This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Supplementary > The Hack Driver > Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 10 The Hack Driver – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 10 The Hack Driver Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why was the condition laid down by Bishamber for marrying Bholi? A) He demanded land. B) He demanded 5000 rupees. C) He demanded 2000 rupees. D) He demanded car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He demanded 5000 rupees. 2. What job did he get after doing his graduation? A) Partner in a law firm. B) Senior associate. C) Lawyer. D) Junior assistant clerk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Junior assistant clerk. 3. Choose the option that is NOT TRUE.The speaker found 'this side of the city life unpleasant' because A) There were hoodlums who robbed and looted people. B) Dubious, suspicious characters were always lurking in corners. C) Sometimes the thugs would beat him up. D) He had to serve summons for a case. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sometimes the thugs would beat him up. 4. Name the barber in the story A) Garry. B) Mustafa. C) Gustaff. D) Guard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gustaff. 5. Why did the narrator want to find Oliver Lutkins? A) He was required to appear as a witness. B) To serve summons. C) He had borrowed money from the narrator. D) Both a) & b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a) & b). 6. The extract is an example of writing in the style of a/n A) Biography. B) Historical fiction. C) Research article. D) Personal narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personal narrative. 7. Bill took lawyer to many places. Arrange them chronologically. A) 1. Fritz2. Gustaff3. Gray4. Farm. B) 1. Gustaff2. Gray3. Fritz 4. Farm. C) 1. Gray 2. Gustaff3. Fritz 4. Farm. D) 1. Fritz 2. Gustaff3. Farm4. Gray. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. Fritz2. Gustaff3. Gray4. Farm. 8. What was the only pleasant sight? A) Delivery man. B) The weather. C) Raw shops. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delivery man. 9. What was the man's first guess on his purpose to find Lutkins? A) To get money back. B) To present him a summon. C) To arrest him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To get money back. 10. 'But he was no more dishonest than I.' The narrator says this because A) He was more dishonest than Lutkins. B) He was being dishonest to Bill. C) He was being dishonest to Lutkins. D) He was charging the whole thing to his firm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was charging the whole thing to his firm. 11. Who offered the narrator to help in locating Oliver Lutkins? A) Gustaff. B) Fritz. C) The Hack river. D) Oliver's mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Hack river. 12. Where did the hack driver take the narrator first of all? A) Oliver's mother's farmhouse. B) Fritz's shop. C) Gustaff's shop. D) Gray's shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fritz's shop. 13. Why did the hack driver befool the narrator? A) The narrator was new to the place. B) The narrator didn't know anyone. C) The narrator didn't recognise him. D) He was Oliver Lutkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was Oliver Lutkins. 14. Where did the go after lunch? A) Gustaff's barber shop. B) Poolroom. C) Oliver's mother's farm. D) Gray's barber shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oliver's mother's farm. 15. Was the narrator successful in serving a summons on Lutkins on his second visit? A) No. B) Maybe. C) Yes. D) May not be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 16. Who is the author of this story? A) H.G. Wells. B) Sinclair Lewis. C) James Herriot. D) Robert W. Peterson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sinclair Lewis. 17. Who was Oliver Lutkins? A) Fritz. B) Gustaff. C) D)Gray. D) Bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bill. 18. Bill ..... Lutkins' talent for dishonesty. A) Disapproved. B) Admired. C) Despised. D) Contempted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admired. 19. Why did Bholi refuse to marry Bishamber? A) He was mean and greedy. B) She didn't like him. C) He limped. D) He had grown up children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was mean and greedy. 20. According to Bill, Oliver owed him fifty cents for a game of ..... A) Chess. B) Poker. C) Horse race. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poker. 21. Where did the narrator and the hack driver enjoy their lunch? A) At Fritz's house. B) At Oliver's house. C) On Wade's Hill. D) In a big restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On Wade's Hill. 22. What did he hate? A) Unpleasant work. B) The side of city it revealed to him. C) Both of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 23. How far was New Mullions from his place of employment? A) 42 kms. B) 48 kms. C) 45 kms. D) 40 kms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 40 kms. 24. One person mentioned that he had seen Lutkins walking down Main Street.This was an example of A) Sending someone on a wild goose chase. B) Stretching the truth. C) Getting the short end of the stick. D) Being taken to the cleaners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sending someone on a wild goose chase. 25. Who accompanied him on his trip to New Mullions the second time? A) His sister. B) His friend. C) A man familiar with Oliver Lutkins. D) His boss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A man familiar with Oliver Lutkins. 26. Where was the narrator sent one day? A) New Mullion. B) Hill Mullion. C) Red Mullion. D) ' Old Mullion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Mullion. 27. Where did they go for lunch? A) Bill's home. B) Oliver's mother's farm. C) Wade's hill. D) Oliver's home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wade's hill. 28. The streets of New Mullion were ..... A) Slippery. B) Smooth. C) Muddy. D) Narrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muddy. 29. Where did the lawyer have lunch with Bill? A) Bill's house. B) Restaurant. C) Wade's Hill. D) Hotel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wade's Hill. 30. Where did they go after visiting Swede's shop? A) Gustaff's barber shop. B) Gray's barber shop. C) His mother's farm. D) Poolroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gray's barber shop. 31. Who is the writer of the story 'The Hack river'? A) Claire oiko. B) K.A. Abbas. C) Sinclair Lewis. D) Guy de Maupassant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sinclair Lewis. 32. Why did Bholi's teacher consider her a masterpiece? A) She was independent and stood for her rights. B) She was virtuous. C) She was righteous. D) She fought against injustice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was independent and stood for her rights. 