Night of the Scorpion

‘He risked the rain again’. ‘He’ refers to

• The poet

• Poet’s mother

• A scorpion

• Peasant

What forced the scorpion to enter the poet’s house?

• Darkness

• Rain

• Poison

• Candles

Why did the scorpion ‘risk the rain?’

• He was being beaten

• He wanted to protect himself from rain

• He wanted to save

  his life

• He enjoyed the rain

The poet’s father is a ‘sceptic.’ ‘Sceptic’ means...

• Blesses people

• Has faith in everything

• Doubts everything

• Doubts the existence of God

What did the poet’s father do as a last resort to remove the sting of the scorpion?

• Used blessing and curse

• Applied herbs and hybrid

• Applied powder and mixture

• Poured paraffin and put a match to it

Which of the following is not true

• A doctor was called for

• The holy man was called to perform rites to relieve the mother of the sting

• The sting lost its effect after twenty hours

• The father was a rationalist

The peasants expressed....

• Theory of sin and rebirth

• Their disbelief in God

• Their opinion on curing the poet’s mother of the pain

Who tried to cure the mother of her pain with an incantation?

• The holy man

• Peasants

• The poet’s father

• The poet

What was the reaction of the mother after she was relieved of the pain?

• She cursed God for the scorpion stung her.

• She thanked God as her children were spared

• She complained to God of the steady rain

• She cursed God because the villagers came to her house.

’Night of the Scorpion’ was written by........

• R.K.Narayan

• William Shakespeare

• William Wordsworth

• Nissim Ezekiel