MCQ Questions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 3 Taro’s Reward with Answers
Question 1.
Taro was a woodcutter:
(a) small
(b) young
(c) tiny
(d) old
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 2.
He was sad because he wanted:
(a) to go to America
(b) to make life better for his parents
(c) to study in Oxford University
(d) to earn more
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 3.
Taro’s father wished for a:
(a) cup of sake
(b) glass of milk
(c) jug of water
(d) cup of coffee
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 4.
Though he was thirsty.
(a) he climbed the stairs
(b) he continued his journey
(c) he went on chopping the wood
(d) he kept on cutting
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 5.
‘All of a sudden’ he:
(a) heard a sound
(b) stopped to chop the wood .
(c) fell down
(d) got scared
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 6.
The waterfall was magical because:
(a) it was beautiful
(b) it gave the delicious ‘sake’
(c) of the golden water
(d) of its speed
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 7.
When the old man drank ‘sake’:
(a) his shivering stopped
(b) he started shouting
(c) he became unconscious
(d) he recovered
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 8.
The neighbours hurried out of Taro’s hut:
(a) to tell the whole village
(b) to meet the guests about the waterfall
(c) to cook the meals
(d) to buy fruits
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 9.
Taro saw a beautiful little – hidden behind a rock
(a) Axe
(b) flower
(c) waterfall
(d) drink
Answer
Answer: (c) waterfall
Question 10.
The taste of the water was.
(a) Delicious
(b) sweet
(c) bitter
(d) cold
Answer
Answer: (a) Delicious
Question 11.
‘Kneeling’ means
(a) Knitting
(b) sitting on knees
(c) kneading
(d) peeling
Answer
Answer: (b) sitting on knees
Question 12.
Why did Taro taste the water again and again.
(a) To quench his thirst
(b) as he needs more water
(c) as it was sake’
(d) it was cold water.
Answer
Answer: (c) as it was sake’
Question 13.
What did Taro do when he realised that the water
(a) he has scared
(b) he ran away
(c) he filled a pitcher
(d) he went back to wood cutting
Answer
Answer: (c) he filled a pitcher
Question 14.
What does Taro do for his living.
(a) He makes sake’
(b) He looks after his parents
(c) he cooks food for his parents
(d) He was a woodcutter
Answer
Answer: (d) He was a woodcutter
Question 15.
He earned a — money, though he worked
(a) A little, hard
(b) A little, very hard
(c) The little, very hard
(d) The little hard
Answer
Answer: (b) A little, very hard
Question 16.
A thoughtful son is someone who is
(a) Irresponsible
(b) caring
(c) always lost in thought
(d) a fool
Answer
Answer: (b) caring
Question 17.
The wish of Taro’s father was
(a) To dance in the rain
(b) to drink sake
(c) To go to the jungle
(d) To slip into his bed
Answer
Answer: (b) to drink sake
Question 18.
I wish I __ the head boy of the school.
(a) Had
(b) could
(c) would
(d) have
Answer
Answer: (c) would
Question 19.
Crisscross Puzzle
Chopped, Direction, Earned, Expensive, Fountain, Politely, Rewarded, Delighted, Disappointment, Emperor, Muttering, Pitcher, Procession, Shallow, Shivering, Stream, Sweat, Thoughtful, Wondered, Woodcutter
Answer
Answer:
(1)
This made Taro sadder than ever, for the heart-warming drink called sake was very expensive. ‘How do I earn more money ?’ he asked himself. ‘How do I get a little sake for my poor old father ?’ He decided to work harder than before.
Question 1.
Taro was
(a) an old man
(b) a young woodcutter
(c) a greedy person
(d) poor old father
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 2.
Sake was a
(a) good food
(b) good drink
(c) pure water
(d) medicine
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 3.
Taro wanted to earn more money for the sake of
(a) his wife
(b) his mother
(c) his father
(d) himself
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 4.
Taro decided to work harder. This shows that
(a) Taro was greedy
(b) Taro was poor
(c) Taro loved work
(d) Taro cared for his father
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 5.
The word ‘expensive’ is the opposite of:
(a) cheap
(b) pensive
(c) useful
(d) useless
Answer
Answer: (a)
(2)
Taro saw a beautiful little waterfall hidden behind a rock. Kneeling at a place where the water flowed quietly, he cupped a little in his hands and put it to his lips. Was it water ? Or was it sake ? He tasted it again and again, and always it was the delicious sake instead of cold water.
Question 1.
Taro came to the waterfall because.
(a) he was thirsty
(b) he needed sake
(c) he knew this waterfall
(d) here the water flowed quietly
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 2.
This was a waterfall
(a) to which Taro often came
(b) which Taro had never seen before
(c) which people loved
(d) which was very famous
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 3.
The waterfall gave Taro
(a) water
(b) wine
(c) sake
(d) milk
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 4.
Taro tasted it again and again because
(a) he liked it
(b) it was so sweet
(c) the water was very good
(d) he could not believe the taste
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 5.
The noun form of ‘delicious’ is:
(a) delicate
(b) delight
(c) delicacy
(d) delicateness
Answer
Answer: (a)
(3)
Next morning, Taro started for work even earlier than the morning before. He carried with him the largest pitcher he owned, for he intended first of all to go to the waterfall. When he reached it, he found to his great surprise all his neighbours there.
Question 1.
The ‘morning before’ was the day when Taro had come across’a waterfall which
(a) gave fresh cold water
(b) made Taro rich
(c) gave sake
(d) gave wine
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 2.
Taro brought the largest pitcher he had because
(a) he was strong
(b) he wanted as much sake as possible
(d) he wanted to give that liquid to his neighbours
(c) he was greedy
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 3.
When Taro saw the neighbours
(a) he only expected it
(b) he feared them
(c) he was surprised
(d) he was happy
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 4.
The neigh bours had come there to:
(a) take sake
(b) meet Taro
(c) confirm the truth
(d) quarrel with Taro
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 5.
The noun form of ‘intended’ is:
(a) intend
(b) intent
(c) intensive
(d) intention
Answer
Answer: (a)
(4)
Muttering their anger and disappointment, the villagers left the place one by one. Taro came out from his hiding place. Was it true, he wondered ? Was the sake a dream ? Once more he caught a little liquid in his hand and put it to his lips. It was the same fine sake. To the thoughtful son, the magic waterfall gave the delicious sake. To everyone else, it gave only cold water.
Question 1.
The villagers were angry because
(a) they felt cheated
(b) they were thirsty
(c) they wanted Taro
(d) they had tasted sake
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 2.
The villagers were disappointed because
(a) Taro was not there
(b) the waterfall was not beautiful
(c) the water was not good
(d) they had not got sake
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 3.
Taro had hidden himself because
(a) he was enjoying the fun
(b) he had smelt the danger from the crowd
(c) he hated the people
(d) he was unconscious
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 4.
The truth was that the waterfall was
(a) always giving water
(b) always giving sake
(c) a magical one
(d) simply a dream
Answer
Answer: (a)
Question 5.
The word muttering means
(a) cursing
(c) speaking
(b) crying
(d) complaining
Answer
Answer: (a)