Our Runaway Kite
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Unit - 1
A. Choose the correct alternatives: [Mark-1]
(i) On the Big Half Moon the narrator used to play with her-
(a) father
(b) brother
(c) sister
(d) friends
Ans : (b) brother
(ii) The narrator had her relations in the mainland of-
(a) England
(b) Canada
(c) India
(d) USA
Ans : (d) USA
(iii) During spring the narrator used to live in the-
(a) Mainland
(b) Island
(c) town
(d) lighthouse
Ans : (b) Island
(iv) The narrator felt unhappy because she had no-
(a) parents
(b) sisters
(c) relatives
(d) teachers
Ans : (c) relatives
(v) The narrator would have been happier to live with-
(a) friends
(b) foes
(c) relatives
(d) no relatives
Ans : (c) relatives
(vi) They live on-
(a) the Big Full moon island
(b) the Big Half moon island
(c) desert
(d) forest
Ans : (b) the Big Half moon island
(vii) The keeper of the Big Half moon lighthouse is-
(a) narrator's mother
(b) Claude
(c) Dick
(d) narrator's father
Ans : (d) narrator's father
(viii) The narrator was younger than her brother by-
(a) one year
(b) one and half year
(c) two years
(d) three and half years
Ans : (a) one year
(ix) The harbour is frozen all over in-
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) Spring
(d) Autumn
Ans : (b) Winter
(x) In winter they moved back to-
(a) the Big Half moon
(b) mainland
(c) Ireland
(d) Scotland
Ans : (b) mainland
(xi) They returned to their dear island in-
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) Spring
(d) Autumn
Ans : (c) Spring
(xii) When they returned to the island people-
(a) praised
(b) pitied
(c) suggested
(d) gifted
Ans : (b) pitied
(xiii) The game mentioned in the passage is-
(a) hide and seek
(b) frog jumps
(c) pirate caves
(d) pirate helping
Ans : (c) pirate caves
(xiv) According to them, in pirate caves, playmates need more than-
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) five
Ans : (a) two
(xv) To have relatives means to be-
(a) tensed
(b) worried
(c) jolly (মজার)
(d) gay
Ans : (c) jolly (মজার)
(xvi) When they asked father about their relative father looked-
(a) sad
(b) happy
(c) sorrowful
(d) irritated
Ans : (c) sorrowful
B. Fill in the blanks : [Marks-1]
(i) No sooner does the spring come________.
Ans: they sail back to their own dear island.
(ii) People would always pity Claude and the narrator when________.
Ans: the time came for them to return.
(iii) To be sure, Father didn't seem to have any________.
Ans: relations except them.
(iv) The narrator and Claude thought it would be so jolly to have________.
Ans: an uncle and aunt and some cousins.
(v) What puzzled the children was that________.
Ans: they have no relations except them.
C. Write 'T' for True statement and 'F' for False Statement with supporting statement: [Marks-2]
(i) Claude is elder to the narrator.
S.S: T; I am eleven years old. Claude is twelve.
(ii) In spring they all moved back to their mainland.
S.S: F; As soon as spring comes, back .............dear island.
(iii) People always felt pity when they returned.
S.S: T; The funny part...pitied us....... return.
(iv) Due to the kite there are more than Father, Claude and the narrator.
S.S: T; It is all on account of the kite that there are more of us.
(v) In spring the harbour is frozen over.
S.S: F; In winter when the harbour is frozen over.
(vi) People of the mainland thought that they would be alone.
S.S: T; They said we must be lonesome over there.
(vii) They used to quarrel with the children at the island.
S.S: F; But we used to quarrel a good deal with the mainland children.
(viii) Both siblings used to quarrel to pass their lonesome.
S.S: F; Claude and I never quarrelled.
(ix) Father got excited when he was asked about the relatives.
S.S: F; Once we asked father about it, but he looked so sorrowful.
(x) Everybody on the mainland had relatives.
S.S: T; Everybody on the mainland had relatives.
(xi) Father agreed that it was all his fault that they had no relatives.
S.S: T; He said it was all his fault.
(xii) There were so many to play with them.
S.S: F; There was nobody for us to play with.
D. Answer the following questions: [Marks-2]
(i) "We live on the Big Half moon island"-Who are referred to as 'we' here?
Ans: Here the word 'we' refer to father, Claude and the narrator and Aunt Esther and Mimi and Dick.
(ii) How had they become more than Father, Claude and the narrator?
Ans: They had become more than Father, Claude and the narrator because of a kite.
(iii) Who is the keeper of the lighthouse?
Ans: The narrator's father is the keeper of the lighthouse.
(iv) When did they move to mainland?
Ans: In winter, when the harbour is frozen over, they moved to mainland.
(v) What was considered as funny part to the narrator?
Ans: When the narrator, Claude and father returned, people on the mainland pitied them. That was considered as funny part to the narrator.
(vi) Why did the people pity them?
Ans: People pitied them as they thought they must be very lonesome over the island.
(vii) Why did they (Claude and the Narrator) quarrel with the mainland children?
Ans: They quarrelled with the mainland children as there was none of them on the Big Half moon.
(viii) "This used to puzzle"-What puzzled Claude and the narrator?
Ans: That everybody on the mainland had relation except them, used to puzzle Claude and the narrator.
(ix) How did father react when he was asked about their relatives?
Ans: Father looked very sorrowful when he was asked about their relatives.
Unit-2
A. Choose the correct alternatives: [Mark-1]
(i) Last Summer before the arrival of Dick and Mini, Claude and Philippa were crazy about-
(a) stamps
(b) ballons
(c) kites
(d) toys
Ans : (c) kites
(ii) Claude learned to make kites from-
(a) Philippa
(b) his father
(c) his tutor
(d) a boy on the mainland
Ans : (d) a boy on the mainland
iii) Claude and Philippa made a big kite covered with lovely-
(a) green paper
(b) blue paper
(c) orange paper
(d) red paper
Ans : (d) red paper
(iv) When the narrator was bringing the kite from the hosue, she fel over the-
(a) rocks
(b) tree trunks
(c) boxes
(d) sanddunes
Ans : (a) rocks
(v) The old letter which was used for patching up the kite was lying on a-
(a) book case
(b) table
(c) chair
(d) bed
Ans : (a) book case
(vi) On the Big Half Moon it is always lovely in-
(a) winter
(b) summer
(c) autumn
(d) spring
Ans : (b) summer
(vii) The narrator pasted all over the kite.
(a) silver tinsel stars
(b) gold tinsel stars
(c) diamond tinsel stars
(d) platinum tinsel stars.
Ans : (b) gold tinsel stars
(viii) The narrator and her brother patched the kite up with-
(a) a newspaper page
(b) an old letter
(c) an art paper
(d) a page from a magazine
Ans : (b) an old letter
(ix) The narrator of the above text is-
(a) Dick
(b) Mimi
(c) Philippa
(d) Claude
Ans : (c) Philippa
(x) The Harbour near the Big Half Moon opens in-
(a) summer
(b) spring
(c) winter
(d) autumn
Ans : (a) summer
(xi) The wind was ideal for-
(a) paragliding
(b) aeroplane-flying
(c) ballon-flying
(d) kite-flying
Ans : (d) kite-flying
(xii) The narrator and her playmate pretended to be-
(a) robbers
(b) shipwrecked mariners
(c) adventures
(d) mountaineers
Ans : (b) shipwrecked mariners
(xiii) The narrator fell over the rocks resulting-
(a) being injured gravely
(b) the injury of Claude
(c) making a big hole in the kite
(d) the complete destruction of the kite
Ans : (c) making a big hole in the kite
(xiv) It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon in-
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) Spring
(d) Autumn
Ans : (a) Summer
(xv) Last summer they were crazy about
(a) pirate caves
(b) making sand houses
(c) mobile phones
(d) kites
Ans : (d) kites
(xvi) The process of making kites was showed by-
(a) a boy on the island
(b) a boy on the mainland
(c) a boy on the light house
(d) English boy
Ans : (b) a boy on the mainland
(xvii) Back on the island they made-
(a) sufficient (যথেষ্ট) kites
(b) abundant (প্রচুর) kites
(c) enough kites
(d) less kites than even
Ans : (b) abundant (প্রচুর) kites
(xviii) They loved to play with kite-
(a) hide and seek
(b) shipwrecked mariners
(c) private caves
(d) volley ball
Ans : (b) shipwrecked mariners
(xix) They had a kite covered with-
(a) ugly red paper
(b) lovely white paper
(c) green paper
(d) lovely red paper
Ans : (d) lovely red paper
(xx) They patched the kite with-
(a) newspaper
(b) letter
(c) envelope
(d) card
Ans : (b) letter
(xxi) The letter was lying on the book case in the -
(a) sitting room
(b) dinning room
(c) kitchen room
(d) store room
Ans : (a) sitting room
(xxii) The kite flew up like a-
(a) star
(b) seagull
(c) bird
(d) strong wind
Ans : (c) bird
(xxiii) Their kite had sailed away over to the-
(a) Island
(b) Mainland
(c) Dearland
(d) land
Ans : (b) Mainland
(xxiv) The name of the narrator is-
(a) Claude
(b) Dick
(c) Lucy Maud
(d) Philippa
Ans : (d) Philippa
B. Fill in the blanks: [Marks-1]
(i) The kite soared because________.
