The Legend of Northland
By- Phoebe Cary
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. “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
5. “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
6. Who will get scanty food in the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’?
(a)Woodpecker
(b)The woman
(c)The poet
(d)Saint Peter
7. 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
8. “When I eat of them myself”- Who is ‘I’ here?
(a)The poet
(b)Saint Peter
(c)The woman
(d)The child
9. “Now, you shall build as the birds do,”- Who is ‘you here?
(a)The woodpecker
(b)The woman
(c)The poet
(d)Saint Peter
10. In the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ , every country ___________ saw the woman-turned-woodpecker in the _______
(a)Child, cottage
(b)Schoolboy, Cottage
(c)Schoolboy, Northland
(d)Schoolboy, Wood
Answers:-
| 1.(a)Greedy and selfish attitude |
| 2. (d)One shouldn’t be selfish and greedy |
| 3. (c)Chimney |
| 4. (b)The woman |
| 5. (b)make a hole in something with a tool or by digging |
| 6. (b)The woman |
| 7. (a)By boring into the wood |
| 8. (c)The woman |
| 9. (b)The woman |
| 10. (d)Schoolboy, Wood |
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