Quiz of the Month

THE EYES HAVE IT by Ruskin Bond: A Quiz

Complete the sentences which follow, choosing the correct answers from the alternatives given (attempt all the ten) :

1. The narrator was travelling in a

• car
• taxi
• tram
• train

2. The narrator was

• blind to his faults
• not blind
• partially blind
• totally blind

3. The narrator was going to

• Mussoorie
• Dehradun
• Mussoorie via Dehradun
• Dehradun via Mussoorie

4. The narrator liked the sound of the girl's

• laughter
• voice
• slippers
• voice and slippers

5. The girl was going to

• Saharanpur
• Dehradun
• Rohana
• Mussoorie

6. According to the girl Mussoorie is charming specially in

• September
• October
• November
• December

7. The girl liked

• journey by day
• journey at night
• short journey
• long journey

8. "Then I made a mistake." The mistake was made by

• the narrator
• the girl
• the girl's aunt
• the co-passenger

9. The person who broke into the narrator's reverie was

• the girl
• the new passenger
• the girl's father
• the girl's aunt

10. "- but they were of no use to her." Here 'they' refers to the girl's

• eyes
• ears
• hands
• legs

Score = Correct answers: