The portrait of a Lady MCQ 4

 1) What was the narrator's expectation regarding his grandmother’s reaction to his departure for studies abroad?

a) She would be happy

b) She would be upset

c) She would be indifferent

d) She would be angry

Answer: b) She would be upset

2) How long was the narrator planning to be away for his studies?

a) Two years

b) Three years

c) Five years

d) Seven years

Answer: c) Five years

3) What was the grandmother doing while seeing the narrator off at the railway station?

a) Talking to him

b) Praying and telling her rosary beads

c) Crying openly

d) Singing songs

Answer: b) Praying and telling her rosary beads

4) What did the grandmother do when she kissed the narrator’s forehead?

a) She spoke kind words

b) She left a moist imprint

c) She hugged him tightly

d) She gave him a gift

Answer: b) She left a moist imprint

5) How did the grandmother appear when the narrator returned after five year?

a) Much older

b) Not a day older

c) Frail and weak

d) Sick and bedridde

Answer: b) Not a day older

6) What was the grandmother’s reaction when she met the narrator at the station upon his return?

a) She spoke excitedly

b) She clasped him in her arms and prayed

c) She cried with joy

d) She ignored him

Answer: b) She clasped him in her arms and prayed

7) Who did the grandmother spend her happiest moments with on the narrator’s first day back?

a) Her family

b) Her neighbors

c) Her sparrows

d) Her friends

Answer: c) Her sparrows

8) What did the grandmother do with the sparrows on the narrator’s first day back?

a) Ignored them

b) Fed them and playfully rebuked them

c) Shooed them away

d) Watched them quietly

Answer: b) Fed them and playfully rebuked them

9) What unusual activity did the grandmother engage in during the evening of the narrator’s return?

a) She prayed all evening

b) She played cards with neighbors

c) She sang and played a drum

d) She cooked a feast

Answer: c) She sang and played a drum

10) What did the grandmother sing about while playing the drum?

a) Religious hymns

b) The home-coming of warriors

c) Family traditions

d) Her childhood memory

Answer: b) The home-coming of warriors

11) Why did the family persuade the grandmother to stop playing the drum?

a) It was too loud

b) To avoid overstraining her

c) The neighbors complained

d) The drum was broken

Answer: b) To avoid overstraining her

12) What was significant about the grandmother not praying that evening?

a) It was her usual habit

b) It was the first time she didn’t pray

c) She was too tired to pray

d) She was angry with the family

Answer: b) It was the first time she didn’t pray

13) What illness did the grandmother develop the next morning?

a) A severe fever

b) A mild fever

c) A cough

d) A headache

Answer: b) A mild fever

14) What did the doctor say about the grandmother’s illness?

a) It was serious

b) It would go away

c) She needed surgery

d) It was untreatable

Answer: b) It would go away

15) How did the grandmother view her illness?

a) She believed she would recover

b) She thought her end was near

c) She ignored it completely

d) She was optimistic about it

Answer: b) She thought her end was near

16) What did the grandmother do after declaring her end was near?

a) She talked to her family

b) She prayed and told her beads

c) She sang songs

d) She went to sleep

Answer: b) She prayed and told her beads

17) How did the family realize the grandmother had passed away?

a) She stopped breathing loudly

b) Her lips stopped moving, and the rosary fell

c) She called out to them

d) The doctor informed them

Answer: b) Her lips stopped moving, and the rosary fell

18) What physical sign indicated the grandmother’s peaceful death?

a) A smile on her face

b) A peaceful pallor on her face

c) Her hands clasped together

d) Her eyes remained open

Answer: b) A peaceful pallor on her face

19) What was done with the grandmother’s body as per custom?

a) It was placed in a coffin

b) It was laid on the ground and covered with a red shroud

c) It was taken directly to cremation

d) It was kept in her room

Answer: b) It was laid on the ground and covered with a red shroud

20) What did the family observe when they went to take the grandmother’s body for cremation?

a) The room was dark and silent

b) Thousands of sparrows were scattered around

c) The neighbors were mourning

d) The room was filled with flowers

Answer: b) Thousands of sparrows were scattered around

21) How did the sparrows behave when the family saw them around the grandmother’s body?

a) They were chirruping loudly

b) They were silent

c) They were flying around

d) They were eating bread crumbs

Answer: b) They were silent

22)What did the narrator’s mother do for the sparrows?

a) She shooed them away

b) She broke bread into crumbs and threw it to them

c) She gave them water

d) She ignored them

Answer: b) She broke bread into crumbs and threw it to them

23) How did the sparrows react to the bread crumbs?

a) They ate them eagerly

b) They took no notice of them

c) They flew away with them

d) They chirruped in response

Answer: b) They took no notice of them

24) What happened to the sparrows when the grandmother’s body was carried away?

a) They followed the procession

b) They flew away quietly

c) They stayed and ate the bread

d) They started chirruping

Answer: b) They flew away quietly

25) What happened to the bread crumbs the next morning?

a) The sparrows ate them

b) The sweeper swept them into the dust bin

c) The family collected them

d) They were left untouched

Answer: b) The sweeper swept them into the dust bin