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Rea d the tions S to 10.
Are you read y for the test? Read the pass age and answ er ques
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KAK A AND MUN NI
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black smith dear! Give me a sickl
the black smith and said to him, ••oh,
Kaka reall y hung ry now, went to for the dogs , who will then kill the deer. I will dig the
lo. She will give milk
SEC TIO N-A want to cut the grass for the buffa I will wash my dirty bill and eat
the
Answ er ALL the ques tions . the potte r will make a cup for me.
mud from the deer' s horn and then
We brou ght eggs ."
e open
pupp y hom e in Look ing up, he said, ..Kaka , pleas
bask et. s, want ed to save Mun ni's eggs .
The black smith , like all the other
A. a, the of iron in it."
the furna ce door and put this piece
of
B. ce door . As he did so, a sudd en gust
the, a hurry , he quick ly open ed the furna
Kaka was very excit ed and, in his tail. .. Oh! My tail has got burn t!"
the coal, burn ing his
C. the, the wind made him fall back ward s on
off,
seen with a burn t tail. So, he flew
D. his best, be could not bear to be
an, the Since Kaka alwa ys want ed to look
neve r to be seen again !
Riya arran ged a
Day.
of flow ers for her moth er on Mot her's Wha t did Kak a reall y want to do?
A. chain
A. get a new tail
B. flock
B. eat Mun ni's eggs
C. bunc h
C. look nice
D. Pack
D. help the buffa lo
Whic h part of the sente nce given below mud cup for?
•• h2s au erro r? . . Wha t does Kak a wan t the

enveJow, hidden h, the b'!I: io "-cupb

oord , A. to give milk to the dogs
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B C D B. to clean the eggs with wate r
A.
A. an dusty old C. to give it to the potte r
B. an envel ope D. to wash his bill in wate r
c. in the bag do if he gives them milk ?
Wha t did Kak a say the dogs will
D. a cupb oard
kill the deer to get its horn
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Whic h of the foUo-mng is the 'FEJ\
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B. dig the mud for the potte r
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A. stallion C. make a cup out of mud
B. mare D. cut the grass for the buffa lo
c. the burn ing coal?
foal Wha t or who mad e Kak a fall on
D. colt A. the black smith
B. the potte r

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Wby did Kaka fly away?

again!
1II What road• Olli• feel asba!Ded?
A. No one helped him eat the eggs.
/\. seeing Pip collect dry leaves
B. He was angry with the blacksmith. B, watching birds and insects work
\ c. The villagers chased him away. C. sleeping too rnuch in the day
D. He did not want others to see his burnt D, seeing the stars in the night sky
tail.
Even th• eyes of hundreds of stafS
Everyone wanted to save Munni's eggs in the sky looked f.!!!z<D ao~J!lm•
from Kaka.
WhY did th< author describe tb< star
Which of these words can be used to s as •fr01.<ll aod diro" iD the Un• abov
describe everyone in the story? e?

A. kind A, to say boW sleepy Ollie was feeling

B. cruel B, to suggest that the stars were not mov
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c. jealous C, to show that rooming was abou
t to begin
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D. generous

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tions 11 to 16.
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A,. Ollie was at the point of falling aslee
OLLIE,THESLEEPYHEAD p once again.
B, lle wished he could sleep in such a
nest.
Ollie was at the point of falling aslee
p once again when he heard som C. The sun rose at last, and everything
turned out to be the small sparrow, ebody flying just over his head. It got warID·
named Pip, who was busy collecting .~ook bis wings, and flew out of tree to collect twigs and leaves.
dry leaves for his nest.
Ollie watched for some time - the D, But he got up, sn4
somewhat ashamed and thought, "I
birds flying, grasshoppers chirping,
will get around to building my nest
and swarm of bees buzzing. He felt
one day."
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What did om• decid• to do at the
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Night fell. There was quite a nip in
the air. Ollie shivered and tried to A, to sleep in Pip's nest
his body. He remembered Pip's warm get warm, pressing his wings tight
nest. He wished he could sleep in such to
a nest. B, to move to a quieter tree
The night seemed very long and cold
. Even the eyes of hundreds of stars C.
Ollie felt he would freeze while wait in the sky looked frozen and dim. to build his own nest
ing for the crack of dawn.
D, to collect food for hirnself
The sun rose at last, and everything
got warm. Ollie felt snug and warm
got up, shook his wings, and flew out and was about to fall asleep. But he Ollie felt he would freeze while wait
of tree to collect twigs and leaves. ing for the g!Cl< o! !l!!!'.ll·
going to build his comfortable nest. He had learned his lesson and was
What doe• the phrase 'crack of da.,
u' 01••• ht tb• Un• above!
Why was Pip picking up dry leav
es?
A. a whole in the sky
to help Ollie build his nest A.
the beginning of the morning
B. to feed them to baby birds B.
C. to play with them in the wind C. the setting of the sun
D. the sound of soroething breaking
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Marks: 8 • What helped Avi recover his health?
Answer ALL the questions. . ~ . ---~--,h, nr a sentence.
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THE STRANGE VISITORS l
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One summer Avi became very ill and had to stay in

bed all day. He couldn't move, and since no other What made A vi keep the strange animal visits to himself in the beginning?
children were allowed near him, he felt lonely. With
nothing to do but stare out the window, his sadness
grew. Then one day, something strange happened.
He saw a penguin eating a sandwich outside his
window. It put its head through the window, said
"good afternoon," arid left.

A vi was surprised. As be was thinking about the

''>t~ How did Avi's feelings change from the beginning of the story to the end?
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penguin, he saw a monkey outside blowing up a
balloon. Thereafter more and more strange animals
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followed--e ach funnier than the last. Soon, A vi was
laughing so bard that he forgot all about being sad.

Avi didn't tell anyone about it; who would believe him? Yet, those strange visitors
filled his heart with joy.
Slowly, he recovered from illness, and he was well enough to go back to school.
Why do you think Avi's friend decided to cheer him up without telling him?
There, he eagerly told his best friend all about the strange animals be bad seen.
While talking, be noticed
something poking out of his friend's school bag. Curious, he asked about it. Then
his friend showed him bis
bag. Inside were all the costumes and props his friend had used to cheer him up.
From that day on, A vi
always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.

Why was Avi feeling lonely?

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Ans wer eith er "a" OR "b" of que stio
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Com plet e the pas sag e with the wor ds
belo w.

(a, the, an, the)

One sum mer eve ning , Mah i and his siste (i)
r Mir a visi ted
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It
own ed by _ _ _ _(ii) • Was
_ _ _ _ old man . As they wal ked thro (iii)_ _ _
ugh _ _ _ _ _ _
trees, they
spo tted __ _(_iv_)_ _ ripe man go han
ging low . The y pluc ked and ate it hap pily
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Ans wer : (i)

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Com plet e the pas sag e with the wor ds
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belo w.

(que en, goo se, dog , mis tres s)

Ran i's _ _ _(i)_ _ _ , Bru no, cha sed

afte r a butt erfl y and fell into the pon d.
He stuc k his
nose into a
lotu s flow er floa ting on the wat er. An
ang ry _ _ _(ii)
_ _ _. bee flew out and stung him right
on the
nos e! The _ _ _(iii) _ _ __ swi mm ing nea rby laug
hed loud ly at Bru no. Soa ked and startled,
Bruno
scra m.b led out of the pon d and ran hom
e to his __ __C1_·v_)_ _ _ , Ran i. Fro
m that day on, he never
cha sed a butt erfl y again!

Ans wer : (i)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (ii)_

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