SEBA Class X English Text book First Flight Chapter 1: A Letter to God MCQ

1. What is Lencho's profession?
   a) Teacher
   b) Farmer
   c) Carpenter
   d) Shopkeeper

2. Where was Lencho’s house located?
   a) In a dense forest
   b) On the crest of a low hill
   c) Near a busy street
   d) At the foot of a mountain

3. What was the only thing Lencho’s field needed for a good harvest?
   a) More workers
   b) A fence
   c) A downpour or at least a shower
   d) Fertilizers

4. How did Lencho feel when it started raining?
   a) Sad
   b) Angry
   c) Happy and satisfied
   d) Indifferent

5. What did Lencho compare the big raindrops to?
   a) Silver coins
   b) Gold coins
   c) Ten-cent pieces
   d) Five-cent pieces

6. What happened after the rain started?
   a) A storm followed
   b) The sun shone brightly
   c) The crops were harvested
   d) Lencho went to sleep

7. How long did the hailstorm last?
   a) A few minutes
   b) Half an hour
   c) One hour
   d) Two hours

8. What was the effect of the hailstorm on the field?
   a) It improved the crops
   b) It destroyed everything
   c) It damaged only a few plants
   d) It killed the insects

9. What did Lencho compare the hailstones to?
   a) Frozen pearls
   b) Diamonds
   c) Sugar cubes
   d) Ice blocks

10. What was Lencho’s feeling after the storm?
    a) Joyful
    b) Excited
    c) Sad and hopeless
    d) Angry at nature

11. What was the only hope left for Lencho?
    a) His relatives
    b) His neighbors
    c) Help from God
    d) Government aid

12. What did Lencho decide to do?
    a) Ask his friends for money
    b) Move to another village
    c) Write a letter to God
    d) Sell his land

13. How much money did Lencho ask from God?
    a) 50 pesos
    b) 100 pesos
    c) 70 pesos
    d) 150 pesos

14. What was the reason Lencho needed money?
    a) To buy a new house
    b) To celebrate a festival
    c) To sow his field again and survive until the next crop
    d) To go on a pilgrimage

15. Where did Lencho go to send the letter?
    a) A bank
    b) The market
    c) The post office
    d) His neighbor's house

16. What did the post office employees do when they saw the letter?
    a) Threw it away
    b) Laughed at it
    c) Ignored it
    d) Forwarded it to God

17. Who decided to help Lencho?
    a) The mayor
    b) His relatives
    c) The postmaster
    d) His friends

18. How did the postmaster collect the money?
    a) By taking a loan
    b) By asking for donations from employees and friends
    c) By writing to the government
    d) By using the post office funds

19. How much money was the postmaster able to collect?
    a) 50 pesos
    b) 100 pesos
    c) 70 pesos
    d) 60 pesos

20. How was the letter signed when it was sent back to Lencho?
    a) By the postmaster
    b) By "God"
    c) By Lencho himself
    d) By the mayor

21. How did Lencho feel when he received the letter?
    a) Grateful
    b) Excited
    c) Suspicious and angry
    d) Unhappy

22. Why did Lencho become angry?
    a) He did not get the full amount he asked for
    b) The letter was torn
    c) The money was fake
    d) The letter had no response from God

23. What did Lencho do after receiving the money?
    a) Went to thank the postmaster
    b) Wrote another letter to God
    c) Went to the market
    d) Donated the money

24. How much money did Lencho actually receive?
    a) 50 pesos
    b) 60 pesos
    c) 70 pesos
    d) 80 pesos

25. What did Lencho request in his second letter?
    a) To send more money
    b) To punish the post office employees
    c) To not send the money through the post office
    d) To bless his family

26. What did Lencho call the post office employees?
    a) Kind people
    b) Honest men
    c) A bunch of crooks
    d) Servants of God

27. Why did Lencho distrust the post office employees?
    a) He thought they stole part of the money
    b) He had a previous bad experience
    c) They laughed at him
    d) He saw them taking the money

28. What moral lesson does the story convey?
    a) Hard work never goes in vain
    b) Faith can move mountains
    c) Trust everyone around you
    d) Never depend on nature

29. Who is the author of the story "A Letter to God"?
    a) O. Henry
    b) G.L. Fuentes
    c) Guy de Maupassant
    d) Ruskin Bond

30. What is the genre of the story?
    a) Fantasy
    b) Science fiction
    c) Realistic fiction
    d) Adventure

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Answers:

1. b) Farmer

2. b) On the crest of a low hill

3. c) A downpour or at least a shower

4. c) Happy and satisfied

5. c) Ten-cent pieces

6. a) A storm followed

7. c) One hour

8. b) It destroyed everything

9. a) Frozen pearls

10. c) Sad and hopeless

11. c) Help from God

12. c) Write a letter to God

13. b) 100 pesos

14. c) To sow his field again and survive until the next crop

15. c) The post office

16. b) Laughed at it

17. c) The postmaster

18. b) By asking for donations from employees and friends

19. c) 70 pesos

20. b) By "God"

21. c) Suspicious and angry

22. a) He did not get the full amount he asked for

23. b) Wrote another letter to God

24. c) 70 pesos

25. c) To not send the money through the post office

26. c) A bunch of crooks

27. a) He thought they stole part of the money

28. b) Faith can move mountains

29. b) G.L. Fuentes

30. c) Realistic fiction