Hi Everyone!! This article will share Monday Morning Blues Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions & answers of The Tale of a Tail, Reena the Magician and One Foggy Morning so, you can check these posts as well.
Monday Morning Blues Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the right answer:
(a) Tom began to groan loudly because………….
i. his tooth was loose.
ii. his feet hurt.
iii. his toe was sore.
iv. none of these
(b) Tom Sawyer did not want to get up on Monday mornings because……..
i. it meant going back to school.
ii. he wanted to work at home.
iii. he did not like Mondays.
iv. none of these.
(c) Aunt Polly asked for a silk thread because…………
i. she wanted to sew a torn shirt.
ii. she wanted to tie it around Tom’s toe.
iii. she wanted to take out Tom’s tooth.
iv. none of these.
(d) Aunt Polly was angry with Tom because………..
i. she did not like Tom.
ii. she knew he was telling a lie.
iii. she was being unkind to him.
iv. none of these.
Monday Morning Blues Questions & Answers
Question 2: Read the line and answer the questions:
‘Well, one of them’s loose and it aches awfully.’
(a) Who is the speaker?
Answer: Tom is the speaker.
(b) What is loose?
Answer: Tom’s upper front tooth is loose.
Question 3: Read the line and answer the questions:
‘It makes my flesh crawl to hear you. What is the matter?’
(a) Who is the speaker?
Answer: Sid is the speaker.
(b) What does the line ‘makes my flesh crawl’ mean?
Answer: It means “to make feel frightened or disgust”.
(c) What is the matter?
Answer: Tom’s sore toe is the matter.
Question 4: Why did Aunt Polly want a silk thread?
Answer: Aunt Polly wanted a silk thread to tie it to Tom Sawyer’s loose tooth in order to take it out.
Monday Morning Blues Questions & Answers
Question 5: Why did Aunt Polly want a piece of coal from the fire?
Answer: Aunt Polly wanted a piece of coal from the fire because, she planned to tie a string to Tom Sawyer’s tooth & then bring the coal near Tom’s face, so that when Tom jerked his head away the tooth would fall out.
Question 6: Find words from the story whose synonyms are given below.
Answer:
(a) Crying in pain – moaning
(b) Pretend – fake
(c) Terrible – awful
(d) Excitedly – eagerly
(e) Efforts – attempts
Question 7: Write True or False:
(a) Tom held up his toe for inspection because he wanted to make sure that he could use it as an excuse for not going to school – True
(b) Tom was groaning loudly because he wanted to tell everyone that he was enjoying himself – False
(c) The dental instruments that Aunt Polly used were a silk thread and a chunk of fire – True
(d) Aunt Polly loved Tom a lot – True
(e) Tom felt foolish because his act was caught – True
So, these were Monday Morning Blues Questions & Answers.