MCQ Questions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 8 A Game of Chance with Answers
Question 1.
The festival of Eid had
(a) many rotten eatables
(b) many ordinary competitions
(c) a big show
(d) many game stalls
Answer
(c) a big show
Question 2.
Rasheed’s uncle took ‘them’ to the fair. Them’ here refers to
(a) the two brothers
(b) Rasheed and bhaiya
(c) sister and bhaiya
(d) the two sisters
Answer
(b) Rasheed and bhaiya
Question 3.
The uncle instructed them
(a) to move freely
(b) to eat pizzas
(c) not to buy anything
(d) to buy clothes
Answer
(c) not to buy anything
Question 4.
The ‘Lucky Shop’ allowed
(a) people to try their luck
(b) boys to play the game
(c) losers to take prizes
(d) all to take money
Answer
(a) people to try their luck
Question 5.
Rasheed was upset because
(a) he had made money
(b) he had won prizes
(c) he did not win any prize
(d) he was sick
Answer
(c) he did not win any prize
Question 6.
The old man and the boy had
(a) a lot of money
(b) won big prizes
(c) played tricks
(d) bad intentions
Answer
(b) won big prizes
Question 7.
‘Playing tricks’ means
(a) cheating
(b) playing
(c) enjoying
(d) blowing
Answer
(a) cheating
Question 8.
The shopkeeper had made Rasheed a
(a) winner
(b) fool
(c) tradesman
(d) loser
Answer
(b) fool
Question 9.
The shopkeeper was buying back the articles because
(a) he needed them
(b) he was getting rich
(c) he wanted to entice the narrator
(d) he was a generous man
Answer
Answer: (c) he wanted to entice the narrator
Question 10.
The narrator
(a) was trapped
(b) was able to see through the game
(c) started crying
(d) called his uncle
Answer
Answer: (a) was trapped
Question 11.
The people were laughing at the narrator because
(a) he was funny
(b) of his dress
(c) he looked like a fool
(d) he had lost all his money
Answer
Answer: (c) he looked like a fool
Question 12.
The narrator looked upset because
(a) some people were laughing at him
(b) nobody sympathized with him
(c) he had lost all his money
(d) he was not well.
Answer
Answer: (c) he had lost all his money
Question 13.
The friends of the shopkeeper were
(a) two old persons
(b) one old man and a boy
(c) a boy and a girl
(d) two young people
Answer
Answer: (b) one old man and a boy
Question 14.
Uncle told him not to tell anybody because
(a) he could not get his money back
(b) people have no sympathy
(c) he would be rewarded
(d) they would also laugh at him
Answer
Answer: (d) they would also laugh at him
Question 15.
The uncle instructed them
(a) to stay at one place
(b) to eat pizzas
(c) not to buy anything
(d) to buy clothes
Answer
Answer: (c) not to buy anything
Question 16.
The ‘Lucky Shop’ allowed
(a) people to try their luck
(b) boys to play the game
(c) to take prizes
(d) all to take money
Answer
Answer: (a) people to try their luck
Question 17.
The old man and the boy had
(a) a lot of money
(b) won big prizes
(c) played tricks
(d) bad intentions
Answer
Answer: (b) won big prizes
Question 18.
The shopkeeper had made Rasheed a
(a) winner
(b) fool
(c) tradesman
(d) loser
Answer
Answer: (b) fool
Question 19.
Word search
Active, Articles, Cautioned, Favoured, Fortune, Occasion, Occurred, Present, Tradesmen, Urged
Answer
Answer:
Question 20.
Crisscross Puzzle
Across
2. persuade (someone) to do something.
3. come or go back to a place or person.
6. assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.
7. at the present time.
Down
1. went out of sight.
4. a large number of people.
5. give support.
8. by the time.
10. feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune.
Answer
Answer:
Across
2. Persuade
3. Return
6. Promise
7. Current
Down
1. Vanished
4. Crowd
5. Supportive
8. Then
10. Empathy
(1)
Uncle took me to the fair. Bhaiya, who worked for us at home, came with us. There was a big crowd at the fair. Uncle was leading us through the crowd when he met a few of his friends. They wanted him to spend some time with them.
Question 1.