Ans: the wind was glorious.
(ii) When the narrator tripped and fell over the rocks________.
Ans: her elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.
(iii) On the kite, the narrator and Claude had written________.
Ans: their full names and address.
(iv) To make the big kite, the narrator and Claude used_________.
Ans: lovely red paper and gold tinsel stars.
(v) When the narrator was bringing the kite from the house she________.
Ans: tripped and fell over the rocks.
C. Write 'T' for True statement and 'F' for False Statement with supporting statement: [Marks-2]
(i) In summer it is always not lovely on the Big Half Moon.
S.S: F; It is always lovely on the Big Half moon in Summer.
(ii) They were crazy about kites after Dick and Mini came.
S.S: F; Before Dick and Mimi came we were crazy about kites.
(iii) They made plenty of kites on the island.
S.S: T; Back on the island we made plenty of kites.
(iv) They had a kite in massive size.
S.S: T; We had a kite that was big.
(v) The narrator tripped and fell over the rocks while bringing the kite from the house.
a big hole. S.S: T; As I was bringing.... tripped
(vi) One day there was a great wind for kite flying.
S.S: T; One day there was a grand wind for kite flying.
(vii) Their kite had sailed away over to dear island.
S.S: F; Our kite had sailed away over to the mainland.
(viii) Their kite had sailed up like a bird.
S.S: T; We started out, and and up went the kite like a bird.
(ix) Claude was looking foolish, when the kite was snapped.
S.S: T; Snap ..looking foolish.
D. Answer the following questions: [Marks-2]
(i) When the weather is fine, how does the island look?
Ans: When the weather is fine the island looks blue and calm with little wind and ripples.
(ii) What did they play with kites?
Ans: They played shipwrecked mariners signalling to each other with kites.
(iii) What had they written on the kite?
Ans: They had written their names full on it - Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon lighthouse.
(iv) Who was the narrator and what was the name of the narrator?
Ans: Philippa was the narrator.
(v) Why did the kite soar?
Ans: The kite soared higher as the wind was glorious.
(vi) How was Claude standing when the kite was snapped?
Ans: When the kite was snapped Claude was standing with a bit of cord in his hand and he was looking foolish.
(vii) How did the kite get a hole?
Ans: The narrator was bringing the kite. She tripped and fell over the rocks and her elbow went clear through the kite making a big hole.
(viii) Who showed them the process of kites?
Ans: A boy on the mainland showed them the process of making kites.
(ix) How did they mend their kite?
Ans: They mended the kite with an old letter lying in the bookcase in the sitting room. They patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire.
(x) What was the kite compared to?
Ans: The kite was compared to a bird.
(xi) How did Claude react when the kite was snapped?
Ans: Claude was standing with a bit of cord in his hand and was looking foolish, when the kite was snapped.
E. Fill in the blanks : [Marks-1]
(i) They were______about______.
Ans: crazy, kites.
(ii) They pasted on kites_______.
Ans: with gold tinsel stars.
(iii) They wanted to sent the kite up________.
Ans: before the wind fell.
(iv) The first thing that came handy was________
Ans: an old letter.
(v) Their kite had sailed to_______.
Ans: the mainland.
