Periyar University
Department of English
World short stories
Boys and Girls by Alice
Munro
|. Multiple choice questions:
1. Alice Munro was a _____ writer.
a. Russian b. Canadian c. American
2. Who is the narrator in the story?
a. Sara Green b. Alice Munro c. Jojo Moyes
3. The narrator father was a _____.
a. Fox farmer b. Business Man c. He was a movie star
4. Alice Munro was _____ of her high school graduating class.
a. Home coming queen b. Valedictorian c. President
5. In _____ she became the first Canadian to win the Noble Prize for literature.
a. 2002 b. 1996 c. 2013
6. Alice Munro chose to write short stories instead of novels due to her lack of _____.
a. Education b. Subject matter c. Spare time
7. “Boys and Girls” was first published in _____
a. 1968 b. 1996 c. 2001
8. Who is the narrator in the Boys and Girls?
a. An 11 year old girl b. 12 year old boy c. a lady
9. What happens to Flora in the short story Boys and Girls?
a. Flora died b. Flora escaped c. Sick
10. Young girl lives on a fox farm in _____ and helps her father with daily tasks.
a. Rural Canada b. America c. France
11. What is the narrator’s name?
a. Laird b. Flora c. The narrator’s name never mentioned
12. What kind of stories does the narrator tell herself early in the story?
a. Heroic tales in which she rescues somebody b. Fairy tales c. Ghost stories
13. What does the narrator and her brother Laird, do at bed time early in the story?
a. They fight b. They tell each other stories c. They sing together
14. What animals does the father in the story raise on his form?
a. Cows b. Horses c. Foxes
15. Flora the horse, is described as which of the following?
a. Spirited and feisty b. Gentle and docile c. Lazy and lethargic
16. How does the narrator’s father react when Laird tells him that she disobeyed his order to
close the gate on the horse?
a. He is angry and punishes her b. He is dismissive and tells her not to worry about it
c. He is worried about the horse and goes to look for her.
17. What does the narrator’s mother do when she sees Flora running look?
a. She screams and runs after her b. She calmly goes to get the horse c. She tells the
narrator to go get the horse
18. What happens to Flora at the end of the story?
a. She is sold to another farm b. She is killed c. She is returned to the narrator’s
family
19. What does the narrator learn from the experience with Flora?
a. She learns that she is responsible for her own actions. b. She learns that she can be
brave and respectful. c. She learns that she is capable of making a difference in the
world.
20. What does the narrator do when Flora breaks free from stable?
a. She closes the gate b. She hides c. She opens the gate wider
21. What time of year does the narrator’s father begin preparing for skinning the foxes?
a. Just before autumn begins b. Just before summer begins c. Just before spring
begins.
22. What object symbolizes the difference between the role of the mother and the one of the
fathers?
a. The gun b. Knife c. Both a and b
23. Does the father want her and daughter to stay in the house?
a. No b. Yes c. Both a and b
MCQ by Sri Kowsalya
