CBSE Class 8 English The Case of the Fifth Word MCQs Set 02

Answer: A. The robbers were masked and she saw his face only when a mask slipped for a moment

Explanation:
1. The robbers covered their faces with masks during the crime.
2. One robber's mask slipped down for just a quick second.
3. The clerk saw his face for only a short moment.
4. Because it happened so fast, she could not be completely sure.

Answer: A. Leroy Brown

Explanation:
1. People call the boy Encyclopedia because he reads many books and knows a lot of facts.
2. His real first name is Leroy.
3. His family name is Brown.
4. Therefore, his actual full name is Leroy Brown.

Answer: D. Without the Thursday step the reader could not confidently predict Friday as the missing next day

Explanation:
1. The secret code used words that matched the days of the week in order.
2. Having Thursday in the clue chain makes it clear that the next day must be Friday.
3. If the code stopped earlier at Wednesday, the pattern would not be complete.
4. Without Thursday, a person could not be sure that Friday was the missing word.

Answer: C. Idaville

Explanation:
1. Leroy Brown lives with his parents in Idaville.
2. His father is the chief of police in this town.
3. All the events and mysteries in the story happen in Idaville.
4. Therefore, Idaville is the setting of the story.

Answer: C. The thieves kept it concealed and lay low to avoid being caught

Explanation:
1. The thieves stole valuable jewels from the shop.
2. They knew the police were looking everywhere for the stolen items.
3. They hid the treasure and stayed quiet so no one would suspect them.
4. This kept the stolen jewellery hidden away for nearly five years.

Answer: D. The robbery of jewellery from the Diamond Mart

Explanation:
1. The story is about finding stolen treasure.
2. A store named the Diamond Mart was robbed years ago.
3. The police could not find where the stolen items were hidden.
4. So, the robbery at the Diamond Mart is the central crime of the mystery.

Answer: D. Careful observation and logical reasoning can solve what seems impossible

Explanation:
1. The case seemed impossible for the grown-up police officers to solve.
2. Encyclopedia Brown looked at the clues very carefully.
3. He used clear and simple thinking to crack the secret code.
4. This teaches us that careful thinking and good observation can solve hard problems.

Answer: D. He listened quietly as his father discussed the day's cases over dinner

Explanation:
1. Encyclopedia is a young boy and goes to school during the day.
2. His father, Chief Brown, talks about hard police cases at the dinner table.
3. Encyclopedia listens quietly while eating his dinner.
4. He spots the missing clue and helps his father solve the case from home.

Answer: B. He first cracked the code in his mind, then confirmed it with one precise, evidence-seeking question

Explanation:
1. Encyclopedia did not make a wild guess.
2. He solved the word puzzle completely in his head first.
3. He figured out that the fifth word meant "Friday," which sounded like "fir tree."
4. He asked just one smart question to confirm his answer with clear evidence.

Answer: A. He was afraid of being caught

Explanation:
1. Davenport took part in robbing the jewellery store.
2. He knew police officers were searching for the robbers.
3. He was scared of getting caught and going to jail.
4. Because of this fear, he ran away and stayed hidden.

Answer: B. He read more books than anyone and never forgot a fact

Explanation:
1. An encyclopedia is a book full of many facts.
2. Leroy read lots of books all the time.
3. He remembered everything that he read.
4. People gave him this nickname because his brain was like an encyclopedia.

Answer: C. A sheet from his desk calendar

Explanation:
1. Tim Nolan wanted to leave a secret message before he died.
2. He wrote four strange words on a paper.
3. This paper came directly from his desk calendar.
4. The police found this calendar paper on his desk.

Answer: A. A bad heart condition

Explanation:
1. Tim Nolan was an old man.
2. His heart was very weak and unhealthy.
3. He had a serious heart problem for a long time.
4. He passed away because of this bad heart condition.

Answer: B. The four words written on a desk calendar page

Explanation:
1. The police found four odd words on a piece of paper.
2. Grown-up officers could not make sense of the words.
3. Encyclopedia Brown read those four words very carefully.
4. The words gave him the key hint to find the buried treasure.

Answer: B. Owner of a palm-tree nursery

Explanation:
1. Tim Nolan lived in the town called Idaville.
2. He had a business where he planted and sold trees.
3. He owned and took care of a palm-tree nursery.
4. He hid the stolen diamonds inside this nursery.

Answer: D. Fir

Explanation:
1. The first four clues stood for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
2. The next day in order had to be Friday.
3. Following the code pattern, Friday was shortened to "Fri."
4. "Fri" sounds like "fir," pointing directly to a fir tree.

Answer: B. While they were still on the soup

Explanation:
1. Chief Brown brought the hard case home to the dinner table.
2. The family had just started eating the first bowl of soup.
3. Encyclopedia Brown thought about the puzzle very fast.
4. He cracked the entire case before they even finished their soup.

Answer: A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
1. Chief Brown kept his son's detective work a secret.
2. Leroy was only an eighth-grade schoolboy.
3. Chief Brown knew other adults would never believe a young boy could be such a great detective.
4. Both sentences are true, and the reason explains the action properly.

Answer: B. Careful observation and logical thinking

Explanation:
1. Encyclopedia Brown never makes wild guesses.
2. He looks at small facts that other people miss.
3. He uses clear and calm thinking to connect the clues.
4. Careful observation and clear logic are his special strengths.

Answer: C. Daniel Davenport

Explanation:
1. Tim Nolan signed a legal will before he passed away.
2. Daniel Davenport was his secret partner in the old robbery.
3. Nolan gave his nursery and land to Davenport.
4. He wanted Davenport to take the nursery and dig up the jewels.

