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The Accidental Tourist Class 9 MCQ
By- Bill Bryson
1.In the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’, the author reflects humorously on his experiences as a ___________
(a)Teacher
(b)Traveller
(c)Tour guide
(d)Team lead
2.In the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’, the author recalls how he has tried looking for a lavatory in the cinema hall and then ended up in the alley
(a)Of the wrong side of a self-locking door
(b)Of dark street
(c)Of underground parking
(d)None of the above
3.What is the author’s particular specialty in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Packing up at the last moment
(b)Struggling to find out his handkerchief
(c)Returning to hotel desks a couple of times to ask what his room number is
(d)Rushing to the old church before starting off a trip
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4.When was the last time the author had gone for a family trip in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)At Christmas
(b)On his birthday
(c)During New Year’s Eve
(d)At Easter
5.Where was the author flying to on his last family vacation in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Canada
(b)Poland
(c)England
(d)Austria
6.“And here’s where the trouble started”- What was the trouble related to?
(a)Author’s family members
(b)Flight operation
(c)A flyer card kept inside a carry-on bag
(d)Hotel booking
7.“So I pulled on it and yanked at it, with grunts and frowns and increasing consternation”- What does ‘it’ refer to?
(a)The bag
(b)The zip
(c)The flyer card
(d)The bowl
8.What did the author watch dumbstruck in the story ‘‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Things falling from his bag like a cascade
(b)Cats purring at the airport
(c)Fat men howling for no reason
(d)None of the above
9.What does cascade mean in the story ‘‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Outpour
(b)Crawl
(c)Cry
(d)Crib
10.What does concourse mean in the story ‘‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)A vast playground
(b)An open central area in the airport
(c)An isolated place
(d)Diverging motions
11.What rolled crazily across the concourse after falling from the author’s bag in the story ‘‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Coins
(b)Books
(c)Shaving kit
(d)Lidless tobacco tins
12.“My finger! My finger!”- Who cried?
(a)Author
(b)Author’s wife
(c)An attractive young lady
(d)Author’s friend
13.What happened to the author’s hair after shedding blood and being confused in the story ‘‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)He combed once again
(b)Hair went on a panic mood
(c)Hair became fizzy
(d)Hair got drenched with blood
14.What did the author discover after pouring his bag contents on the airport floor in the story ‘‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)He had lost his tobacco
(b)He had lost his identity proof
(c)He had gashed his finger on the zip
(d)He had broken his zip
15.“I can’t believe you do this for a living.”- Who said this?
(a)Author
(b)Author’s friend
(c)Airport authority
(d)Author’s wife
16.“I always have catastrophes when I travel.”- Who always had catastrophes?
(a)Author
(b)Author’ friend
(c)Author’s wife
(d)Author’s father
17.What was the author’s motive because of which he got pinned in a crash position on an aeroplane in the story ‘‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)He wanted to pick up his handkerchief
(b)He wanted to tie his shoelace
(c)He wanted to pull back his chair
(d)He wanted to call the air hostess
18.In the story ‘‘The Accidental Tourist’ what did the author once knock onto the lap of his fellow passenger?
(a)Food
(b)Sweets
(c)Soft drink
(d)Water
19.“The lady looked at me with the stupefied expression….”-Who is the lady here?
(a)Author’s wife
(b)Fight attendant
(c)The lady who got drenched with the drink
(d)Airport security official
20.What was the author’s worst experience during travelling in the story ‘‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Coloring his mouth with pen ink
(b)Drenching fellow passenger with his soft drink
(c)Ripping off his chain
(d)Losing his flight tickets
21.“…….and would remain so for several days.”- What would remain?
(a)Black ink
(b)Ketch up color
(c)Tea stains
(d)Navy blue ink
22.What is the meaning of ‘suave’ in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Sophisticated
(b)Embarrassed
(c)Novice
(d)Famous
23. “I amused her for perhaps 20 minutes…”- Whom did the author amuse?
(a)Author’s wife
(b)Air hostess
(c)A fellow passenger whom the author drenched with soft drink
(d)An attractive young lady in the aeroplane
24.What would the author love once in his life in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Not to sit on chewing gum wearing a light colored trouser
(b)Not to leave 14 inches of coat while closing the car door
(c)Not to spill soft drink on a fellow passenger
(d)Both (a) and (b)
25.“Take the lids off the food for Daddy”- Who would say this?
(a)Author’s wife
(b)Fellow passenger
(c)Air hostess
(d)Author’s friend
26.In the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’, according to the author, he causes maximum trouble when he is flying
(a)With his friend
(b)Alone
(c)With his family
(d)With his colleague
27.“I just sit very, very quietly,….”- Who sits very quietly?
(a)Author’s wife
(b)Author
(c)Author’s friend
(d)Author’s colleague
28.In the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’, what has become a real frustration for the author?
(a)The author never gets frequent flyer miles
(b)The author drenches his fellow passenger every time he takes a flight
(c)The author can’t close the car door without leaving 14 inches of his coat
(d)The author can’t wear light trousers due to fear of spoiling the color
29.In the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’, the author doesn’t get frequent flyer miles because
(a)He forgets to ask during check-in
(b)He is often not entitled
(c)The airlines don’t record them
(d)All of the above
30.In the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’, during which flight the author was going to get zillion air miles?