The narrator is
(a) an old man
(b) a young boy
(c) a young girl
(d) the brother of Bhaiya
Answer
(b) a young boy
Question 2.
This was a fair held on the occasion of
(a) Diwali
(b) Holi
(c) Eid
(d) Christmas
Answer
(c) Eid
Question 3.
When the Uncle met his friends, he
(a) took them along
(b) sent them away
(c) went away with them
(d) sent the narrator with them
Answer
(c) went away with them
Question 4.
Bhaiya was
(a) a domestic servant
(b) the narrator’s brother
(c) a man in the crowd
(d) a neighbour of the narrator
Answer
(a) a domestic servant
Question 5.
“Uncle was leading us” means
(a) Uncle was a leader
(b) Uncle was the eldest
(c) Uncle gave the order
(d) Uncle was showing us the way
Answer
(d) Uncle was showing us the way
(2)
The shopkeeper obliged him by buying it back for 15 rupees. The old man went away very pleased. Then a boy, a little older than I, tried his luck. He got a comb worth 25 paise. The shopkeeper looked neither happy nor sad. He bought the comb from the boy for 25 paise. The boy tried his luck again. He now got a fountain-pen worth three rupees. Then he tried a third time and got a wrist watch worth 25 rupees.
Question 1.
The shopkeeper’s obligation was
(a) real
(b) a drama
(c) natural
(d) just what the narrator felt
Answer
(b) a drama
Question 2.
The shopkeeper was buying
(a) he needed them
(b) he was getting them cheap
(c) he wanted to entice the
(d) he was a generous man
Answer
(c) he wanted to entice the
Question 3.
The narrator
(a) was trapped
(b) was able to see through the game
(c) went away from there narrow
(d) called his uncle
Answer
(a) was trapped
Question 4.
The boy was now
(a) alone
(b) with his Uncle
(c) with Bhalya
(d) with a friend
Answer
(c) with Bhalya
Question 5.
The noun form of ‘obliged is
(a) oblige
(b) obliging
(c) obligatory
(d) obligation
Answer
(d) obligation
(3)
Peopic were looking at me. Some were laughing at my bad luck, but none showed any sympathy. Bhalya and I went to the place where Uncle had left us and waited for him to return. Presently he came. He looked at me and said, Rasheed. you look upset. What Is the matter ?
Question 1.
The people were laughing at the narrator because
(a) of his looks
(b) of his dress
(c) he looked a fool
(d) he had lost all his money
Answer
(c) he looked a fool
Question 2.
The Uncle had gone
(a) to roam about
(b) with his friends
(c) home
(d) on business
Answer
(b) with his friends
Question 3.
The passage has been taken from the lesson
(a) Taro’s Reward
(b) A Different Kind of School
(c) Fair Play
(d) A Game of Chance
Answer
(d) A Game of Chance
Question 4.
The narrator looked upset because
(a) some people were laughing at him
(b) nobody sympathised with him
(c) he had lost all his money
(d) he was feeling home-sick
Answer
(c) he had lost all his money
Question 5.
The word ‘presently’ In the passage, means
(a) after a long time
(b) after some time
(c) soon
(d) late
Answer
(c) soon
(4)
You don’t know, child,” Uncle said, they were all friends of the shopkeeper. They were playing tricks to tempt you to By your luck. They wanted your money and they got it. Now forget about it, and don’t tell anybody of your bad luck or your foolishness.”
Question 1.
Uncle was speaking to
(a) his son
(b) Bhalya
(c) the narrator
(d) a child In the crowd
Answer
(c) the narrator
Question 2.
The friends of the shopkeeper were
(a) two old persons
(b) one old man and a boy
(c) a boy and a girl
(d) two young people
Answer
(b) one old man and a boy
Question 3.
They got the money
(a) by cheating
(b) by selling goods
(c) by doing service
(d) gambling
Answer
(a) by cheating
Question 4.
Uncle told him not to tell anybody because
(a) he could not get his money back
(b) people have no sympathy
(c) they would be upset
(d) they would also laugh at him
Answer
(d) they would also laugh at him
Question 5.
The adjective form of foolishness is
(a) fool
(b) foolish
(c) folly
(d) fooling
Answer
(b) foolish