Unit-3
A. Choose the correct alternatives: [Mark-1]
(i) Father received a letter-
(a) one month ago
(b) one week ago
(c) after one month
(d) after several years
Ans : (c) after one month
(ii) The letter was from father's sister-
(a) Philippa
(b) Claude
(c) Mimi
(d) Esther
Ans : (d) Esther
(iii) Father left home because he-
(a) did not like his home
(b) became mad
(c) quarrelled with his brother
(d) got a new job at Big Half Moon
Ans : (c) quarrelled with his brother
(iv) When father went back home his brother-
(a) had already died
(b) could not be trained
(c) did not meet him
(d) welcomed him warmly
Ans : (a) had already died
(v) The kite was patched with the letter written by-
(a) Philippa to Claude
(b) Esther to her husband
(c) Esther to her sister
(d) Esther to her brother
Ans : (d) Esther to her brother
(vi) The letter came for father after-
(a) 30 days
(b) two months
(c) one day
(d) one month and half
Ans : (a) 30 days
(vii) The letter was for the narrator's-
(a) mother
(b) brother
(c) father
(d) none
Ans : (c) father
(viii) The narrator's father quarrelled with her-
(a) sister
(b) brother
(c) father
(d) wife
Ans : (b) brother
(ix) Aunt Esther was narrator's-
(a) Mother
(b) Sister
(c) Aunt
(d) none of these
Ans : (c) Aunt
(x) Dick and Mimi were narrator's-
(a) cousins
(b) own siblings
(c) friends
(d) none of these
Ans : (a) cousins
(xi) The narrator's father had received a/an-
(a) parcel
(b) gift
(c) E-mail
(d) letter
Ans : (d) letter
(xii) Esther was Dick's-
(a) sister
(b) mother
(c) aunt
(d) cousin
Ans : (b) mother
(xiii) Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on a-
(a) roof
(b) rock
(c) tree
(d) lighthouse
Ans : (c) tree
(xiv) The kite was patched with a-
(a) letter
(b) paper
(c) red paper
(d) gold tinsel stars
Ans : (a) letter
(xv) The letter was written by-
(a) Mimi
(b) Dick
(c) Philippa
(d) Aunt Esther
Ans : (d) Aunt Esther
(xvi) Father received a letter after-
(a) a year
(b) a month
(c) a day
(d) a week
Ans : (b) a month
(xvii) After he finished reading the letter, father was-
(a) laughing
(b) crying
(c) weeping
(d) scolding
Ans : (b) crying
(xviii) Father left home after quarrelling with his-
(a) mother
(b) sister
(c) brother
(d) son
Ans : (c) brother
(xix) Father had received the letter from his-
(a) mother
(b) father
(c) brother
(d) sister
Ans : (d) sister
(xx) Dick and Mimi found the kite on the top of a -
(a) tree
(b) lighthouse
(c) light post
(d) roof
Ans : (a) tree
(xxi) Seeing the kite patched with the letter Aunt Esther turned-
(a) excited
(b) glad
(c) pale
(d) sad
Ans : (c) pale
(xxii) Aunt Esther's mother was-
(a) Mimi
(b) Claude
(c) Philippa
(d) Dick
Ans : (c) Philippa
(xxiii) According to Claude and the narrator having relatives is the-
(a) wrost
(b) dull
(c) best
(d) ugliest
Ans : (c) best
B. Fill in the blanks:
(i) Dick and Mimi found the kite [Marks-1]
Ans: on the top of a tree.
(ii) The letter used for patching the kite was written by
Ans: Aunt Esther.
(iii) Aunt Esther turned pale when she saw
Ans: the kite patched with the letter.
(iv) The names of Dick and Mimi's grandparents were
Ans: Claude Leete and Philippa Leete.
(v) The narrator and her lost family were reunited by
Ans: the kite.3
C. Answer the following questions: [Marks-2]
(i) How did father react after he finished reading the letter?
Ans: Father's eyes looked as if he had been crying after he finished reading the letter.
(ii) With whom had father quarrelled?
Ans: Father had quarrelled with his brother.
(iii) Why did father leave home?
Ans: Father left home as he had quarrelled with his brother.
(iv) What did father find one year after when he went back home?
Ans: When father went back home he found his brother had died and he could not find his sister.
(v) Who were Dick and Mimi?
Ans: Dick and Mimi were the cousins of the narrator.
(vi) Where did Aunt Esther live?
Ans: Aunt Esther lived hundred of miles inland..
(vii) Where did Dick and Mimi discover the kite?
Ans: Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a tree.
(viii) Why did Aunt Esther turn pale?
Ans: Aunt Esther turned pale as she saw the kite patched with the very letter she had once written to her brother.
(ix) How were Aunt Esther and Dick and Mimi?
Ans: Aunt Esther was dear and Dick and Mini were too jolly for words.
(x) What is considered the best part to the narrator?
Ans: Having relatives is considered the best part to the narrator.
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