(a)On a flight to England
(b)On a flight to USA
(c)On a flight to Australia
(d)On a fight to France
31.Who is the author of the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Bill Bryson
(b)Will Bryson
(c)William Bryson
(d)Blair Bryson
32.Why was the author not given a zillion air miles in his card in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)He fought with the clerk unnecessarily
(b)He drenched the clerk with soft drinks
(c)He was not entitled to because of the wrong name on the card
(d)He lost his card
33.“I explained to her the close and venerable relationship between Bill and William….”- Who is ‘her’?
(a)A lady clerk
(b)An attractive young man
(c)Author’s wife
(d)None of the above
34.In the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’, the author doesn’t ___________________ when he is travelling alone.
(a)Eat, drink
(b)Lean over to tie shoelaces
(c)Put pen near his mouth
(d)All of the above
35.“I amused her for perhaps 20 minutes with a scattering of urbane bons mots”- What does ‘bons mots’ mean?
(a)Witty words
(b)Great affection
(c)Sarcastic statements
(d)Anger comments
36.What was the author doing while writing important thoughts in his notebook in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Sucking the end of pen
(b)Drinking his softdrink
(c)Narrating his wife about his travel story
(d)Rubbing off his trouser
37.What is the meaning of ‘disgorging’ in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Demeaning
(b)Demotivating
(c)Discharging
(d)Disliking
38.“I could never go that long without eating. “- Go where?
(a)Australia
(b)England
(c)Bali
(d)USA
39.In the end of the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’, the author mentioned that he couldn’t travel so long, like going to Bali, without-
(a)Spilling his drink
(b)Getting frequent flyer miles
(c)His card
(d)Eating
40.How many inches of the coat the author would leave behind while closing the car door, as mentioned in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)12
(b)14
(c)16
(d)18
41.“Put your hoods up, children…”- When would the author’s wife say this?
(a)During the takeoff
(b)During landing
(c)Whenever the food is served on planes
(d)When the author would go to the lavatory
42.“I have at various times sat on chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrup and motor oil…”- When would the author sit on all these?
(a)Whenever he would be flying
(b)Whenever he would be collecting his air miles
(c)Whenever he would wear a coat
(d)Whenever he would wear a light color trouser
43.Indicate the word that has been mentioned in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’ which is in relation with an earthquake.
(a)Bons mots
(b)Suave
(c)Seismic event
(d)Exasperation
44.What is the meaning of the word ‘Exasperation’ in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Perspiration
(b)Irritation
(c)Disgust
(d)Imitation
45.In the story ‘The Accidental tourist’, how many miles the author must fly?
(a)100,000
(b)10, 000
(c)100,00,000
(d)1 zillion
46.In the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’, during his flight the author would sometime act like someone in
(a)Comedy movies
(b)Romantic movies
(c)Art movies
(d)Horror movies
47.“To this day, I don’t know how I did it.”- What did the author don’t know?
(a)How he sat on chewing gum
(b)How he ripped off the zip
(c)How he knocked the drink
(d)How he waved carelessly
48.“. It was only by clawing the leg of the man sitting next to me that I managed to get myself freed.”- Free from what?
(a)From a crash position after getting pinned
(b)From the everlasting ink stains
(c)From a horrible stare of flight attendant
(d)From an evident fall
49.What is the meaning of ‘yanked’ in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Slapped
(b)Tapped
(c)Carried
(d)Pulled with jerk
50.Which frequent flyer program the author has recently joined in the story ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
(a)Lufthansa Airways
(b)Jet Airways
(c)British Airways
(d)Emirates
ANSWERS:-
| 1. (b)Traveller |
| 2. (a)Of the wrong side of a self-locking door |
| 3. (c)Returning to hotel desks a couple of times to ask what his room number is |
| 4. (d)At Easter |
| 5. (c)England |
| 6. (c)A flyer card kept inside a carry-on bag |
| 7. (b)The zip |
| 8. (a)Things falling from his bag like a cascade |
| 9. (a)Outpour |
| 10. (b)An open central area in the airport |
| 11. (d)Lidless tobacco tins |
| 12. (a)Author |
| 13. (b)Hair went on a panic mood |
| 14. (c)He had gashed his finger on the zip |
| 15. (d)Author’s wife |
| 16. (a)Author |
| 17. (b)He wanted to tie his shoelace |
| 18. (c)Soft drink |
| 19. (c)The lady who got drenched with the drink |
| 20. (a)Coloring his mouth with pen ink |
| 21. (d)Navy blue ink |
| 22. (a)Sophisticated |
| 23. (d)An attractive young lady in the aeroplane |
| 24. (d)Both (a) and (b) |
| 25. (a)Author’s wife |
| 26. (c)With his family |
| 27. (b)Author |
| 28. (a)The author never gets frequent flyer miles |
| 29. (d)All of the above |
| 30. (c)On a flight to Australia |
| 31. (a)Bill Bryson |
| 32. (c)He was not entitled to because of the wrong name on the card |
| 33. (a)A lady clerk |
| 34. (d)All of the above |
| 35. (a)Witty words |
| 36. (a)Sucking the end of pen |
| 37. (c)Discharging |
| 38. (c)Bali |
| 39. (d)Eating |
| 40. (b)14 |
| 41. (c)Whenever the food is served on planes |
| 42. (d)Whenever he would wear a light color trouser |
| 43. (c)Seismic event |
| 44. (b)Irritation |
| 45. (a)100,000 |
| 46. (d)Horror movies |
| 47. (c)How he knocked the drink |
| 48. (a)From a crash position after getting pinned |
| 49. (d)Pulled with a jerk |
| 50. (c)British Airways |
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