OUR RUNAWAY KITE (Lucy Maud Montgomery)
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)(1 Mark)
- The children on the island had no one to – a. joke with them b. play with them c. run with them d. quarrel with them
Answer : b. play with them
- To play with them on the island, the children had – a. everybody b. somebody c. nobody d. none of these
Answer : c. nobody
- The number of children now living on the island are – a. five b. four c. three d. two
Answer : b. four
- The thing that helped the family reunite was – a. a kite b. a tinsel star c. a lighthouse d. an old letter
Answer : a. a kite
- The season when the children went back to the island was – a. winter b. summer c. autumn d. spring
Answer : d. spring
- Philippa and Claude were – a. ten and eleven years old b. eleven and twelve years old c. twelve and thirteen years old d. thirteen and fourteen years old
Answer : b. eleven and twelve
- People pitied the children because they were – a. fearsome b. weak c. lonesome d. hungry
Answer : c. lonesome
- In winter, Philippa and Claude used to – a. study with others b. have fun with others c. quarrel with others d. fly kites with others
Answer : c. quarrel with others
- The children were puzzled because they didn’t – a. have relations b. go to the mainland c. have their mother d. have any kites
Answer : b. go to the mainland
- When he was asked about their other relations, Philippa’s father – a. looked indifferent b. became angry c. said nothing d. seemed sorrowful
Answer : d. seemed sorrowful
- Summer on the Big Half Moon island is – a. sometimes lovely b. never lovely c. always lovely d. rarely lovely
Answer : c. always lovely
- In summer, the harbour was mostly – a. green and quiet b. blue and calm c. turquoise and placid d. white and stromy
Answer : b. blue and calm
- The hobby that attracted the children the most was – a. running pirate caves b. going to woods c. flying kites d. cutting out tinsel stars
Answer : c. flying kites
- Claude was taught to make kites by – a. a boy b. Aunt Esther c. Dick d. his father
Answer : a. a boy
- The game that the children played with kites was – a. shipwrecked mariners b. pirate caves c. half moon island d. need for speed
Answer : a. shipwrecked mari-ners
- On the kite, the children pasted – a. red tinsel stars b. gold tinsel stars c. an old letter d. their names
Answer : b. gold tinsel stars
- The accident with Philippa was that she – a. had her elbow bruised b. fell off a tree c. got stuck in a cave d. fell over the rocks
Answer : d. fell over the rocks
- The children were desperate to fly kites before – a. the nightfall b. they went to the mainland c. going to school d. the wind fell
Answer : d. the wind fell
- The first thing that came handy for patching up the kite was – a. a tinsel star b. an old letter c. a red paper d. another kite
Answer : b. an old letter
- Claude looked foolish because – a. there was a hole in the kite b. the wind had fallen c. the cord had snapped d. the kite could not be flown
Answer : c. the cord had snapped
- A month later, a letter came for – a. father b. aunt c. Claude d. Philippa
Answer : a. father years old
- The letter that came for father made him – a. joyful b. cry c. angry d. worried
Answer : b. cry
- Philippa’s father had – a. one brother and one sister b. two brothers and one sister c. one brother d. one sister
Answer : a. one brother and one sister
- Philippa’s father quarrelled with – a. a. his sister b. Philippa c. his brother d. Dick and Mimi
Answer : c. his brother
- When Philippa’s father came back, his brother – a. had fallen ill b. had gone missing c. refused to talk to him d. had died
Answer : d. had died
- Aunt Esther was – a. divorced b. a widow c. married d. a spinster
Answer : b. a widow
- Dick and Mimi found the kite on the top of – a. a tree b. a lighthouse c. a cave d. their house
Answer : a. a tree
- Claude and Philippa were the names of Aunt Esther’s – a. grand parents b. uncle and aunt c. parents d. cousins
Answer : c. parents
- The moment Aunt Esther read the letter, she – a. became worried b. became senseless c. became crazy d. became pale
Answer : d. became pale
- Dick and Mimi were too jolly for – a. sentences b. words c. phrases d. alphabet
Answer : b. words
Very Short Answer Questions (VSAQ)(1 Mark)
- Who was there to play with the children on Big Half Moon?
Answer : There was nobody to play with the children on the Big Half moon.
- Why did the children have to make the most of each other?
Answer : The children had to make the most of each other because there was none to play with them on the island.
- What story does Philippa want to tell us?
Answer : Philippa wants to tell us how their family was reunited on account of a kite.
- What was funny to the children?
Answer : It was funny to the children that people pitied them when they went back to the island.
- Why didn’t other children join Philippa and Claude on the island?
Answer : Philippa and Claude used to quarrel a lot with other children, so they didn’t join them on the island.
- What question did the children ask themselves?
Answer : The children asked themselves why, like others, they didn’t have relations.
- What couldn’t Philippa and Claude understand?
Answer : Philippa and Claude couldn’t understand why their father said that it was his fault that they didn’t have any relations.
- How does the harbour be like in summer?
Answer : In summer, the harbour usually is blue and calm, with wind and ripples.
- When did the children have some hobby?
Answer : The children had some hobby in summer.
- What did the children do with kites?
Answer : The children would play Shipwrecked Mariners. During the game, they signaled to each other with kites.
- What was beautiful about the big kite?
