The Tale of Custard the Dragon MCQs with Answers

Question-1. Actually the dragon was not

1. brave
2. a coward
3. courageous
4. weak

Question-2. Belinda lived in a little….................coloured house

1. White
2. Brown
3. Red
4. Yellow

Question-3. Belinda was as brave as a group of ?

1. Lion
2. Tiger
3. Bear
4. Elephant

Question-4. Everyone embraced Custard because he had killed the

1. pirate
2. boy
3. man
4. lion

Question-5. Find the word in the passage that means same as ?unkind?

1. unmerciful
2. rudely
3. percival
4. cowardly

Question-6. How does his nose looked like ?

1. scales
2. chimney
3. fireplace
4. spikes

Question-7. Ink trickled down to the …..............of the household.

1. top
2. underneath
3. bottom
4. outer

Question-8. Name the poetic device used in the line "And the little yellow dog was sharp as mustard"

1. Oxymoron
2. metaphor
3. Assonance
4. Simile

Question-9. The pirate attacked the dragon by firing…............bullets

1. 3
2. 2
3. 4
4. 5

Question-10. The pirate had a wooden

1. Leg
2. Teeth
3. Hand
4. Pistol

Question-11. What did Mustard, Ink and Blink do ?

1. ran away
2. faced the pirate
3. hid themselves
4. saved Belinda

Question-12. What was beneath his body ?

1. spikes
2. scales
3. fireplace
4. chimney

Question-13. Where all sat laughing ?

1. in little room
2. in library
3. in little red wagon
4. in study room

Question-14. Which poetic device is used in the above lines, 'Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose' ?

1. personification
2. metaphor
3. simile
4. alliteration

Question-15. Which word in the passage means the same as 'hug' ?

1. gaped
2. embraced
3. mourned
4. gyrate

Question-16. Which word means the same as 'culprit' in the stanza ?

1. licked
2. embraced
3. victim
4. gyrate

Question-17. Who cried for help ?

1. Mustard
2. Ink
3. Blink
4. Belinda

Question-18. Who is Belinda ?

1. a lady
2. a little girl
3. an old woman
4. a married woman

Question-19. Who is the poet of the poem "The tale of Custard the Dragon"?

1. Carl Sandburg
2. Ogden Nash
3. Carolyn Wells
4. Walt Whitman

Question-20. Who tickled the dragon ?

1. ink
2. blink
3. mustard
4. Belinda

Question-21. Who was Custard ?

1. dog
2. kitten
3. rat
4. dragon

Question-22. What all does the dragon possess?

1. big sharp teeth
2. spikes on top of him
3. sharp toes
4. All of the above

Question-23. What did Custard do to the pirate?

1. ate him
2. scared him away
3. held him hostage
4. None of these

Question-24. What did the dragon cry for?

1. Because he was hurt.
2. For a new mouse
3. For a nice safe cage.
4. None of the Above

Question-25. What was the name of the black kitten?

1. Custard
2. ink
3. blink
4. mustard

Question-26. Where did Belinda live?

1. in a little white house
2. in a little yellow house
3. in a little grey house
4. in a little pink house

Question-27. Who did Belinda used to tease?

1. kitten
2. mouse
3. dragon
4. dog

Question-28. Who mourned over the death of the pirate?

1. Blink
2. Custard
3. Ink
4. None

Question-29. Who was Mustard?

1. Belinda's little yellow rat.
2. Belinda's little yellow mouse.
3. Belinda's little yellow dog.
4. Belinda's little grey dragon.