This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > English Supplementary > Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 3 The Selfish Giant – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 3 The Selfish Giant Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did the Giant love the crying little boy the most? A) He brought the Giant a gift. B) He played beautiful music. C) He represented spring. D) He had kissed him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had kissed him. 2. How did the children feel when the Giant allowed them back into the garden? A) Angry. B) Afraid. C) Happy and grateful. D) Indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happy and grateful. 3. What must a subject line in an informal email include? A) The sender's full address. B) A closing statementTagsL3D6VEmail WritingEasyVidhyarthi. C) A joke or funny phrase. D) A clear topic or purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A clear topic or purpose. 4. What is second person P.O.V? A) "You". B) "They". C) "We". D) "I". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "You". 5. How long had the Giant been away visiting his friend? A) 1 year. B) 5 years. C) 7 years. D) 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7 years. 6. Why could the little child not climb the tree? A) He was too small. B) He was afraid. C) The tree was too high. D) The Giant stopped him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was too small. 7. The little boy ..... A) Kisses the giant. B) Is scared. C) Is sad. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kisses the giant. 8. The giant ..... the children. A) Chased. B) Liked. C) Loved. D) Invited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chased. 9. Security quickly detained the ..... at the concert gate. A) Selfish. B) Blossom. C) Wound. D) Trespasser. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trespasser. 10. The Giant likes the cold A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. ..... came to the garden when the children came back to play in the garden. A) Spring. B) Winter. C) Fall. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spring. 12. He was a very ..... giant. A) Huge. B) Kind. C) Selfish. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Selfish. 13. ..... puts silver on the dark trees. A) Hail. B) Frost. C) Snow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frost. 14. The giant has been to visit his friend ..... A) George. B) Cornish. C) Corn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cornish. 15. How does the story distinguish between the Giant's garden before and after the children return? A) By showing the garden as always barren. B) By comparing the garden's barrenness to its later beauty and life. C) By describing the garden as always beautiful. D) By focusing only on the Giant's feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By comparing the garden's barrenness to its later beauty and life. 16. Perfume comes through the Giant's window from ..... A) Spring blossom. B) A perfume shop. C) Paradise. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spring blossom. 17. Which sentence from the story best supports your answer in Part A? A) He wondered if Spring would ever again visit his garden. B) The giant sits on his bench, satisfied to hear the laughter and songs of his many friends. C) He hasn't been to visit the Cornish ogre in a great many years. D) And perhaps he will live happily ever after. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The giant sits on his bench, satisfied to hear the laughter and songs of his many friends. 18. Find out the meaning of the word 'feeble.' A) Strong. B) Joyful. C) Weak. D) Opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weak. 19. Why did the Giant miss the little boy? A) The boy had kissed him. B) The boy brought gifts. C) He was his son. D) He had told stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy had kissed him. 20. How is the little child compared in the story? A) To a fairy. B) To a king. C) To a giant. D) To the Almighty Lord Jesus Christ. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To the Almighty Lord Jesus Christ. 21. Which literary device(s) is(are) used in this sentence?" ..... and in it was standing a little boy." A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Inversion. E) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inversion. 22. The Autumn gave golden fruit to every garden, but to the Giant's garden she gave none ..... she said. A) He is shy. B) He is generous. C) He is childish. D) He is too selfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is too selfish. 23. How did the autumn express her anger for the giant? A) She visited every garden but not the giant's. B) She cursed the giant. C) She gave golden fruit to every garden. D) She exclaimed that he was too selfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She gave golden fruit to every garden. 24. The giant's heart melts, with ..... in his eyes. A) Sand. B) Tears. C) Stone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tears. 25. What did the demon put up in his garden to keep children out? A) A wall. B) A notice board. C) A gate. D) A fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A notice board. 26. You let me play once in your A) Park. B) Play ground. C) Garden. D) Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garden. 27. What is the Giant's primary dilemma? A) He must learn that in order to get you must give in life. B) He desires to be alone. C) He is selfish. D) He is immature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He must learn that in order to get you must give in life. 28. What does the word 'sprang' in the above stanza mean? A) Threw. B) Spread. C) Went up. D) Expanded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went up. 29. He spoke with a gruff, masculine voice. A) Soft. B) High-pitched voice. C) Rough voice. D) Sweet voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rough voice. 