Answer : The big kite was covered with lovely red paper. With gold tinsel stars pasted and names of the children written on it.
- Why were the children hurrying to fix the kite?
Answer : The children were hurrying to fix the kite because they wanted to send it up before the wind fell.
- How did Philippa damage the kite?
Answer : The kite was damaged accidentally when Philippa tripped over rocks and her elbow cleared through the kite.
- What happened after the kite was sent up in the air?
Answer : After the kite was sent up in the air, it soared very high, but suddenly its cord snapped and it sailed away.
- How did Philippa’s father react when he read the letter?
Answer : When Philippa’s father finished reading the letter (sent by Aunt Esther), he seemed to be crying.
- What story did Philippa’s father start telling?
Answer : Philippa’s father told the children the story of what had become of their kite. Actually, he started telling the story of his life.
- How did Philippa’s father get separated from his siblings?
Answer : Philippa’s father quarrelled with his brother and went away from home.
- How did the kite reach Aunt Esther?
Answer : Aunt Esther’s children Dick and Mimi got the kite in the woods and brought it home.
- Why did Aunt Esther recognise the letter quickly?
Answer : Aunt Esther could recognise the letter quickly because she herself had written it to her brother.
- What did Philippa’s father do the day after he had told the story?
Answer : The day after he had told the story, Philippa’s father went and brought Aunt Esther and her children with him.
Complete the following sentences with information from the text. 1 Mark
- By profession, Philippa’s father was ________.
Answer : keeper
- The family moved to the mainland ________.
Answer : in winter
- People pitied the children because they thought________.
Answer : the children were lone-some
- It was difficult to run games when there were________.
Answer : only two children
- The children were puzzled because________ .
Answer : they had no relations
- The children thought they had no relations perhaps because________.
Answer : they lived on an island
- When the weather was blue and calm, the harbour had ________.
Answer : little wind and ripples
- For playing ‘Shipwrecked Mariners’, Claude would go ________.
Answer : to the other side of the
- On the kite, the children wrote ________.
Answer : their full names
- The big hole in the kite was made because ________.
Answer : Philippa’s elbow went clear through it
- After patching up the kite, the children ________ .
Answer : dried it by the fire
- The cord snapped and the kite________.
Answer : sailed away
- A letter came for Philippa’s father ________ .
Answer : a month
- Having quarrelled with his brother, Philippa’s father________.
Answer : left home
- When Philippa’s father came back, he found his brother dead, but ________.
Answer : couldn’t find his sister
- On reading the letter, Aunt Esther ________.
Answer : became pale
- Dick and Mimi carried the kite ________ .
Answer : home island
- Aunt Esther wrote a letter to ________.
Answer : her brother/Philippa’s father
Short Answer Questions (SAQ)(2 Marks)
- Why was there a sense of unhappiness in Philippa and Claude?
- Why did Philippa’s father react in a strange way when he was asked about their relations?
- Why were kites important to Philippa and Claude?
- How did Philippa and Claude manage to fly the kite and what happened to it?
- When did the author, his father and his brother go to the mainland?
- Why did the people of the mainland pity them?
- How did the authoress and her brother decorate the big kite?
- How did the runaway kite reunited a family?
- What was the real reason of Father’s sadness?
- What is the theme of the story ‘Our Runaway Kite”?
State whether the following statements are True or False. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False. Write words/ phrases/sentences from the text to support answer.(2 Marks)
- The narrator wants to tell us about a kite.
- Claude and Philippa have a huge age gap
- In winter, the harbour is moderately cold.
- Philippa and Claude longed for the company of other children.
- The children on the island enjoyed a good relationship with the children on the mainland.
- To the narrator, it was a great idea to have relations.
- Philippa and Claude pursued only one hobby.
- Philippa and Claude were not enthusiastic about kites.
- Philippa and Claude wrote their first names on the kite.
- The surname/family name of Claude & Philippa was Leete.
- The children repaired the kite very quickly.
- The children had to repair only one side of the kite.
- When the cord snapped, the wind was blowing towards the island.
- Father’s eyes looked moistened after he had read the letter.
- Aunt Esther’s letter took more than three weeks to reach Philippa’s father.
- Philippa’s uncle and father were equally responsible for the quarrel.
- Aunt Esther had her husband living with him.
- Dick and Mimi could perhaps climb trees.
- Aunt Esther was shocked to see the letter.
- Aunt Esther could only guess who the owner of the kite might be.
Fill in the chart with information from the text.(2 Marks)
| Statement | Reason |
| 1. There are more members in Philippa’s family. | 1. |
| 2. The harbour is all frozen over. | 2. |
| 3. The narrator’s family sail back to the island. | 3. |
| 4. We shouldn’t have asked father about relations. | 4. |
| 5. The harbour is blue and calm. | 5. |
| 6. | 6. Philippa and Claude could make plenty of kites. |
| 7. Philippa and Claude would signal to each other with kites. | 7. |
| 8. | 8. A big hole was made in the kite. |
| 9. Philippa and Claude took the first thing that came handy. | 9. |
| 10. It seemed Philippa’s father would cry. | 10. |
| 11. | 11. Philippa’s father left home. |
| 12. Dick and Mimi carried the kite home. | 12. |
| 13. Aunt Esther turned pale. | 13. |
| 14. | 14. Aunt Esther knew whom the kite belonged to. |