The Tale of Custard the Dragon MCQs
Q. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (AI 2014)
Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful,
Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,
They all sat laughing in the little red wagon
At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon.
(a) Who is Belinda?
(b) How did Belinda and the other pets laugh at the dragon?
(c) Which word in this extract means the same as ‘unkind’?
Ans.
(a) Belinda is the little girl who’s the owner of the cat, mouse, dog and the dragon.
(b) They sat in the little red wagon and laughed at the dragon.
(c) Unmerciful
(2018)
(a) Who was tickled by Belinda?
(b) Why did she tickle ‘him’?
(c) Who are Ink, Blink and Mustard?
(d) Why did they all laugh at ‘him’?
Answers
(a) Custard the dragon was tickled by Belinda.
(b) She tickled him in order to tease/make fun of him.
(c) The three characters in the given stanza are a black kitten named Ink, a little grey mouse named Blink and a dog called Mustard.
(d) They all laughed at him because they thought he was a coward.
Q. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (Delhi 2013)
Belinda embraced him, Mustard licked him,
No one mourned for his pirate victim
Ink and Blink in glee did gyrate
Around the dragon that ate the pirate.
(a) Why did Belinda embrace him?
(i) out of helplessness
(ii) out of gratitude
(iii) out of fear
(iv) out of shock
(b) Why were Ink and Blink happy?
(i) joy of their victory
(ii) because of the fear of the pirate
(iii) because the pirate was killed
(iv) they were in a good mood
(c) Find a word which means the same as
‘Move around in circles.’
(i) mourn (ii) gyrate
(iii) lick (iv) embrace
Answers
(a) Belinda embraced him out of gratitude.
(b) Ink and Blink were happy because the pirate was killed.
(c) Gyrate
Q. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (Delhi Com. 2013)
Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound,
And Mustard growled, and they all looked around.
Meowch! cried Ink and ooh! cried Belinda,
For there was a pirate, climbing in the winda.
(a) All of them heard _____ sound.
(i) a good
(ii) an unpleasant
(iii) a pleasant
(iv) ooh! Ooh!
(b) The word, ‘they’ in the above lines refers to _____
(i) Belinda and pirate
(ii) All the animals
(iii) Mustard and Ink
(iv) Ink, Belinda and Mustard
(c) ‘Winda’ in the stanza means _____
(i) window
(ii) the wind
(iii) the windpipe
(iv) a windbag
Ans.
(a) (ii) an unpleasant sound
(b) (iv) Ink, Belinda and Mustard
(c) (i) Window
Q. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (Delhi 2012)
The pirate gaped at Belinda’s dragon,
And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon,
He fired two bullets, but they didn’t hit,
And Custard gobbled him, every bit.
(a) Belinda was a ________
(i) village woman
(ii) cat
(iii) girl
(iv) dog
(b) Custard was Belinda’s _______
(i) dog
(ii) dragon
(iii) kitten
(iv) mouse
(c) Custard gobbled _______
(i) some spirit
(ii) two bullets
(iii) the pirate
(iv) Belinda
Ans.
(a) (iii) girl
(b) (ii) dragon
(c) (iii) the pirate
Q. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (2011)
Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth,
And spikes on top of him and scales underneath,
Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose,
And realio, trulio daggers on his toes.
(a) The above lines tell us about.
(i) kitten (ii) mouse
(iii) dog (iv) Custard
(b) It is a description of the _____
(i) appearance of the dragon
(ii) courage of the dragon
(iii) heroism of the dragon
(iv) cowardice of the dragon
(c) The rhyme scheme of the stanza is _____
(i) a a ; a b (ii) a b ; a b
(iii) a a ; b b (iv) a b ; b b
Ans.
(a) (iv) Custard
(b) (i) appearance of the dragon
(c) (iii) aa ; bb
