The Tale of Custard the Dragon MCQs with Answers

Question-1. Actually the dragon was not

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-6. How does his nose looked like ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-10. The pirate had a wooden

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

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

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

Question-12. What was beneath his body ?

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

Question-13. Where all sat laughing ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-17. Who cried for help ?

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

Question-18. Who is Belinda ?

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

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

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

Question-20. Who tickled the dragon ?

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

Question-21. Who was Custard ?

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

Question-22. What all does the dragon possess?

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

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

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

Question-24. What did the dragon cry for?

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

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

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

Question-26. Where did Belinda live?

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

Question-27. Who did Belinda used to tease?

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

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

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

Question-29. Who was Mustard?

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