6th Samacheer English – A Childhood in Malabar: A Memoir – Quiz
1. Who wrote “A Childhood in Malabar: A Memoir”?
A) Deepa Agarwal
B) Kamala Das
C) Nisha Dyrene
D) Savita Singh
Ans: B) Kamala Das
2. Why were the narrator and Ettan invited to Ambazhathel?
A) For a wedding
B) For a birthday feast
C) For a housewarming
D) For a festival
Ans: B) For a birthday feast
3. Who was Ettan?
A) The narrator's younger brother
B) The narrator's elder brother
C) The narrator's cousin
D) The narrator's uncle
Ans: B) The narrator's elder brother
4. Who took the narrator and Ettan to the serpent shrine?
A) Ammamma
B) Meenakshi Edathi
C) Malathikutty
D) Muthassi
Ans: C) Malathikutty
5. What did Meenakshi Edathi set out for the snakes?
A) Rice, flowers and water
B) Turmeric, milk and bananas
C) Fruits, honey and rice
D) Milk, flowers and sweets
Ans: B) Turmeric, milk and bananas
6. Meenakshi Edathi was a ______ relative of the Ambazhathel family.
A) close
B) distant
C) wealthy
D) young
Ans: B) distant
7. How is Meenakshi Edathi described?
A) Fair-skinned and young
B) Dark-skinned and middle-aged
C) Old and wealthy
D) Young and cheerful
Ans: B) Dark-skinned and middle-aged
8. Why was Meenakshi Edathi dependent on the Ambazhathel family's generosity?
A) She was ill
B) She was poor
C) She was very young
D) She had lost her home
Ans: B) She was poor
9. Which of the following was one of Meenakshi Edathi's duties?
A) Teaching the children
B) Lighting all the lamps at dusk
C) Working in the fields
D) Looking after cattle
Ans: B) Lighting all the lamps at dusk
10. What did Meenakshi Edathi draw on the door on the day of the Nira festival?
A) Designs with rice batter
B) Pictures with charcoal
C) Flowers with paint
D) Designs with turmeric
Ans: A) Designs with rice batter
11. What did Meenakshi Edathi say about the black Krishnasarpam?
A) It would never come
B) It would glide out after the people went away
C) It lived inside the house
D) It appeared only at night
Ans: B) It would glide out after the people went away
12. Where did Malathikutty go with the narrator after lunch?
A) Vadekkara
B) Nalapat
C) The serpent shrine
D) The village market
Ans: B) Nalapat
13. What happened barely an hour after they reached Nalapat?
A) The feast began
B) They heard the sound of the gale
C) The rain stopped
D) Balan arrived
Ans: B) They heard the sound of the gale
14. From which tree did the seat of the swing fall?
A) Coconut tree
B) Mango tree
C) Ilanji tree
D) Neem tree
Ans: C) Ilanji tree
15. Who said, “I wonder whether it's a cyclone”?
A) Muthassi
B) Ammamma
C) Malathikutty
D) Ammayi
Ans: B) Ammamma
16. What did Ammamma give the children to play with?
A) Wooden blocks
B) Playing cards
C) Metal dice
D) Marbles
Ans: C) Metal dice
17. From which direction did the sound of the rain come like the roar of a vast crowd?
A) North-east
B) South-east
C) North-west
D) South-west
Ans: D) South-west
18. Who wanted to see Kutti Oppu?
A) Malathikutty
B) Meenakshi Edathi
C) Muthassi
D) The narrator
Ans: A) Malathikutty
19. What crashed down during the storm?
A) A mango tree
B) A coconut palm
C) The cowshed
D) The serpent shrine
Ans: B) A coconut palm
20. Why did everyone take shelter in the southern room downstairs?
A) It was the largest room
B) It had the strongest ceiling
C) It was closest to the kitchen
D) It was completely dry
Ans: B) It had the strongest ceiling
21. What is the “nalukettu” in the lesson?
A) The backyard
B) The central hall with four wooden pillars
C) The southern room
D) The serpent shrine
Ans: B) The central hall with four wooden pillars
22. Who arrived drenched to the skin despite the storm?
A) Ammayi
B) Meenakshi Edathi
C) Balan
D) Muthassi
Ans: A) Ammayi
23. Who suggested chanting aksharaslokams to forget the fear of the storm?
A) Ammamma
B) Cheriamma
C) Malathikutty
D) Muthassi
Ans: B) Cheriamma
24. From whose work did Cheriamma recite?
A) Kumaran Asan
B) Vallathol
C) Kamala Das
D) Tagore
Ans: B) Vallathol
25. Who became frightened that she might never see her family again?
A) Malathikutty
B) The servant woman
C) Ammayi
D) Meenakshi Edathi
Ans: B) The servant woman
26. How deep was the water in the yard during the storm?
A) Ankle-deep
B) Knee-deep
C) Waist-deep
D) Shoulder-deep
Ans: B) Knee-deep
27. What was the name of the black-and-white pet dog from Ambazhathel?
A) Sankara
B) Thumbi
C) Balan
D) Kutti
Ans: B) Thumbi
28. What did Sankaran spread for the drenched dog to lie on?
A) A blanket
B) A mat
C) A gunny bag
D) A mattress
Ans: C) A gunny bag
29. From where did Balan come the next morning?
A) Ambazhathel
B) Vadekkara
C) Nalapat
D) Malabar town
Ans: B) Vadekkara
30. What did the narrator ask Balan whether he had brought from Vadekkara?
A) Bananas and milk
B) Murukkus or dates
C) Rice and sweets
D) Mangoes and biscuits
Ans: B) Murukkus or dates
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