Lesson 5

Our Runaway Kite

Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

*1. The keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse is -

a) Aunt Esther
b) Father  ✔
c)  Claude
d) Dick

*2. The family moved over to the mainland in

a) summer
b) spring
c) monsoon
d) winter ✔

*3. When asked about relations, Father looked

a) happy
b) angry
c) sorrowful ✔
d) irritated

4. Claude is the narrator's

a)  cousin
b) younger sister
c) elder brother ✔
d) friend

5. The age of the narrator is

a) eleven ✔
b) ten
c) twelve
d) thirteen

6. The age of Claude is -

a) twelve ✔
b) twenty
c)  thirty
d) twenty-one

7. The narrator and her family would sail back to their dear island with the arrival of

a)  winter
b)  monsoon
c) spring ✔
d) summer

8. People considered the narrator and her family to be -

a) happy
b) bothered
c) quarrelsome
d) lonesome ✔

9. On the mainland, the narrator had -

a) relatives
b) no relations ✔
c) two relatives
d) only one relative

10. The person who looked sorrowful was

a) the narrator
b) the narrator's father ✔
c)  Claude
d) aunt

11. According to the narrator, to have an uncle or someone like that would be so -

a) jolly ✔
b) fearful
c) absurd
d) surprising

*True And False

1. Supporting statement_____________.

Ans. True; Supporting Statement: They said we must be lonesome over there...

*2. Claude and the narrator quarrelled.
Supporting statement_____________.

Ans. False; Supporting Statement: Claude and I never quarrelled.

*3. Nobody on the mainland had relations.
Supporting statement_____________.

Ans. False; Supporting Statement: mainland had relations. Everybody on the

4. Claude and the narrator never felt the absence of any companion.
Supporting statement_____________.

Ans. False; Supporting Statement: Of course Claude and I would have liked to have someone to play with us.

5. The writer's father established relations with others.
Supporting statement_____________.

Ans. False; Supporting Statement: To be sure, Father didn't seem to have any relations except us.

6. The narrator understood each and every word of her father.
Supporting statement_____________.

Ans. False; Supporting Statement: Claude and I didn't understand what he meant.

7. The harbour is frozen in winter.
Supporting statement_____________.

Ans. True; Supporting Statement: In winter when the harbour is frozen over, we all move over to the mainland.

*Fill in The Blanks

1. We live on the Big Half Moon island. 'We' are.___________.
Ans. We live on the Big Half Moon island. 'We' are Father and Claude and I and Aunt Esther and Mimi and Dick.

2. The narrator and Claude had to make____________.

Ans. The narrator and Claude had to make the most of each other.

3.___________ used to puzzle Claude and the narrator 

Ans. That father didn't seem to have any relations, used to puzzle Claude and the narrator.

4. Father is the keeper of_________.

Ans. Father is the keeper of the lighthouse of the Big Half Moon.

5. In winter the family of the narrator had to move over___________.  

Ans. In winter the family of the narrator had to move over to the mainland.

6. The narrator and Claude liked to play the game of __________.

Ans. The narrator and Claude liked to play the game of pirate caves.

7. Their return drew.___________.

Ans. Their return drew pity for them among the mainland people.

*Answer the following questions:

1. What is the 'Big Half Moon' in the story?

Ans. It is a small lonely island.

2. Primarily who lived on the Big Half Moon?

Ans. The narrator her father and her brother Claude livd on the Big Half Moon.

3. Who are the new members on the Big Half Moon island with the narrator?

Ans. The new members are Aunt Esther, Mimi and Dick.

4. Who were the cousins of the narrator?

Ans. The cousins of the narrator were Mimi and Dick.

5. What is the thing that was responsible for the reunion between the narrator's family and her aunt's?

Ans. The kite was responsible for the reunion between the narrator's family and her aunt's.

6. What is the narrator's father?

Ans. The narrator's father is the keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse.

7. What was their father's condition when they asked him a relatives?

Ans. When they asked their father about relatives, he looked very sorrowful.

8. What was their father's remark about their not having relative?

9. What did Father find when he went back home years afterward?

Ans. Father found that his brother had died and his sister was missing.

10. Where did Aunt Esther live?

Ans. Aunt Esther lived hundreds of miles inland.

11. Why did Aunt Esther turn pale?

Ans. Aunt Esther turned pale seeing the letter stuck on the kite. It was the same letter she had once written to her brother, and the names Claude and Philippa were those of her parents.

12. What was the condition of the narrator's father after reading the letter?

Ans. After reading the letter, the narrator's father was crying.

13. How did Dick and Mimi find the kite?

Ans. They discovered the kite on top of a tree in the woods.

14. Why did the narrator's father leave home?

Ans. The narrator's father left home after quarrelling with his brother.

15. Which story did the narrator's father tell the narrator and her brother?

Ans. Father had a brother and a sister. He had quarrelled with his brother and left home. Years afterward, he felt sorry, and when he went back, he found that his brother had died and his sister was lost.

16. How did Dick and Mimi get the kite?

Ans. One day Dick and Mimi were out in the woods. There they discovered the kite on top of a tree and carried it home.




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Ans. According to their father, it was all his fault.


















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