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1. Who had the Giant gone to visit?

A. Spanish Ogre
B. Cornish Ogre
C. English Ogre
D. Indian Ogre

Answer: B. Cornish Ogre


2. What was the North Wind wrapped in?

A. Blanket
B. Quilt
C. Shawl
D. Fur

Answer: D. Fur


3. Where else did the children try to play?

A. Other gardens
B. Home
C. Road
D. Bridge

Answer: A. Other gardens


4. “He did not hate the ______ now”

A. Children
B. Giant
C. Winter
D. Garden

Answer: A. Children


5. Why did the Autumn not give golden fruit to the Giant’s garden?

A. There were no children
B. There were huge walls
C. There was a notice board
D. The Giant was too selfish

Answer: D. The Giant was too selfish


6. What did the notice board say?

A. Trespassers will be rewarded
B. Trespassers will be punished
C. Trespassers will be appreciated
D. Trespassers will be prosecuted

Answer: B. Trespassers will be punished


7. What gestures of the boy enlightened the Giant?

A. Hug
B. Kiss
C. Crying
D. Both A and B

Answer: D. Both A and B


8. What did the Snow do?

A. Covered the grass with white cloak
B. Painted the trees silver
C. Roared all day about the garden
D. Rattled on the roof of the castle

Answer: A. Covered the grass with white cloak


9. “One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music”. Whose music was it?

A. King’s musicians
B. Children
C. Linnet’s
D. None of the above

Answer: B. Children


10. Why did the child not see the approaching Giant?

A. He was not looking
B. He had teary eyes
C. He was not wearing his spectacles
D. He had his head bent

Answer: C. He was not wearing his spectacles


11. Who were the only people that were pleased?

A. North Wind and the Hail
B. The Snow and the Frost
C. The Giant
D. Children

Answer: A. North Wind and the Hail


12. What did Frost do?

A. Covered the grass with white cloak
B. Painted the trees silver
C. Roared all day about the garden
D. Rattled on the roof of the castle

Answer: B. Painted the trees silver


13. What did the Hail do?

A. Covered the grass with white cloak
B. Painted the trees silver
C. Roared all day about the garden
D. Rattled on the roof of the castle

Answer: D. Rattled on the roof of the castle


14. What was the child’s garden?

A. Paradise
B. Heaven
C. The Giant’s garden
D. His parent’s garden

Answer: A. Paradise


15. Why did they not like the new place of playing?

A. Dusty
B. Full of hard stones
C. Both A and B
D. They liked the new place

Answer: C. Both A and B


16. “It bent its branches down as low as it could; but the boy was too ____”

A. Lazy
B. Sad
C. Tiny
D. Arrogant

Answer: C. Tiny


17. Did the Giant knock down the wall?

A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. Not mentioned in the story

Answer: A. Yes


18. For how many years had he been away?

A. One
B. Five
C. Seven
D. Nine

Answer: D. Nine


19. When did the people notice the giant playing with children?

A. While going to the market
B. At twelve o’ clock
C. Both A and B
D. They never noticed them

Answer: A. While going to the market


20. From where did the children creep in?

A. Through a hole in the wall
B. Through the door
C. Through a window
D. By climbing the wall

Answer: A. Through a hole in the wall


21. “He was really very _____ for what he had done”

A. Guilty
B. Sorry
C. Ashamed
D. Sad

Answer: B. Sorry


22. What did the North Wind do?

A. Covered the grass with white cloak
B. Painted the trees silver
C. Roared all day about the garden
D. Rattled on the roof of the castle

Answer: C. Roared all day about the garden


23. Who had the Giant gone to visit?

A. Spanish Ogre
B. Cornish Ogre
C. English Ogre
D. Indian Ogre

Answer: B. Cornish Ogre


24. “He did not hate the ______ now”

A. Children
B. Giant
C. Winter
D. Garden

Answer: A. Children


25. What was the colour of the hail?

A. White
B. Grey
C. Silver
D. Black

Answer: A. White


26. What season was it in the garden when it was spring all over the country?

A. Summer
B. Winter
C. Spring
D. Autumn

Answer: B. Winter


27. What was the North Wind wrapped in?

A. Blanket
B. Quilt
C. Shawl
D. Fur

Answer: D. Fur


28. What did the children try to do in other places?

A. Play
B. Hide
C. Walk
D. Sleep

Answer: A. Play


29. What did the Giant hear in the morning?

A. The music of children
B. The sound of birds
C. The sound of a storm
D. The wind howling

Answer: A. The music of children


30. What was the only thing the Snow did?

A. Covered the grass with white cloak
B. Painted the trees silver
C. Roared all day about the garden
D. Rattled on the roof of the castle

Answer: A. Covered the grass with white cloak

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