CBSE Class 12 English Memories of Childhood MCQs Set 02

Question. What did Judewin tell Zitkala?
(a) A new dress is comimng
(b) she will meet her mother
(c) she will go to a new place
(d) her hair would be cut

Answer : D

Question. What was the author’s original name?
(a) Zitkala
(b) Zitkala sa
(c) Zitkala Bama
(d) Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

Answer : D

Question. She had thought that the man carrying the bag was only
(a) making a game out of carrying the parcel
(b) trying to make her laugh
(c) obeying orders
(d) not touching it because it was hot

Answer : A

Question. What was the name of the school where Zitkala studied?
(a) Carlisle Indian school
(b) Carlisle Western school
(c) Carlisle Indonesian school
(d) Carlisle American school

Answer : A

Question. Bama’s elder brother was studying at
(a) school
(b) college
(c) university
(d) medical college

Answer : C

Question. The author enlists numerous things that pulled her to
(a) eat on the roadside
(b) a standstill
(c) take a side on the joy-riders
(d) watch the snake charmer only

Answer : B

Question. How did the scene in the market change Bama’s life?
(a) because of that she decided to study hard and stand against discrimination
(b) she became fearful
(c) she became stubborn
(d) she was irritated

Answer : A

Question. The small girls wore
(a) shorts
(b) tunics
(c) frocks
(d) sleeved aprons

Answer : D

Question. Why did Zitkala find Eating by formula a hard trial?
(a) because of her inability to follow the bell taps
(b) because of too many rules
(c) because of restrictions
(d) none

Answer : A

Question. What is the meaning of untouchability?
(a) segregating a minority from the mainstream social group
(b) not to touch anyone
(c) keep distance from
(d) none

Answer : A

Question. As the author pulled out her chair
(a) the other student snatched it
(b) she slipped into it from one side
(c) the others clapped
(d) the other pupils made fun of her

Answer : B

Question. Who is Bama’s brother?
(a) A boy
(b) A young boy
(c) Annan
(d) None

Answer : C

Question. When did Bama first come to know of social discrimination?
(a) in class 1
(b) when she was in class 3
(c) when she was in class 2
(d) when she was in class 4

Answer : B

Question. Zitkala-Sa was a victim of
(a) racial prejudice
(b) serious crime
(c) rape
(d) a car accident

Answer : A

Question. Bama used to dawdle along from school because she was
(a) too slow
(b) crippled
(c) distracted by lots of things on the way
(d) unable to wait for the school bus

Answer : C

Question. Short hair, in the author’s tribe, was worn only by
(a) mourners
(b) old people
(c) young kids
(d) elderly women

Answer : A

Question. What attracted Bama in the street?
(a) monkeys
(b) the cyclist
(c) Pongal offerings
(d) all these

Answer : D

Question. What did Zitkala mean by Eating By Formula?
(a) Set pattern of sitting
(b) set pattern of standing in lines
(c) set pattern of rules
(d) set pattern of eating decorum

Answer : D

Question. There would always be some kind of entertainment
(a) in the school
(b) in the church
(c) in the bazaar
(d) in the house

Answer : C

Question. Bama’s brother told her that if she wanted to make progress, she had to
(a) learn to cook
(b) study
(c) learn to stitch and knit
(d) learn to drive

Answer : B