7th Samacheer English – On Monday Morning – Quiz
1. “On Monday Morning” is adapted from:
A) The Jungle Book
B) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
C) Treasure Island
D) Oliver Twist
Ans: B) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
2. Who wrote “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”?
A) Mark Twain
B) Charles Dickens
C) Rudyard Kipling
D) Ruskin Bond
Ans: A) Mark Twain
3. How did Tom Sawyer feel on Monday morning?
A) Excited
B) Miserable
C) Proud
D) Relaxed
Ans: B) Miserable
4. Why did Tom dislike Monday mornings?
A) He had to work in a shop
B) They began another week of school
C) He had to visit a doctor
D) He had to clean the house
Ans: B) They began another week of school
5. Going back to school after a holiday seemed to Tom like:
A) Going to a fair
B) Going into prison again
C) Going fishing
D) Going on a journey
Ans: B) Going into prison again
6. Why did Tom wish that he were sick?
A) To get medicine
B) To stay home from school
C) To frighten Aunt Polly
D) To sleep all day
Ans: B) To stay home from school
7. What was the result of Tom's first self-examination?
A) He found a fever
B) He found no sickness
C) He found a broken tooth
D) He found a headache
Ans: B) He found no sickness
8. What illness did Tom think he could detect at first?
A) Toothache
B) Stomach ache
C) Headache
D) Fever
Ans: B) Stomach ache
9. What happened to Tom's imagined stomach ache?
A) It became severe
B) It soon grew feeble and disappeared
C) It woke Sid
D) Aunt Polly cured it
Ans: B) It soon grew feeble and disappeared
10. What did Tom discover about one of his upper front teeth?
A) It was broken
B) It was loose
C) It was missing
D) It was perfectly healthy
Ans: B) It was loose
11. Why did Tom decide not to use the loose tooth as his first excuse?
A) Sid would laugh at him
B) Aunt Polly might pull it out
C) He wanted to save it for the dentist
D) It did not hurt at all
Ans: B) Aunt Polly might pull it out
12. What part of his body did Tom finally use for his pretended illness?
A) His hand
B) His sore toe
C) His ear
D) His knee
Ans: B) His sore toe
13. What had Tom heard the doctor say about a certain illness?
A) It could make a person lose a finger
B) It could make a person lose an eye
C) It lasted only one hour
D) It could be cured by sleep
Ans: A) It could make a person lose a finger
14. How long had the doctor's patient been laid up?
A) One day
B) Two or three weeks
C) Six months
D) One year
Ans: B) Two or three weeks
15. What did Sid do when Tom first began groaning?
A) He immediately called Aunt Polly
B) He slept on
C) He laughed at Tom
D) He left the room
Ans: B) He slept on
16. What finally made Sid wake up?
A) Aunt Polly called him
B) Tom shook him
C) Mary entered the room
D) The tooth fell out
Ans: B) Tom shook him
17. How did Sid react when he thought Tom was seriously ill?
A) He became anxious
B) He ignored Tom
C) He became angry
D) He went back to sleep
Ans: A) He became anxious
18. What did Tom say he would give to the new girl in town?
A) His books and fishing rod
B) His window-sash and one-eyed cat
C) His loose tooth and shoes
D) His dog and school bag
Ans: B) His window-sash and one-eyed cat
19. What did Sid tell Aunt Polly?
A) Tom had gone fishing
B) Tom was dying
C) Tom had lost his tooth
D) Tom had run away
Ans: B) Tom was dying
20. Who followed Aunt Polly upstairs?
A) Sid and Mary
B) Tom and Sid
C) Mary and the doctor
D) Sid and the dentist
Ans: A) Sid and Mary
21. What did Tom tell Aunt Polly was dying?
A) His loose tooth
B) His sore toe
C) His finger
D) His stomach
Ans: B) His sore toe
22. How did Aunt Polly react when Tom said his sore toe was dying?
A) She called a doctor
B) She laughed and cried
C) She fainted
D) She sent him to school immediately
Ans: B) She laughed and cried
23. What happened to Tom's toe pain when Aunt Polly discovered his trick?
A) It became worse
B) It vanished
C) It spread to his leg
D) It lasted all day
Ans: B) It vanished
24. What did Aunt Polly ask Mary to bring?
A) A needle and medicine
B) Silk thread and a chunk of fire
C) A pair of pliers
D) Cold water and a towel
Ans: B) Silk thread and a chunk of fire
25. Aunt Polly pulled Tom's tooth out with:
A) Her fingers
B) A pair of pliers
C) A piece of thread
D) A spoon
Ans: C) A piece of thread
26. To what did Aunt Polly tie the other end of the silk thread?
A) A chair
B) The bedpost
C) The door
D) A table
Ans: B) The bedpost
27. Why did Aunt Polly suddenly push the chunk of fire near Tom's face?
A) To frighten him so that the tooth would be jerked out
B) To warm his face
C) To cure his toe
D) To punish Sid
Ans: A) To frighten him so that the tooth would be jerked out
28. Aunt Polly realised that Tom wanted to stay home from school and:
A) Read books
B) Go fishing
C) Visit a friend
D) Sleep all day
Ans: B) Go fishing
29. What does the word “aggravated” mean in the lesson?
A) Delighted
B) Irritated
C) Frightened
D) Confused
Ans: B) Irritated
30. What is the main humorous idea of “On Monday Morning”?
A) Tom successfully fools everyone and stays home
B) Tom invents illnesses to avoid school, but his plan ends with his loose tooth being pulled
C) Sid pretends to be ill
D) Aunt Polly wants Tom to go fishing
Ans: B) Tom invents illnesses to avoid school, but his plan ends with his loose tooth being pulled
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