33. Who was the hack driver? A) Bill. B) Magnuson. C) Lutkins. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 34. One could say that Oliver Lutkins aka Bill Magnuson did NOT A) Pull the wool over the narrator's eyes. B) Blow smoke about finding the witness in a law case. C) Throw dust in the city clerk's eyes. D) Pull a fast one on the narrator. E) Have the heart to take the clerk for a ride metaphorically and literally. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Have the heart to take the clerk for a ride metaphorically and literally. 35. Why was Bishamber considered a suitable match for Bholi? A) He didn't ask for dowry. B) He didn't know about Bholi's condition. C) He limped but was well off. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 36. From where did they get lunch? A) A) Community meal. B) (d) restaurant. C) (c) cafe. D) (b) Bill's home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (b) Bill's home. 37. Why was Bholi reluctant to go to school? A) She had never been out. B) She didn't trust her father. C) She was afraid of going to a new place. D) She thought that she would be sold like their cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She thought that she would be sold like their cow. 38. Why did the young lawyer visit New Mullion? A) To meet Bill Magnuson. B) To arrest Oliver Lutkins. C) To spend vacations. D) To serve summons to Oliver Lutkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To serve summons to Oliver Lutkins. 39. What was wrong with Bholi? A) She fell and damaged her brain. B) She stammered. C) She was disfigured due to small pox. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 40. From where did lawyer get lunch? A) Restaurant. B) Wade's Hill. C) Bill's house. D) Hotel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bill's house. 41. How much did the hack driver charge as the fare? A) Four dollars per hour. B) Two dollars per hour. C) One dollar per hour. D) Three dollars per hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two dollars per hour. 42. The narrator's expectations of New Mullion fell short because A) Contrary to his assumptions, the place was a visual treat. B) Aligned to his supposition it was a sweet and simple country village. C) Unlike his presumption it was dirty, small town in the outskirts. D) Opposed to his expectation the place reeked with swindlers and crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unlike his presumption it was dirty, small town in the outskirts. 43. The summons for Lutkins were for what case? A) Murder. B) As a witness. C) Cheating. D) Theft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As a witness. 44. Why was the narrator accompanied by another person on his second visit to New Mullion? A) To complete the mission. B) He knew Oliver Lutkins. C) So that he is not befooled again. D) His boss didn't trust him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He knew Oliver Lutkins. 45. How did he expect New Mullions to be? A) Sweet and simple. B) Muddy streets. C) Raw shops. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweet and simple. 46. What was Bill's other name? A) Maddie. B) Magpie. C) Magnuson. D) Magie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnuson. 47. How did the teacher encourage Bholi? A) By giving her a colourful book for reading. B) By encouraging her to speak her name confidently. C) By being patient in dealing with her. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. How did he travel to New Mullions? A) Car. B) Rickshaw. C) Bus. D) Train. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Train. 49. What vehicle did Bill have? A) Cab. B) Autorickshaw. C) Cart. D) Hack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hack. 50. What was the job of the narrator? A) To prepare legal briefs. B) To serve summons. C) To seek the persons to be served summons. D) Both b) and c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b) and c). 51. "Bill seemed to ..... Lutkins' talent for dishonesty. '' A) Admire. B) Dislike. C) Criticise. D) Hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admire. 52. On which game Lutkins owes 50 cents to Bill? A) Chess. B) Golf. C) Poker. D) Carrom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poker. 53. The narrator was sent to New Mullion to serve a summons on: A) Gustaff. B) Oliver Lutkins. C) Fritz. D) Oliver Lutkins' mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oliver Lutkins. 54. The narrator was always stationed behind Bill and never really asked the townsfolk any questions because A) He was afraid the folks at New Mullion wouldn't cooperate with a city clerk. B) Bill Magnuson, the Hack Driver had offered to take him around the town. C) He was being duped into complacency and required to remain silent. D) The clerk didn't expect Bill to enquire sternly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was being duped into complacency and required to remain silent. 55. Why was the narrator disappointed with New Mullion? A) People were unfriendly. B) It was crowded. C) It was a muddy and disagreeable place. D) Garbage was spread everywhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was a muddy and disagreeable place. 56. Where did Fritz send them? A) Gray's barber shop. B) Poolroom. C) Gustaff's barber shop. D) No where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gustaff's barber shop. 57. Why was the narrator distracted from his mission? A) He was enjoying the food. B) He was tired of finding Oliver. C) He was enjoying the company of the hack driver. D) He was enjoying the scenic view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was enjoying the company of the hack driver. 58. What was he supposed to do? A) Fight cases. B) Present legal briefs. C) Serve summons. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Serve summons. 59. How many times did he have to visit New Mullions? A) 1. B) 2. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 60. Fritz looked at me, hiding behind Bill. He hesitated, and then admitted, "Yes, he was in here a little while ago. Guess he's gone over to Gustaff's to get a shave." Fritz's hesitation was on account of A) Taking a moment to comprehend and fall in with the prank. B) Understand what was being asked and answer accordingly. C) Pretend ignorance at the question asked to waste time. D) Confirm that it was him being addressed, before replying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taking a moment to comprehend and fall in with the prank. Next →Related QuizzesSupplementary QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 10 English Supplementary Chapter 10 The Hack Driver Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books