CBSE Class 7 English I Want Something in a Cage MCQs

Question. Mr. Purcell ran a shop:
(a) of flowers
(b) of pets
(c) of caged wild animals
(d) of doves

Answer: B

Question. In that rough day the air was getting grey with –
(a) Thick frost
(b) Smoke
(c) Dust
(d) All of the Above

Answer: A

Question. Mr. Purcell’s shop very –
(a) Quit
(b) Shadowy and depressing
(c) Bright
(d) All of the Above

Answer: B

Question. The stranger was a:
(a) prisoner for ten years
(b) lover of humanity
(c) desperate being
(d) helpless lover

Answer: A

Question. The stranger was interested:
(a) in the shopkeeper
(b) in the feeding material
(c) in the shop’s maintenance
(d) in freeing the caged doves

Answer: B

Question. Who has a pet shop in this chapter?
(a) Mr. purcell
(b) Mr. johnson
(c) Mr. Parker
(d) Mr. james

Answer: A

Question. what did Mr. Purcell sell in his shop ?
(a) Cat
(b) Dog
(c) Monkey
(d) All kind of pets

Answer: D

Question. What did the customer buy ?
(a) Parrots
(b) Rats
(c) Sparrows
(d) Doves

Answer: D

Question.  The stranger who came to Mr. Purcell’s shop wear –
(a) a cheap suit and shiny shoes
(b) Properly fitted coat and boots
(c) Dirty shoes and suit
(d) All of the Above

Answer: A

Question. The man holding the cage –
(a) Near his eyes
(b) Shoulder – high
(c) Above his head
(d) All of the Above

Answer: B

Question. How many cents are there in a dollar ?
(a) Forty cents
(b) Twenty cents
(c) Hundred cents
(d) Seventy cents

Answer: C

Question. Whenever a customer entered ______
(a) The bell jingled
(b) The door jingled
(c) The window jingled
(d) None of these

Answer: A

Question. What did the man again ask when Mr. purcell offers him rats?
(a) 'no rats'
(b) 'something with wings'
(c) something that flies
(d) All of these

Answer: B

Question. Who slid off Mrs. Purcell’s stool ?
(a) Customer
(b) Neighbour
(c) Purcell
(d) Storekeeper

Answer: D

Question. Mr. Purcell did not believe in –
(a) God
(b) Ghost
(c) Black magic

Answer: B

Question. Besides cats and dogs Mr. Purcell sells –
(a) Monkeys
(b) Rabbits
(c) Cows

Answer: A

Question. How much money did Mr. Purcell demand for the birds ?
(a) Five dollars
(b) Five-fifty dollars
(c) Two dollars
(d) Seven dollars

Answer: B

Question. how did that birds fly in the sky ?
(a) Like wind blown balls
(b) Like a kite
(c) Like a balloon
(d) None of these

Answer: A

Question. What is the meaning of ' Crestfallen'?
(a) Disappointed
(b) Sad
(c) unhappy
(d) All of these

Answer: D

Question. How much money did the customer give ?
(a) Five dollars
(b) Five-fifty dollars
(c) Two dollars
(d) Seven dollars

Answer: A

Question. What did the customer do with the doves ?
(a) Gave to a child
(b) Tossed them into the air
(c) Made them his pets
(d) Took them to his home

Answer: B

Question.  After opening his shop, Mr. Purcell –
(a) Feeds all the creatures of his shop
(b) Sits on a high and read the newspaper
(c) Waits for his customers
(d) All of the Above

Answer: B

Question.  “The liberator’s silent gaze watched after them” – who is the liberator? –
(a) The merchant
(b) The strange man
(c) The doves
(d) All of the Above

Answer: B

Question. He prescribed remedies for –
(a) Pigeon
(b) Monkeys
(c) Ailing canaries

Answer: C

Question. What was his usual first task ?
(a) To read newspaper
(b) To make notes with the birds
(c) To take tea
(d) None of the above

Answer: A

Question. What did Mr. Purcell do than ?
(a) Unhooked the cage
(b) Handed to his customer
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Question.  When Mr. Purcell saw the doves liberated, he felt:
(a) miserable
(b) punished
(c) sorry
(d) insulted.

Answer: D

Question. What is Mr. Purcell compared to ?
(a) A gentleman
(b) A fox
(c) An owl
(d) A cowman

Answer: C

Question. 'Good morning' he beamed . What do you mean by 'beamed'?
(a) to smile happilycorrect
(b) concerned
(c) Sadly
(d) mistaken

Answer: A

Question. Choose the correct the spelling.
(a) Rootine
(b) Routine
(c) Rotine
(d) Rutine

Answer: B

Question. How much money did the customer give ?
(a) Five dollars
(b) Five-fifty dollars
(c) Two dollars
(d) Seven dollars

Answer: A

Question. After working hard as a prisoner for 10 years, he had earned:
(a) fifty five dollars
(b) fifty dollars
(c) five dollars
(d) twenty dollars

Answer: C

Question. The shop was always:
(a) kept neat and clean
(b) noisy
(c) crowded
(d) closed

Answer: B