8th Samacheer English – Jack and the Beanstalk – Quiz
1. Who is the author of the textbook play “Jack and the Beanstalk”?
A) Steven Kellogg
B) Ruskin Bond
C) Manoj Das
D) Leo Tolstoy
Ans: A) Steven Kellogg
2. “Jack and the Beanstalk” is presented in the textbook as a:
A) Prose lesson
B) Poem
C) Play
D) Biography
Ans: C) Play
3. Who are the main characters listed in the play?
A) Narrator, Jack, Mother, Old man and Giant
B) Jack, King, Queen and Giant
C) Jack, Farmer, Merchant and Giant
D) Jack, Mother, Teacher and King
Ans: A) Narrator, Jack, Mother, Old man and Giant
4. Where did Jack live with his mother?
A) In a palace
B) In a small cottage
C) In a castle
D) In a farmhouse
Ans: B) In a small cottage
5. What was the only valuable possession Jack and his mother had?
A) A horse
B) A goat
C) A cow
D) A hen
Ans: C) A cow
6. Why did Jack's mother decide to sell the cow?
A) The cow was ill
B) They were very poor and needed money
C) Jack disliked the cow
D) They wanted to buy a horse
Ans: B) They were very poor and needed money
7. Where was Jack taking the cow?
A) To the forest
B) To the market
C) To the castle
D) To his friend's house
Ans: B) To the market
8. Whom did Jack meet on the way to the market?
A) A giant
B) A little old man
C) A farmer
D) A king
Ans: B) A little old man
9. What did the old man offer Jack in exchange for the cow?
A) Five gold coins
B) Five magic beans
C) Five silver coins
D) Five golden eggs
Ans: B) Five magic beans
10. What did the old man say the magic beans would do?
A) Make Jack rich
B) Turn into gold
C) Produce milk
D) Build a house
Ans: A) Make Jack rich
11. How did Jack's mother react when he returned with the magic beans?
A) She was delighted
B) She called him foolish and became angry
C) She planted them carefully
D) She gave him a reward
Ans: B) She called him foolish and became angry
12. What did Jack's mother do with the magic beans?
A) Cooked them
B) Sold them
C) Threw them out of the window
D) Hid them in a box
Ans: C) Threw them out of the window
13. When did the magic beans grow into a huge beanstalk?
A) During the night
B) At noon
C) In the evening
D) After one week
Ans: A) During the night
14. By when had the beanstalk reached high into the sky?
A) Midnight
B) Morning
C) Evening
D) Afternoon
Ans: B) Morning
15. What did Jack find when he reached the top of the beanstalk?
A) A small hut
B) A huge castle
C) A village
D) A garden
Ans: B) A huge castle
16. What surprised Jack after he entered the castle?
A) Everything was very small
B) Everything was very big
C) The castle was empty
D) Everything was made of wood
Ans: B) Everything was very big
17. What happened just before the giant appeared?
A) The roof opened
B) The floor began to shake
C) The castle disappeared
D) The hen flew away
Ans: B) The floor began to shake
18. Where did Jack hide when he saw the giant?
A) Under a table
B) In a cupboard
C) Behind the castle
D) Inside a box
Ans: B) In a cupboard
19. How many sheep did the giant eat for his meal?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
Ans: D) Five
20. What did the giant ask his hen to lay?
A) A silver egg
B) A golden egg
C) An iron egg
D) A white egg
Ans: B) A golden egg
21. What happened to the giant after he had eaten his meal?
A) He went outside
B) He fell fast asleep
C) He climbed the beanstalk
D) He called Jack
Ans: B) He fell fast asleep
22. What did Jack decide to take while the giant was asleep?
A) The giant's money
B) The hen that laid golden eggs
C) The giant's food
D) The castle key
Ans: B) The hen that laid golden eggs
23. What did the hen do when Jack picked it up?
A) It remained completely silent
B) It squawked and flapped its wings
C) It immediately laid an egg
D) It flew out of the castle
Ans: B) It squawked and flapped its wings
24. What did the giant say he could smell?
A) The smoke of a fire
B) The blood of a human
C) The golden egg
D) Jack's food
Ans: B) The blood of a human
25. What did Jack do when the giant began chasing him?
A) Hid in the cupboard again
B) Ran to the beanstalk and climbed down quickly
C) Fought with the giant
D) Locked the giant in the castle
Ans: B) Ran to the beanstalk and climbed down quickly
26. What did Jack ask his mother to give him?
A) A knife
B) A sword
C) An axe
D) A rope
Ans: C) An axe
27. What did Jack do with the axe?
A) Broke the castle door
B) Chopped down the beanstalk
C) Cut the hen's cage
D) Chopped firewood
Ans: B) Chopped down the beanstalk
28. What happened to the giant when the beanstalk was chopped down?
A) He returned to the castle
B) He flew away
C) He fell to the ground with a thud and died
D) He caught Jack
Ans: C) He fell to the ground with a thud and died
29. How often did the hen lay a golden egg?
A) Every day
B) Every week
C) Every month
D) Once a year
Ans: A) Every day
30. What happened to Jack and his mother at the end of the play?
A) They sold the hen
B) They were never poor again
C) They moved into the giant's castle
D) They bought another cow
Ans: B) They were never poor again
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