A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND
Class 9 MCQs
1.“I don’t believe ’is true;” – Who doesn’t believe this in A Legend of Northland?
(a)The legend (b)The poet (c)Saint Peter (d)The woman
2. What are sledges?
(a)Motorized vehicles (b)Bullock carts
(c)Vehicles pulled by draught animals in snow regions (d)Huge ships
3. “They tell them a curious story”-What is the story about?
(a)Northland (b)Children of Northland (c)Sledges (d)Saint Peter
4. What did Saint Peter do?
(a)Told story to the children (b)Helped to build up sledges
(c)Convey administrative information (d)Preach around
5. While preaching round the world, Saint Peter came to the door of a __________
(a)Cottage (b)Clubhouse (c)Cinema (d)Poor man
6. What was the little woman at the cottage doing in A Legend of The Northland?
(a)Cooking (b)Cleaning (c)Sewing (d)Baking
7. What does ‘hearth’ mean?
(a)A fireplace (b)A cottage (c)A wooden clamp (d)Gas cylinder
8. “And being faint with fasting”-Who was fasting?
(a)The poet (b)The little woman (c)Saint Peter (d)Birds
9. How many cakes Saint Peter asked from the little woman?
(a)2 (b)3 (c)1 (d)None
10. “He asked her, from her store of cakes,”- Who is ‘he’ here?
(a)The poet (b)Poet’s acquaintance (c)Saint Peter (d)A stranger at the door
11. The woman in ‘A Legend of the Northland’ got cursed by the saint due to her
(a)Greedy and selfish attitude (b)Mistakes in life (c)Pride in life (d)Needy attitude
12. What is the central theme of the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’?
(a)One should be humble (b)One should give cakes to saints
(c)One should be grateful to God (d)One shouldn’t be selfish and greedy
13. The woman in ‘A Legend of the Northland’ turned into a bird and came out through a
(a)Narrow lane (b)Shack (c)Chimney (d)Well
14. “Never speaking a word,”- Who never spoke a word in the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’?
(a)The poet (b)The woman (c)Saint Peter (d)The children in Northland
15. “By boring, and boring, and boring,”- What does boring mean here?
(a)Dull (b)make a hole in something with a tool or by digging
(c)Baking cakes (d)None of the above.
16. Who will get scanty food in the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’?
(a)Woodpecker (b)The woman (c)The poet (d)Saint Peter
17. How will the woman in ‘A Legend of the Northland’ build her house as a bird?
(a)By boring into the wood (b)By clay and mud
(c)With the help of little children (d)With the help of God
18. “When I eat of them myself”- Who is ‘I’ here?
(a)The poet (b)Saint Peter (c)The woman (d)The child
19. “Now, you shall build as the birds do,”- Who is ‘you here?
Class 9 MCQs
1.“I don’t believe ’is true;” – Who doesn’t believe this in A Legend of Northland?
(a)The legend (b)The poet (c)Saint Peter (d)The woman
2. What are sledges?
(a)Motorized vehicles (b)Bullock carts
(c)Vehicles pulled by draught animals in snow regions (d)Huge ships
3. “They tell them a curious story”-What is the story about?
(a)Northland (b)Children of Northland (c)Sledges (d)Saint Peter
4. What did Saint Peter do?
(a)Told story to the children (b)Helped to build up sledges
(c)Convey administrative information (d)Preach around
5. While preaching round the world, Saint Peter came to the door of a __________
(a)Cottage (b)Clubhouse (c)Cinema (d)Poor man
6. What was the little woman at the cottage doing in A Legend of The Northland?
(a)Cooking (b)Cleaning (c)Sewing (d)Baking
7. What does ‘hearth’ mean?
(a)A fireplace (b)A cottage (c)A wooden clamp (d)Gas cylinder
8. “And being faint with fasting”-Who was fasting?
(a)The poet (b)The little woman (c)Saint Peter (d)Birds
9. How many cakes Saint Peter asked from the little woman?
(a)2 (b)3 (c)1 (d)None
10. “He asked her, from her store of cakes,”- Who is ‘he’ here?
(a)The poet (b)Poet’s acquaintance (c)Saint Peter (d)A stranger at the door
11. The woman in ‘A Legend of the Northland’ got cursed by the saint due to her
(a)Greedy and selfish attitude (b)Mistakes in life (c)Pride in life (d)Needy attitude
12. What is the central theme of the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’?
(a)One should be humble (b)One should give cakes to saints
(c)One should be grateful to God (d)One shouldn’t be selfish and greedy
13. The woman in ‘A Legend of the Northland’ turned into a bird and came out through a
(a)Narrow lane (b)Shack (c)Chimney (d)Well
14. “Never speaking a word,”- Who never spoke a word in the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’?
(a)The poet (b)The woman (c)Saint Peter (d)The children in Northland
15. “By boring, and boring, and boring,”- What does boring mean here?
(a)Dull (b)make a hole in something with a tool or by digging
(c)Baking cakes (d)None of the above.
16. Who will get scanty food in the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’?
(a)Woodpecker (b)The woman (c)The poet (d)Saint Peter
17. How will the woman in ‘A Legend of the Northland’ build her house as a bird?
(a)By boring into the wood (b)By clay and mud
(c)With the help of little children (d)With the help of God
18. “When I eat of them myself”- Who is ‘I’ here?
(a)The poet (b)Saint Peter (c)The woman (d)The child
19. “Now, you shall build as the birds do,”- Who is ‘you here?
