1) The document contains a 30 question quiz about the short story "Honeydew" by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. 2) The questions cover details about characters, plot points, meanings of words used in the story, and themes. 3) The quiz is meant to test the reader's comprehension of the short story.

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Honeydew
30 Questions
The lesson “This is Jody’s fawn” is written by _____
a) Jody b) Penny
c) Shashikanta Das d) Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“It was _____ to feel its tongue against his hand”
a) Ecstasy b) Irritating
c) Disgusting d) None of the above
What is the meaning of the word “light-headed”?
a) Unable to think clearly b) Feeling light
c) Feeling dizzy d) None of the above
Why did Jody’s heart thump?
a) He was tired b) Because of lifting the fawn
c) He was marvel at its acceptance of him d) All of the above

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What did the fawn smell of?
a) Dirt b) Grass
c) Rain d) lake
“The touch made him delirious”. What is the meaning of
the word “delirious”?
a) Extremely excited b) Afraid
c) Unexcited d) None of the above
What acted as a compass in the forest?
a) The tall pine b) Bushes
c) Buzzards d) Cat footprints
Who said “Nothing in the world comes quite free”?
a) Mill-wheel b) Penny
c) Jody d) Doc Wilson
What do you mean by “hemmed in”
a) Caught in a situation where one can’t say
‘yes’
b) Caught in a situation where one can’t say
‘no’
c) Caught in a situation where one can’t say
anything at all
d) None of the Above
The buzzard is
a) a big animal that hunts and kills b) a bird that ies high in the sky
c) a bird which makes much noise d) a large bird like the vulture

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The author says “Cambridge was my metaphor for
England”. It means that for him
a) Cambridge was as important as England b) England was more important than
Cambridge
c) Cambridge was the only important thing in
England
d) Cambridge and England were the same.
Firdaus Kanga is a
a) scientist b) journalist
c) friend of Hawking d) politician
Hawking was a
a) scientist b) journalist
c) friend of Kanga d) politician
Hawking felt amused when people
a) sympathized with him b) Patronised him
c) disturbed him d) loved him
The advice given by Hawking to other disabled people was
a) To concentrate on what they were good at b) To master the art of writing
c) To learn to smile and laugh at their
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d) To not meet any people
The phrase ‘reach out’ means
a) Walk b) move your hand
c) go out d) try to get

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Stephen Hawking succeeded __________.
a) Isaac Newton b) Einstein
c) Thomas Edison d) None of the above
“I know what you mean.” I remembered the years I’d
spent trying to play a Spanish guitar considerably larger
than I was ; and how gleefully I had unstringed it one
night. What did the speaker gleefully do ?
a) he played on the guitar b) he threw the Guiter away
c) he broke the strings of the guitar d) he became quiet
“I know what you mean.” I remembered the years I’d
spent trying to play a Spanish guitar considerably larger
than I was ; and how gleefully I had unstringed it one
night. The speaker of the above lines is
a) Firdaus Kanga b) Hawking
c) Hawking’s assistant d) Newton
The only thing that makes you stronger is seeing
somebody like you, achieving something huge. Then you
know how much is possible and you reach out further
than you ever thought you could. The speaker in these
lines is talking of
a) himself b) Stephen Hawking
c) Hawking’s assistant d) disabled people
Monsoon rain is
a) cold and unpleasant b) very small
c) warm and humid d) hot

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The drongos
a) sing like minivets b) are very beautiful
c) are there in all seasons d) charge the minivets away
Insectivorous birds are happy in the monsoon season
a) as they get plenty of food b) because they breed in this season
c) because they love water d) as the weather is to their liking
Who are the obnoxious visitors that arrive at the hill
station?
a) Leopards and leeches b) Drongos and minivets
c) Drongos and leopards d) Leopards and minivates
Fearing whom does the leopards run away?
a) Bijju b) Bijju's sister
c) Bijju's grandmother d) Bijju's mother
The word‘ravine ’ means …….
a) Earth b) valley
c) Hillside d) plains
It is a good sound to read by—the rain outside, the quiet
within—and, although tin roofs are given to springing
unaccountable leaks, there is a feeling of being
untouched by, and yet in touch with, the rain. The word
‘springing’ here means
a) jumping b) creating
c) a season d) nishing

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It is a good sound to read by—the rain outside, the quiet
within—and, although tin roofs are given to springing
unaccountable leaks, there is a feeling of being
untouched by, and yet in touch with, the rain. The ‘good
sound’ is produced by
a) tin roofs only b) rain only
c) rain and tin roofs d) rain and leaks
It is a good sound to read by—the rain outside, the quiet
within—and, although tin roofs are given to springing
unaccountable leaks, there is a feeling of being
untouched by, and yet in touch with, the rain.
Here, the author is praising
a) tin roofs b) rain
c) sprining d) leaks
Through the mist Bijju is calling to his sister. I can hear
him running about on the hillside but I cannot see him.
The passage is written by
a) Satyajit Ray b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Nathaniel Hawthorne d) Ruskin Bond

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Answer Key
1. d
2. a
3. a
4. c
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. d
11. c
12. b
13. a
14. b
15. a
16. d
17. a
18. c
19. a
20. d
21. c
22. d
23. a
24. a
25. c
26. b
27. b
28. c
29. a
30. d