Memories of Childhood Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

What is the author's tone in the story "The Cutting of my Long Hair"?

How does the author portray the relationship between the Native American students and the school authorities?

I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit. Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. And now my long hair was shingled like a coward’s! In my anguish I moaned for my mother, but no one came to comfort me. Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder.

Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

• Statement 1: The author had been subjected to humiliation when she was separated from her mother.
• Statement 2: Nobody was able to ease her distress and empathize with her.

How did the speaker feel by the time the third bell rang?

“Among our people, short hair was worn by mourners, and shingled hair by cowards!” This statement is an example of

In the light of the following statement, choose the option that lists the characteristics of Zitkala-Sa. “No, I will not submit! I will struggle first!”

1. servile
2. audacious
3. cocky
4. brash
5. resolute
6. gutsy

When I heard this, I didn’t want to laugh anymore, I felt terribly sad. How could they believe that it was disgusting if one of us held that package in his hands, even though the vadai had been wrapped first in a banana leaf, and then parcelled in paper? I felt so provoked and angry that I wanted to touch those wretched vadais myself straightaway. Why should we fetch and carry for these people, I wondered. Such an important elder of ours goes meekly to the shops to fetch snacks and hands them reverently, bowing and shrinking, to this fellow who just sits there and stuffs them into his mouth. The thought of it infuriated me.

The elder handing snacks reverently, bowing and shrinking to the fellow indicates that the ‘fellow’ was

1. condescending.
2. unassuming.
3. submissive.
4. disdainful.
5. aggressive
6. domineering.

What is the theme of the story "We Too Are Human Beings"?

When I heard this, I didn’t want to laugh anymore, I felt terribly sad. How could they believe that it was disgusting if one of us held that package in his hands, even though the vadai had been wrapped first in a banana leaf, and then parcelled in paper? I felt so provoked and angry that I wanted to touch those wretched vadais myself straightaway. Why should we fetch and carry for these people, I wondered. Such an important elder of ours goes meekly to the shops to fetch snacks and hands them reverently, bowing and shrinking, to this fellow who just sits there and stuffs them into his mouth. The thought of it infuriated me.

Based on the given context, choose the option that illustrates when a person can be provoked, out of the examples given below.

I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit. Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. And now my long hair was shingled like a coward’s! In my anguish I moaned for my mother, but no one came to comfort me. Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder.

How would you describe the author’s tone when she says, “I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder”?

What would it mean to the speaker if her long hair was cut?

When I heard this, I didn’t want to laugh anymore, I felt terribly sad. How could they believe that it was disgusting if one of us held that package in his hands, even though the vadai had been wrapped first in a banana leaf, and then parcelled in paper? I felt so provoked and angry that I wanted to touch those wretched vadais myself straightaway. Why should we fetch and carry for these people, I wondered. Such an important elder of ours goes meekly to the shops to fetch snacks and hands them reverently, bowing and shrinking, to this fellow who just sits there and stuffs them into his mouth. The thought of it infuriated me.

The given extract DOES NOT talk about

What indignities did Zitkala-Sa suffer for being from a marginalized community?

What is the significance of the title "We Too Are Human Beings"?

The chapter ‘We Too are Human Beings’ is __________ the book named ‘Karukku’ by Bama.