Answer: B. Days of the week with certain letters removed

Explanation:
1. The words came from names of regular days.
2. They stood for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
3. The word "day" was removed from each name.
4. Letters were mixed up to make a secret code.

Answer: B. He cleared his desk, put on his hat and went home to dinner

Explanation:
1. Chief Brown did not stay up all night worrying.
2. He neatly cleared his office desk.
3. He put on his hat and walked home to eat dinner.
4. He knew he could share the mystery with his clever son at home.

Answer: C. Leroy

Explanation:
1. Encyclopedia is only a nickname.
2. His father is Chief Brown, so Brown is his last name.
3. His mother and teachers call him Leroy.
4. Therefore, his true first name is Leroy.

Answer: B. Under the fifth word (the young fir tree)

Explanation:
1. The fifth secret word represented Friday, or "fir."
2. Nolan owned a nursery full of palm trees.
3. There was only one small fir tree in that whole place.
4. Encyclopedia knew the jewels were buried right under that fir tree.

Answer: A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
1. Mrs Brown thought the four words had no real meaning together.
2. She read each word as a normal word, such as a country or a tribe.
3. Because she read them literally, she could not spot the hidden day code.
4. Both statements are true, and Reason (R) gives the right explanation.

Answer: B. Days of the week with “day” removed

Explanation:
1. The words followed the order of the calendar days.
2. They began with Monday and went up to Thursday.
3. The letters "day" were taken away from each day name.
4. This created a clever puzzle based on the days of the week.

Answer: C. He was full of knowledge, like an encyclopedia.

Explanation:
1. An encyclopedia is a big book that contains facts on everything.
2. The boy read many books and remembered all the facts.
3. His mind was packed with information just like a big reference book.
4. Because he knew so much, people gave him that nickname.

Answer: C. who

Explanation:
1. Mrs. Brown is a person.
2. In English, we use the word "who" when we talk about people.
3. Words like "which" or "where" are used for things or places.
4. Therefore, "who" is the right word to use here.

Answer: B. He feared no one would believe an eighth-grader solved the cases.

Explanation:
1. Encyclopedia was only a young boy studying in grade eight.
2. Grown-up police officers find hard crimes difficult to solve.
3. Chief Brown knew other adults would never believe a schoolboy solved them.
4. So, he chose to keep his son's detective help a secret.

Answer: B. week, weak

Explanation:
1. The word "week" with two 'e's means seven days of time.
2. The word "weak" with 'ea' means having no energy or strength.
3. Walking a long way last week made the person feel weak.
4. Therefore, the correct pair of words is "week, weak."

Answer: C. He used them to secretly tell where the stolen jewellery was hidden.

Explanation:
1. Nolan stole valuable jewellery many years ago.
2. He could not openly write where the treasure was buried.
3. He used four coded words to make a secret clue for his partner.
4. This secret clue pointed directly to the hiding spot.

Answer: C. Mrs. Brown asked what was suspicious about that.

Explanation:
1. In reported speech, the present verb "is" changes to past verb "was."
2. The question sentence becomes a normal sentence.
3. We remove the quotation marks and the question mark.
4. We put a simple full stop at the end.

Answer: C. He helped his father solve police cases.

Explanation:
1. Encyclopedia Brown was a smart schoolboy.
2. His father was the head of the town police.
3. His father brought confusing mysteries home to the dinner table.
4. The boy listened carefully and helped his father solve the cases.

Answer: C. figure out

Explanation:
1. The phrase "figure out" means to understand or solve a puzzle.
2. The words on the paper looked very strange and confusing.
3. She could not understand their secret meaning.
4. So, "figure out" is the right phrase to complete the sentence.

Answer: B. A sentence made up of the days of the week with one missing.

Explanation:
1. A smart puzzle has a clear hidden pattern.
2. Days of the week follow a fixed, known order.
3. If one day is missing, a clever reader can easily guess it.
4. That missing word points directly to the secret hiding spot.

Answer: B. Mrs. Brown asked Chief Brown if he had searched Nolan's house.

Explanation:
1. This is a yes-or-no question, so we join the sentence with "if."
2. The simple past words "didn't search" shift to past perfect "had searched."
3. The question order changes into a statement format.
4. Therefore, "if he had searched" is the correct form.

Answer: B. He remembered facts and used logic to solve cases.

Explanation:
1. Encyclopedia read many books and remembered what he learned.
2. When a mystery arrived, he recalled helpful facts from memory.
3. He connected those facts with clear thinking and simple logic.
4. This clever method helped him solve every hard mystery.

Answer: C. piece, peace

Explanation:
1. A track or song is called a "piece" of music.
2. A calm and quiet feeling without trouble is called "peace."
3. The artist made a piece of music to bring peace to listeners.
4. Hence, "piece, peace" is the proper pair.

Answer: B. When

Explanation:
1. The sentence tells us about a specific time something happened.
2. The joining word "when" is used to show time.
3. It means at the exact moment he met a hard case, he took action.
4. So, "When" is the correct conjunction.

Answer: C. turned up

Explanation:
1. The phrasal verb "turned up" means to appear or be found.
2. The sentence explains that the stolen items remained lost.
3. No clue or sign of the jewels was ever found.
4. Therefore, "turned up" fits the blank correctly.

Answer: C. because

Explanation:
1. The sentence shows the reason two people became friends.
2. The phrase "because of" is used to give a reason.
3. Their common interests were the reason for their friendship.
4. Thus, "because" is the right word to fill the blank.

Answer: B. My aunt asked if I had enjoyed the family gathering the day before.

Explanation:
1. For questions starting with "did", we connect the clause using "if."
2. The past tense "did enjoy" moves back in time to "had enjoyed."
3. The time word "yesterday" changes into "the day before."
4. That makes option B the only correct sentence.