Clearing
in the Sky (Mcqs)
By
Jesse Stuart
1. The old man
wanted to show his son
(a) his land (b) his
car (c) his farm (d) patch of clearing
2. What was the weather
like
(a) sunny (b) pleasant
(c) rainy (d) hot
3. How many years
ago the doctor advised the old man to take rest?
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c)
40 (d) 50
4. How many
brothers and sisters did Jesse have?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 7
(d) 6
5. What did the
old man cut with his pocket knife?
(a) a branch (b)
a wisp of alfalfa (c) tomato (d) a sapling
6. Why did the
old man hunt the squirrels?
(a) to pet them (b)
as hobby (c) they spoil his crop (d) to cook them for meal
7. What type of
special tree was found by the old man?
(a) apple (b)
mango (c) coffee (d) tea
8. The clearing
on the top was not more than
(a) two acres (b)
three acres (c) four acres (d) three-fourths of an acre
9. The land was
fenced by
(a) the mother (b)
the old man (c) the author (d) his brother
10. How many
doctors the old man had visited in last four months.
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 7
(d) 5
11. What was the
temperature in the shade?
(a) 97 (b) 98 (c)
95 (d) 99
12. What had one
of the doctors told the old man?
(a) take exercise
(b) eat healthy (c) walk daily (d) not to walk the length of a city block
13. Who threw
green hickory shells at them?
(a) the birds (b)
children (c) monkeys (d) squirrels
14. The morning
wind at the break of the day in ___________ was so good to breath.
(a) October (b) April
(c) March (d) August
15. ______ winds
rustled the big leaves of the trees and they fell like yellow rain drops.
(a) October (b)
February (c) March (d) September
16. What were the
names of their hounds?
(a) Sam &
Scout (b) Sam & Rags (c) Sam & Sandy (d) Rags & Scout
17. The ______ at
the top of the mountain looked as if the fingers of their long boughs were fondling
the substance of a white cloud.
(a) pines (b)
oaks (c) hickories (d) cypress
18. The author had
not visited this part of the form in the last ________ years.
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
(d) 2
19. What is the
meaning of sapling?
(a) herb (b) weed
(c) a little plant (d) none of these
20. Jesse thought
that his father had found a new kind of wild grass, or an ______ or a new kind
of tree.
(a) unfamiliar
plant (b) unfamiliar herb (c) animal (d) insect
21. How many
times the old man stopped to wipe the sweat from his eyes?
(a) twice (b) thrice
(c) many times (d) only once
22. The old man
fenced the land against
(a) pigs (b) stray
cattle (c) thieves (d) none of these
23. He ________
the smell of this wild dirt into his nostrils.
(a) whiffed (b) sniffed
(c) puffed (d) drew
24. The old man grew
potatoes, ________ and tomatoes in his patch of clearing.
(a) yams (b) turnips
(c) pumpkins (d) okra
25. Anything
grown in new land like this has a better __________.
(a) yield (b)
flavour (c) shape (d) smell
26. There was not
a single ________ in the patch.
(a) herb (b) weed
(c) tree (d) blade of grass
27. Stalwart
means
(a) big (b) long (c)
weak (d) strong
27. _______ times
in his life a doctor has told the old man to go home and be with his family.
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c)
30 (d) many
28. What is the
age of the old man?
(a) 60 (b) 70 (c)
80 (d) 90
29. What was the
colour of his bandana?
(a) blue (b)
green (c) yellow (d) red
30. What was the
age of the old man and his wife when they cleared the mountain?
(a) 19 & 22 (b)
20 & 24 (c) 26 & 28 (d) 20 & 21
31. The old man
ploughed the patch of clearing with the help of __________.
(a) horse (b)
cattle (c) mule (d) a pair of oxen
32. What was the
age of the author when his father made him a wooden plough?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c)
10 (d) 12
33. Where did the
author lost his wooden plough?
(a) in the field (b)
on the mountain (c) in the corn (d) in a furrow
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