Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow Questions & Answers

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Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow Questions & Answers

Word Galaxy

  • Robbed – steal
  • Capture – catch, arrest
  • Desperate – worried, hopeless
  • Tricked – mislead, cheat
  • Feast – a large meal
  • Bull’s eye – the target that one hits, e.g. in archery, etc.
  • Delight – joy, enjoyment

Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow Questions & Answers

Question 1: Who was Robin Hood? Where did he live and with whom?

Answer: Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in the forest of Sherwood with his supporters.

Question 2: Who were desperate to capture Robin Hood?

Answer: Prince John of England and the Sheriff of Nottingham were desperate to capture Robin Hood.

Question 3: Why were the Prince and the Sheriff desperate to capture Robin Hood?

Answer: The Prince and the Sheriff were desperate to capture Robin Hood because he tricked and robbed the rich people travelling through the forest.

Question 4: “Robin Hood must be stopped.” – Who said this to whom? Why did the speaker say so?

Answer: Prince John of England said this to the Sheriff of Nottingham. Prince John said this because Robin Hood with his supporters tricked and robbed the rich people who travelled through the forest and the Sheriff was unable to capture them.

Question 5: Why was it difficult to capture Robin Hood and his supporters in forest?

Answer: It was difficult to capture them because they hid everywhere in the forest and would ambush the travellers before they could understand what happened.

Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow Questions & Answers

Question 6: What did the messenger tell Robin Hood?

Answer: The messenger told Robin Hood that there was an archery contest in Nottingham and the prize for the best archer was a silver arrow.

Question 7: Why was Little John upset about the contest?

Answer: Little John was upset because he understood that the contest was a trap to capture Robin Hood.

Question 8: How did Robin Hood decide to go to Nottingham?

Answer: Robin Hood decided to disguise himself as a lowly peasant to go to Nottingham.

Question 9: What did Robin observe when he was waiting for his turn?

Answer: Robin observed one of Sheriff’s men was wandering around the contestants when he was waiting for his turn.

Question 10: What happened when Robin shot the first arrow in the archery contest?  

Answer: Robin hit the bull’s eye when he shot the first arrow in the archery contest.

Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow Questions & Answers

Question 11: Why did the crowd grow silent after Robin shot his second arrow?

Answer: The crowd grew silent after Robin shot his second arrow because he missed the bull’s eye.

Question 12: What was the result of the archery contest?

Answer: Robin hit the final arrow and hit the bull’s eye and won the contest.

Question 13: How do you think the Prince recognized that it was Robin who had won the contest?

Answer: The archery contest was a trap set by the Prince to capture Robin. Robin was a good archer. He came to the contest dressed as a lowly peasant and hit the bull’s eye twice. So, the Prince was able to recognize him.

Question 14: What happened when Prince John signalled to his Knights to capture Robin Hood?

Answer: When Prince John signalled to his Knights to capture Robin Hood, Little John shouted loudly to carry the winner and the crowd ran forward and lifted Robin and took him away.

Question 15: Choose the correct answer

(a) Robin Hood was_____________.

(i) a peasant
(ii) an outlaw
(iii) a sheriff

(b) Prince John organized___________ contest.

(i) a shooting
(ii) a running
(iii) an archery

Question 16: Fill in the blanks.

(a) Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in Sherwood Forest.
(b) Robin Hood wanted to participate in the archery contest.
(c) The outlaws were having a feast deep in the forest.
(d) Robin fired the first arrow and it hit the bull’s eye.
(e) Prince John signaled his knights to capture Robin.
(f) Robin Hood tricked and robbed the rich people who travelled through the forest.
(g) Robin Hood disguised as a lowly peasant.
(h) The crowd cheered to encourage the winner.

So, these were Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow Questions & Answers.

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