1.What drove the 'scorpion' inside the house?
(a)steady
(b)rain
(c) water
(d) notice
2.The phrase 'clicked their tongues 'expresses:
(a)The peasants' worries about the sting
(b) The peasants 'sorrow for the mother
(c)The peasants' failure to find the scorpion
(d) none of the above.
3.The scorpion is referred as:
(a)the evil one
(d) ill spirit
(c)poisonous one
(d) dangerous
4.What assessment of the father's character have you made by reading the poem?
(A) He is detached and cruel
(b) He is harsh but effective
(c)He is concerned but helpless
(d) He is a holy man and very pious
5.The Poem is about:
(a) Peasant's concern for the suffering (b)Mother's love for children
(c) Endurance of woman
(d) Father's rationalist approach
6.What did the villagers do when they heard of the scorpion sting?
(a) They were indifferent
(b) They visited the temple
(c)They flocked to the poet's house
(d) They went in search of the scorpion
7.where was the scorpion hiding in the house?
(a) beneath the ladder
(b) beneath the bed
(c)beneath the sack of rice
(d) beneath the stove.
8.The peasants came like 'swarms of flies'. The figure of speech is ?
(a)Metaphor
(b) Personification
(c) Simile
(d) Alliteration
9.A sceptie is a person who:
(a)doubts everything
(b) believes everything
(e) always thinks of God
(d) removes curses
10.Who is the poet of 'Night of the scorpion'?
(a)Nissim Ezsekiel
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Tina Morris
(d) Ruskin Bond.
11.Who was performing the rites to tame the poison?
(a) the villagers
(b)The holy man
(c) the father
(d) the poet.
12.Whom did the scorpion spare according to the mother?
(a) the villagers
(b)the children
(c) The poet and his father
(d) the poet's frienda
13.Who was stung by the scorpion?
(a) The poet's brother
(b) The poet
(c) the poet's father
(d)the poet's mother.