Hi Everyone!! This article will share Pumpkin Trees and Walnut Vines Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Who Will Bell The Cat, The Golden Touch and Chicken Licken so, you can check these posts as well.
Pumpkin Trees and Walnut Vines Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. Nasreddin Hodja sat under a __________.
(a) walnut tree
(b) coconut tree
2. Nasreddin Hodja sat under the tree to __________.
(a) rest
(b) sleep
3. A ________ fell on the Hodja’s head.
(a) pumpkin
(b) walnut
Question 2: Match the words as they appear in the story.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. frail | a. head |
| 2. little | b. vine |
| 3. strong | c. pumpkin |
| 4. bald | d. breeze |
| 5. golden | e. walnuts |
Answer: 1-b, 2-e, 3-d, 4-a, 5-c
Question 3: Fill in the blanks.
1. Nasreddin Hodja fanned himself with a pumpkin leaf.
2. He thought that the walnut tree was silly.
3. The pumpkins were huge in size.
4. He planned to grow the walnuts on a vine.
Question 4: Why did Nasreddin Hodja take his turban off?
Answer: Nasreddin Hodja took his turban off to let the breeze cool his head.
Question 5: Where did he get the leaf from?
Answer: He got the pumpkin leaf from a vine creeping near the tree.
Question 6: What different plan did he make?
Answer: He made a plan thatthe big pumpkins would be hanging from the strong branches of the big tree and the little walnuts could cling without any trouble to the vine.
Question 7: How did the Hodja’s plan change?
Answer: While the Hodja was busy planning, a strong breeze blew and the branches above his head swayed. A branch high above cracked and a walnut fell all the way down, hitting the Hodja on his bare bald head. He immediately realised that he was such a fool to think that pumpkins should grow on trees and walnuts on vines. If it had been a pumpkin that fell from that tree onto his head, he would have been hurt a lot. That’s how Hodja’s plan changed.
Question 8: Why do you think he called himself a fool to have a strange thought?
Answer: He called himself a fool to have a strange thought because he understood that nature has planned everything in a proper way. Every single thing is where it should be.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.