This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > English > Supplementary A House Is Not A Home > Class 9 English Supplementary Chapter 8 A House Is Not A Home – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Supplementary Chapter 8 A House Is Not A Home Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did the author cry after the fire? A) Because of smoke. B) Because he was not able to find his cat. C) Because smoke choked his throat. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he was not able to find his cat. 2. Who is the author of the story House is not a home? A) JK Rowling. B) Charles Dickens. C) Gieve Patel. D) Zan Gaudioso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zan Gaudioso. 3. The story started with the entering of the narrator to the A) College. B) Juniour school. C) High school. D) University. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High school. 4. What did Zan's cat do to entertain herself? A) Jump on the bed. B) Would hit Zan's pen with its tail. C) Shout and cry meow. D) Make funny noises. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would hit Zan's pen with its tail. 5. What was zan's problem discussed? A) Changing the school. B) Dad's death. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changing the school. 6. What did the author lose in the fire?' A) School shoes. B) Uniform. C) Bag and-books. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. What advice did the narrator's old teachers give him? A) Avoid making new friends. B) Get involved in school activities. C) Ignore the new environment. D) Focus only on studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get involved in school activities. 8. Who used to wake up the cat? A) Zan's mother. B) Zan's aunt. C) I'll. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'll. 9. What made the narrator feel like an outcast in his new school? A) The size of the school. B) His lack of friends and belongings after the fire. C) His grades. D) The behavior of teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His lack of friends and belongings after the fire. 10. What was the narrator hoping to find in the rubble of their house? A) Their identification documents. B) Their cat. C) Their school supplies. D) Their photo albums. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their cat. 11. The narrator was able to fit into the new school very easily. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Who noticed the fire first? A) Zan's friends. B) Zan's mother. C) I'll. D) Zan's grandmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'll. 13. Who made a collection of money for the author? A) The students in the new high school. B) Neighbours. C) Social workers. D) The teachers in the old primary school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The students in the new high school. 14. What did the small metal box contain? A) Important documents. B) Pictures. C) Author's books. D) Letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Important documents. 15. Why did the author run to her neighbour's house? A) To ask for help. B) To call the fire department. C) To get water. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To call the fire department. 16. The author was a freshman at ..... A) Junior school. B) High school. C) Senior secondary school. D) Senior school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High school. 17. Zan's companion was a A) Cat. B) Dog. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cat. 18. What was there on the cat's collar? A) Author's family name. B) Author's name. C) Cat's name. D) Author's phone number. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Author's phone number. 19. Where did the author run when the fire broke out? A) To his neighbour's house. B) To his grandparents. C) On the roof. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To his neighbour's house. 20. The author's ..... was written on the ..... of the cat. A) Phone number, collar. B) Address, coat. C) Phone number, tag. D) Address, collar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phone number, collar. 21. Which word among the following means "covered" ? A) Awkward. B) Groped. C) Swatting. D) Engulfed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Engulfed. 22. How did the narrator feel after receiving help from his schoolmates? A) Embarrassed. B) Indifferent. C) Grateful and less lonely. D) Annoyed by the attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grateful and less lonely. 23. What changed Zan's perception of life and made him accept his new life? A) His new friends' compassionate behaviour. B) Arrangement of all basic necessities by his classmates. C) When his new friends started inviting him to their place. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 24. Important documents were saved by A) Zan's mom. B) Firemen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zan's mom. 25. Zan's mother borrowed some money from Zan's A) Grandparents. B) Relatives. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grandparents. 26. "She's going to be okay, " said the fireman. "She justinhaled a little smoke." And then he ran back to fight the fire while my mother and I sat there dazed. I remember watching my house burn down and thinking that there was nothing I could do about it.Who does 'She' refer to- A) A neighbor. B) A woman. C) His mother. D) A pet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His mother. 27. What is a house? A) A building which people use to live. B) A place. C) A property. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A building which people use to live. 28. The author was a freshman in the first year of A) Middle school. B) High school. C) Junior school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High school. 29. What makes the matter worse? A) His friend joined different school. B) He was new to school. C) The school was a big one. D) He did not make any new friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His friend joined different school. 30. What lesson does the narrator learn through his experience? A) Material possessions are the most important. B) Friends and community can help overcome challenges. C) It is best to rely only on oneself. D) Change is always bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friends and community can help overcome challenges. 