THE SNAKE AND THE MIRROR
By– Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
QUICK REVIEW OF THE CHAPTER
1. What were the author and his friends discussing in the story ‘The Snake and the Mirror ?’
(A) ghosts (B) lions
(C) snakes Ant (D) leaders
Ans. (C) snakes
2. Who narrated the story of the ‘The Snake and the Mirror’?
(A) a homoeopath (B) a teacher
(C) a lawyer (D) a painter
Ans. (A) a homoeopath
3. The narrator of the story ‘The Snake and the Mirror’ lived in a ………….
(A) a big own house (B) small rented house
(C) government hostel (D) temple
Ans. (B) small rented house
4. The sound was a familiar one. What sound does the narrator refer to?
(A) the noise made by rats (B) the noise made by sparrows
(C) the noise made by the snakes (D) none of these
Ans. (A) the noise made by rats
5. Who shared the room with the narrator?
(A) the snakes (B) a friend of the narrator
(C) the rats (D) his parents
Ans. (C) the rats
6. How would you describe the narrator’s vest?
(A) a new one (B) of superior quality
(C) a dirty one (D) none of these
Ans. (C) a dirty one
7. Why did the narrator open the two windows?
(A) to see what was happening outside (B) he was feeling hot
(C) to let the sunlight come in (D) none of these
Ans. (B) he was feeling hot
8. Why could the narrator not sleep?
(A) because of hunger (B) because of pain in the body
(C) because of heat (D) because of cold
Ans. (C) because of heat
9. Which book did the narrator begin to read?
(A) Materia Media (B) The Ramayana
(C) The Gita (D) India of My Dreams
Ans. (A) Material Media
10. What was the narrator’s first decision?
(A) to take bath daily (B) to shave daily
(C) to clean his teeth daily (D) to sleep in the open
Ans.. (B) to shave daily
11. Why did the narrator decide to grow a thin moustache?
(A) to get a job (B) to work in films
(C) to look attractive and handsome (D) none of these
Ans. (C) to look attractive and handsome
12.Of the following what was the narrator’s earth-shaking decision?
(A) to shave daily (B) to grow a thin moustache
(C) to bathe daily (D) to keep always an attractive smile on his face
Ans. (D) to keep always an attractive smile on his face
13.’Again came to that noise from above’ actually who was making that sound?
(A) the rats (B) the snake
(C) the birds (D) some insects
Ans. (B) the snake
14. Why was the narrator sitting holding his breath?
(A) a lion had entered his room (B) there was a man with a gun in his room
(C) a snake had coiled around his arm (D) he was feeling sleepy
Ans (C) a snake had coiled around his arm
15. What did the snake seem admiring?
(A) the beauty of the room (B) its own beauty
(C) the beauty of the minor (D) the beauty of the narrator’s whiskers
Ans. (B) its own beauty
16. Where did the narrator spend the night when he was free from the snake’s grip?
(A) in his shop (B) in his own room
(C) in a friend’s house (D) in a school building
Ans. (C) in a friend’s house
17. Who entered the narrator’s room in his absence?
(A) a thief (B) a snake charmer
(C) the narrator’s wife (D) the narrator’s son
Ans. (A) a thief
18. The thief had taken everything except one thing. What was it?
(A) the narrator’s shoes (B) the narrator’s dirty vest
(C) the narrator’s shirt (D) the narrator’s spectacles
Ans. (B) the narrator’s dirty vest
19. Who is the author of the lesson ‘The Snake and the Mirror’?
(A) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (B) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
(C) Subramania Bharati (D) William Wordsworth
Ans. (B) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer