The Portrait of a Lady MCQ Quiz - Multiple Choice Questions & Answers Page 3

21. What did the grandmother do in her final hours?

1. Talked to everyone in the house
2. worried about everyone
3. Silently praying and telling her beads
4. Went to temple

22. How did the grandmother die?

1. during telling beads lying on the bed
2. In the hospital
3. While sleeping
4. None of the above

23. How did the sparrows express their sorrow at the death of their grandmother?

1. They didn’t come that day
2. they came and sat silently in the verandah
3. They ate the bread crumbs
4. they chirruped a lot

24. What happened when they took the grandmother’s corpse away?

1. Neighbours visited them to pay condolences
2. they mourned her death in her room
3. birds flew away quietly
4. Nothing happened

25. How do you feel about the character of the grandmother in the chapter?

1. Emotional
2. Strong
3. Selfless
4. Loving

26. Where was the author’s grandfather’s portrait placed?

1. on a shelf
2. hung above the mantelpiece
3. put on the mantelpiece
4. on a table

27. Did the author bother to learn the morning prayers that his grandmother recited?

1. yes
2. he listened but did not bother to learn
3. he could not learn
4. no

28. When was their common link of friendship snapped?

1. when he went to college
2. When he went to the university, they were given separate rooms
3. when he started working
4. When he went abroad

29. What was grandmother’s reaction when the author was going abroad?

1. Happy
2. sad
3. not even sentimental
4. Sentimental

30. What was her reaction when he came back after 5 years?

1. Overwhelmed
2. clasped the author in her arms and said prayers
3. happy
4. sentimental