
(b) temples
(c) churches
(d) masjids
5. Akoulya and Malasha took off their _____ stockings.
(a) handkerchiefs
(b) shoes
(c) hair bands
(d) bags
6. Which festival is referred to by the writer in the story “Little Girls Wiser than Men” ?
(a) Eid
(b) Christmas
(c) Ramazan
(d) Easter
7. It was an early Easter. ______ was only over.
(a) faking
(b) sledging
(c) making
(d) wedging
8. Water was running in streams down the village street due to ______ .
(a) building
(b) sledging
(c) needling
(d) wedging
9. Where do the two little girls meet ?
(a) at the crossroads
(b) in the forest of Amazon
(c) in a lane between two homesteads
(d) at the corner of the church
10. Akoulya and Malasha are the characters of which of and the following stories ?
(a) Little Girls Wiser than Men
(b) Martha
(c) The Pace for Living
(d) Koel
11. The two little girls are of _____ age.
(a) same
(b) new
(c) different
(d) old
12. Their _____ had dressed them both in new frocks.
(a) sister
(b) aunt
(c) grandma
(d) mothers
13. The little girl wore _____ frock.
(a) white
(b) green
(c) black
(d) blue
14. The bigger girl wore _____ print frock.
(a) white
(b) yellow
(c) black
(d) blue
15. Both the girls had _____ on their head.
(a) red handkerchief
(b) black handkerchief
(c) red rubber
(d) blue hair-band
16. They had just come from _____ when they met.
(a) masjid
(b) gurudwara
(c) church
(d) synagogue
17. First, they showed each other their finery and then they began to
(a) read
(b) write
(c) play
(d) fight
18. ______ was the younger girl.
(a) Akoulya
(b) Malasha
(c) Malala
(d) Mala
19. The ______ girl was going to step in the puddle wearing her shoes and all.
(a) bigger
(b) thicker
(c) larger
(d) smaller
20. They walked ______ each other through the puddle.
(a) away from
(b) towards
(c) not towards
(d) behind
21. ______ assured Akoulya that the water was not deep,
(a) Malasha
(b) Mala
(c) Helena
(d) Malina
22. ______ Plumped down her foot so that the water splashed on the Akoulya’s frock.
(a) Malina
(b) Mala
(c) Helen
(d) Malasha
23. The water splashed on the ______ frock .
(a) Malasha’s
(b) Mala’s
(c) Akoulya’s
(d) Malina’s
24. The ____, ____ and ____ of Akoulya got splashed.
(a) bag, eyes, nose
(b) frock, eyes, nose
(c) bag, books, jeans
(d) frock, eyes, bag
25. Akoulya ran to _____ Malasha
(a) strike
(b) embrace
(c) clean
(d) pinch
26. ______ splashed water .
(a) Malasha
(b) Mala
(c) Helen
(d) Malina
27. Akoulya’s ______ struck Malasha on the back of her neck.
(a) sister
(b) aunt
(c) father
(d) mother
28. Malasha began to ______ so that she could be heard all down the street.
(a) howl
(b) laugh
(c) run
(d) weep
29. Except ye turn and become as little children, ye shall in no way enter into the kingdom of
(a) David
(b) Goliath
(c) Solomon
(d) heaven
30. The men looked at the _____ Land were ashamed, and laughing at themselves, went back to his own home.
(a) little girls
(b) big girls
(c) sun and moon
(d) stars and moon
31. The men and women
(a) celebrated
(b) had dinner
(c) went on picnic
(d) quarrelled
32. Akoulya’s ______ tried to calm them.
(a) mother
(b) aunt
(c) grandmother
(d) father
33. Whose grandmother tried to calm the men and women by stepping in ?
(a) Malasha’s
(b) Bhakolva’s
(c) Abdullah’s
(d) Akoulya’s
34. The fighting men and women didn’t listen to the old woman and nearly ______ her off her feet.
(a) knocked
(b) hugged
(c) mocked
(d) shocked
35. While the women were abusing each other, _____ had wiped mud off her frock.
(a) Talasha
(b) Mala
(c) Akoulya
(d) Sabiha
36. Everyone was _____ and no one was listening.
(a) shouting
(b) celebrating
(c) silent
(d) cheering
37. Did the old woman succeed in her effort ?
(a) yes
(b) can’t say
(c) no
(d) information insufficient
38. Malasha helped Akoulya in digging a channel with the help of a chip of _____
(a) potato
(b) stone
(c) tomato
(d) wood
39. “Dear little ______ are wiser than you”, said the grandmother of Akoulya.
(a) souls
(b) bulbs
(c) males
(d) stars
40. What did the two girls do when men started fighting.
(a) started playing
(b) started fighting
(c) started dancing
(d) started abusing
41. What did Akoulya do when women were abusing each other ?
(a) wiped the mud off her frock and went back to puddle
(b) started tearing the frock of Malasha
(c) started dancing
(d) kept abusing
42. What was in the yard ?
(a) Hot water
(b) Cold water
(c) Dirty water
(d) Clean water
43. Malasha put down her foot and splashed dirty water on to Akoulya’s
(a) Head
(b) Frock
(c) Hands
(d) Face
44. Who said, “What are you beating my girl for?”
(a) Malasha
(b) Malasha’s mother
(c) Akoulya
(d) Malasha’s father
45. The two girls forgot their ………… and became friends again.
(a) anger/fight
(b) happiness
(c) study
(d) jealousy
46. In this story, the author shows how little children sometimes behave in a more mature manner than
(a) Adults
(b) Plants
(c) Saints
(d) Animals
47. ‘Walk Carefully’ who says ?
(a) Malasha
(b) Malasha’s Mother
(c) Akoulya’s mother
(d) Akoulya
48. The old woman tried to make everyone understand that as it was Easter, the day should be spent ……
(a) sadly
(b) happily
(c) angrily
(d) jealously