30. Because when the giant discovered them, the child started crying? A) Never discovered them. B) Because the giant told him he would eat it. C) Because he fell down the stairs. D) Because a bear bit him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because the giant told him he would eat it. 31. What was the Giant hoping for? A) The Giant was hoping for the children. B) The Giant was hoping for his friend the ogre. C) The Giant was hoping for the autum. D) The Giant was hoping for a season change in his garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Giant was hoping for a season change in his garden. 32. What was the first sign of Spring returning to the Giant's garden? A) Crowd. B) Children playing. C) A Nightingale singing. D) A little Linnet singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A little Linnet singing. 33. What did the children find in the garden that made them happy? A) A magical wand. B) A hole in the wall. C) A new playground. D) A treasure chest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hole in the wall. 34. The children used to play ..... A) In the school. B) In the garden. C) On the road. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the garden. 35. What was the "logic of geography" ? A) Why valleys were populated. B) Why cities ran along the river. C) How cities are developed. D) Land and water attracted man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Land and water attracted man. 36. After the long hike, the lake looked like ..... A) Melted. B) Cloak. C) Paradise. D) Gruff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradise. 37. The Giant wanted the children to come back. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. WHO DOES THE GIANT VISIT? A) PARENTS. B) TEACHER. C) FRIEND. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FRIEND. 39. The ..... has a white coat. A) North Wind. B) Frost. C) Snow. D) Hail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snow. 40. Who said:'What are you doing here?' A) The Hail. B) The Selfish Giant. C) The Frost. D) The little boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Selfish Giant. 41. What did the children do every afternoon after coming from school? A) They did their homework. B) They visited their friends. C) They went to the market. D) They played in the Giant's garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They played in the Giant's garden. 42. Why men found reasons to kill each other was ..... A) Easier to understand. B) Not needed to be understood. C) Difficult to understand. D) Not mentioned in the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difficult to understand. 43. The children wanted to fight the giant with ..... but decided not to do it. A) Sticks. B) Stones. C) Nothing. D) Sling shots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sling shots. 44. The Giant put up the boy on the tree and ..... A) The tree became green. B) The boy became green. C) Winter came. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tree became green. 45. The boy is crying becausehe ..... A) Is tired. B) Is thirsty. C) Can't get up into a tree. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't get up into a tree. 46. They ..... go to bed early. A) Doesn't. B) Don't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't. 47. The flowers and trees in the garden ..... without the children. A) Died. B) Thrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Died. 48. What does the wall built by the Giant represent? A) A physical barrier. B) A boundary for children. C) A garden fence. D) Emotional isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotional isolation. 49. What is the 'Paradise' that the Child talks of? A) The Giant's hometown. B) The garden, which is heaven. C) The valleys of the Alps. D) Jerusalem, the Holy Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The garden, which is heaven. 50. Why was one corner of the garden still winter? A) The tree was too young. B) It was shaded. C) It was under a roof. D) No child was playing there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No child was playing there. 51. What does the metaphor of Winter signify? A) Joy. B) Greed. C) Emotional coldness. D) Friendship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional coldness. 52. In ..... 's garden, it stays winter. A) The frost. B) The selfish giant. C) Th North Wind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The selfish giant. 53. Who stopped to go play in the garden? A) A little girl. B) The Giant. C) A little boy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A little boy. 54. Who is the author of the story 'The Selfish Giant'? A) William Shakespeare. B) George Bernard Shaw. C) Oscar Wilde. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oscar Wilde. 55. How does the setting of the garden change throughout the story? A) The garden is always vibrant and flourishing, with no signs of neglect. B) The garden remains the same throughout the story, with no significant changes. C) The garden changes from neglected and overgrown to vibrant and flourishing, symbolizing hope and renewal. D) The garden becomes a barren wasteland, representing despair and loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The garden changes from neglected and overgrown to vibrant and flourishing, symbolizing hope and renewal. 56. What does the word 'delineated' mean? A) Habituated. B) Shown. C) Left out. D) Dispatched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shown. 57. He ..... up at 7:30. A) Get up. B) Gets up. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gets up. 58. With whom had the Giant been staying for seven long years, before returning to his castle? A) With no one. He had gone for a holiday. B) His mother. C) The Cornish Ogre. D) His Irish brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cornish Ogre. 59. What lesson does 'The Selfish Giant' teach about sharing? A) Sharing leads to loss. B) Sharing is not important. C) Sharing brings happiness to everyone. D) Only share with friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sharing brings happiness to everyone. 60. ..... puts its head out of the ground. A) The snow. B) The Hail. C) Th Flower. D) None of the above. 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