31. Where did the author go to when the fire broke out? A) To his cat. B) To his mom. C) To his neighbours house. D) To the fire department. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To his neighbours house. 32. Meaning of rescue A) Saved. B) Helped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saved. 33. Who did the author find missing after the fire accident? A) His pet dog. B) His mom. C) His pet cat. D) His aunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His pet cat. 34. "She was never far from me" . Who is "she" and who is "me" ? A) Teacher, author. B) Author, mom. C) Cat, author. D) Mom, author. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cat, author. 35. How was author's first year of high school? A) All. B) Good, great experience and entertaining. C) Awkward, strange and isolated. D) Sad, boring and tough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Awkward, strange and isolated. 36. What role does the cat play in the story? A) A symbol of hope and emotional recovery. B) A distraction from the main events. C) A source of frustration for the narrator. D) A representation of fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A symbol of hope and emotional recovery. 37. My mother kept stoking the fire to keep the house nice andwarm. Suddenly, I smelled something strange, and then I noticed it ..... smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling. The smoke began to fill the room so quickly that we could barely see.Q. Why did the mother keep stoking the fire? A) To keep the house nice and warm. B) To kill the mosquitoes of the house. C) To comfort the narrator. D) To keep fire alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To keep the house nice and warm. 38. How long did it take to blow out the fire? A) Three hours. B) Two hours. C) Five hours. D) Four hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five hours. 39. Why was mother not feeling good? A) She inhaled some smoke. B) She got burnt in the fire. C) She was ill. D) She was unconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She inhaled some smoke. 40. 'I smelled something strange' What was strange? A) Something was burning. B) There was afire outside. C) The fire which broke out there. D) The smell of some incense sticks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fire which broke out there. 41. What made the narrator feel awkward in the new school? A) The new subjects. B) The unfamiliar environment and absence of old friends. C) The new teachers. D) The strict rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The unfamiliar environment and absence of old friends. 42. The narrator was happy with his new school at the beginning of the story. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. Where did the author and his mother spend their night OM-the fire accident? A) In the house of grandparents. B) In the house of neighbours. C) In the fire brigade building. D) In the author's school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the house of neighbours. 44. Where did the author and his mother went to borrow money? A) Grandparents. B) Neighbours. C) Bank. D) Private financial institutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grandparents. 45. Did the fire destroy most of the family's belongings? A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 46. 'pouring' What does this word mean? A) Coming. B) Spreading. C) Entering. D) Filling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spreading. 47. Meaning of awkward A) Strange. B) Common. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strange. 48. The possibility of losing narator's mother for some time drove away all the unpleasant sensations that he had against his mother. A) YES. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 49. Was the narrator's cat saved by the mother during the fire? A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 50. Meaning of zombie A) A dull and a pathetic person. B) A bright and cheerful person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A dull and a pathetic person. 51. Who gave the cat back to zan? A) Stranger. B) Neighbour. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stranger. 52. The new schoolmates collected several items to help the narrator. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. What survived the fire due to the narrator's mother's efforts? A) The narrator's cat and furniture. B) Photo albums, documents, and some personal items. C) School supplies and clothes. D) Cash and credit cards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photo albums, documents, and some personal items. 54. Mention the words which express the author's embarrassment. A) Embarassed. B) Geek and strange. C) Weird and backpack. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 55. In the begging how does the author fed in the new high school? A) Happy. B) Excited. C) Isolated. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isolated. 56. The narrator was a teenager who was struggling to accept the changes in his surroundings. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. Where did the author and his mother spend their night on the day of the fire accident A) In the police station. B) In the house of the neighbours. C) In the fire brigade's building. D) In the house of his grandmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the house of his grandmother. 58. The word 'closest is which degree of adjectives?' A) Positive. B) Comparative. C) Superlative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superlative. 59. Zan compares her life to the A) Rebuilding house. B) Cat. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebuilding house. 60. Where did the author and his mother spend their night after the fire accident? A) In the house of grandparents. B) In the house of neighbours. C) In the fire brigade building. D) In the author's school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the house of grandparents. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 English Supplementary Chapter 8 A House Is Not A Home Quiz 2Class 9 English Supplementary Chapter 8 A House Is Not A Home Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books