8th Samacheer English – The Mystery of the Cyber Friend – Quiz
1. Who wrote “The Mystery of the Cyber Friend”?
A) Ruskin Bond
B) Zac O’Yeah
C) Manoj Das
D) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans: B) Zac O’Yeah
2. Where does Shree live?
A) Ambala
B) Katpadi Junction
C) Bengaluru
D) Chennai Central
Ans: B) Katpadi Junction
3. Where does Shree's mother work?
A) In a bank
B) In a jewellery shop
C) In a school
D) In a hospital
Ans: B) In a jewellery shop
4. What is Shree's father's occupation?
A) Teacher
B) Taxi driver
C) Shopkeeper
D) Station master
Ans: B) Taxi driver
5. Why were Shree's parents pleased that she used the computer?
A) They wanted her to become a film actress
B) They wanted her to learn computers
C) They wanted her to play games all day
D) They wanted her to watch films
Ans: B) They wanted her to learn computers
6. What does Shree use the computer for?
A) Only watching movies
B) Finding information for school projects and sending e-mails
C) Only shopping
D) Only listening to songs
Ans: B) Finding information for school projects and sending e-mails
7. What does everyone call Shree's aunt?
A) Amma
B) Akka
C) Chaitra
D) Madhoo
Ans: B) Akka
8. What traditional games does Akka like to play?
A) Games with stones and shells
B) Online games
C) Chess only
D) Video games
Ans: A) Games with stones and shells
9. What is the name of the social-networking facility on Shree's computer?
A) Cyber Chat
B) Friends Net
C) School Net
D) Kids World
Ans: B) Friends Net
10. When did Shree join Friends Net?
A) On her tenth birthday
B) On her thirteenth birthday
C) On her fifteenth birthday
D) On New Year's Day
Ans: B) On her thirteenth birthday
11. How long before the events of the story had Shree joined Friends Net?
A) Two days
B) Two weeks
C) Two months
D) Two years
Ans: C) Two months
12. Why did Shree decide to unfriend her school friends?
A) They teased her about always talking about food
B) They refused to help with homework
C) They changed schools
D) They took her camera phone
Ans: A) They teased her about always talking about food
13. From whom did Shree receive a new friend request?
A) Madhoo
B) Chaitra
C) Akka
D) Rani
Ans: B) Chaitra
14. How did Chaitra appear in the profile picture?
A) Like a film star
B) Like an old woman
C) Like a teacher
D) Like a police officer
Ans: A) Like a film star
15. What did Shree do with Chaitra's friend request?
A) Deleted it
B) Clicked ACCEPT
C) Reported it immediately
D) Ignored it
Ans: B) Clicked ACCEPT
16. Where did Chaitra claim to go to school?
A) Near Shree's school
B) In Bengaluru
C) At Katpadi railway station
D) In Chennai
Ans: A) Near Shree's school
17. What made Shree suspicious about Chaitra's school?
A) Shree knew there was no other school near her school
B) Chaitra said she hated school
C) Chaitra refused to study
D) Akka worked in the school
Ans: A) Shree knew there was no other school near her school
18. What did Chaitra ask Shree to send?
A) A school book
B) A selfie and her phone number
C) Her homework
D) Some money
Ans: B) A selfie and her phone number
19. Why could Shree not send Chaitra a selfie?
A) She did not know how
B) She did not have a camera phone
C) Her internet was disconnected
D) Akka took her phone
Ans: B) She did not have a camera phone
20. What did Chaitra offer to give Shree?
A) A laptop
B) An old camera phone
C) A new computer
D) A pair of earrings
Ans: B) An old camera phone
21. Where did Chaitra ask Shree to meet?
A) At school
B) At the railway station
C) At a jewellery shop
D) At a cinema theatre
Ans: B) At the railway station
22. When did Chaitra say they should meet at the railway station?
A) When the Bengaluru train arrived
B) When the Chennai train arrived
C) At midnight
D) After school
Ans: A) When the Bengaluru train arrived
23. Whose photograph was actually used as Chaitra's profile picture?
A) Shree's aunt
B) Film actress Madhoo
C) Shree's teacher
D) A policewoman
Ans: B) Film actress Madhoo
24. What did Chaitra insist Shree should do when they met?
A) Bring Akka
B) Come alone
C) Bring her parents
D) Bring her school friends
Ans: B) Come alone
25. To whom did Shree finally confide about Chaitra?
A) Her online friends
B) Her aunt, Akka
C) A taxi driver
D) Madhoo
Ans: B) Her aunt, Akka
26. Whom did Akka inform before waiting for Chaitra at the station?
A) The Station Manager
B) Shree's school teacher
C) The taxi driver
D) A film actress
Ans: A) The Station Manager
27. Who actually came to meet Shree at the railway station?
A) A thirteen-year-old girl
B) A man about Shree's father's age
C) Madhoo
D) Shree's school friend
Ans: B) A man about Shree's father's age
28. What did Akka do when the imposter approached Shree?
A) She ran away
B) She hit him with her handbag
C) She gave him a phone
D) She asked Shree to follow him
Ans: B) She hit him with her handbag
29. How did the police finally find the man who pretended to be Chaitra?
A) By questioning Madhoo
B) A cybercrime officer examined Shree's computer
C) Shree followed him home
D) The boatman identified him
Ans: B) A cybercrime officer examined Shree's computer
30. Where was the cybercriminal finally caught?
A) At Shree's school
B) At his office in Bengaluru
C) At Madhoo's house
D) At the jewellery shop
Ans: B) At his office in Bengaluru
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