A Face In The Dark

Where was the school, where Mr. Oliver taught, located?

• In the pine forest

• Beside Mr. Oliver's home

• On the outskirts of the Simla hill station

• In the mountains

From before Kipling's time, the school had been run on public school lines.

• French

• English

• Indian

• American

The school was called of the East.

• Cambridge

• Harvard

• Oxford

• Eton

What was about three miles from the school?

• Simla bazaar

• Mr. Oliver's house

• Simla hill station

• Pine forest

Select the INCORRECT statement.

• The pine trees made sad and eerie sounds.

• Most people kept to the road.

• The batteries of the torch were running down.

• Mr. Oliver was a very nervous and imaginative man.

Why did Mr. Oliver feel that the boy was a miscreant?

• He was out of his school at night.

• He was crying.

• He was sitting alone on a rock.

• He had no face.

What did the boy do when Mr. Oliver ask him what the matter was?

• He looked up.

• He ran away.

• He continued to cry silently.

• He stopped crying.

What is the figure of speech in the following line:

“... the pine trees made eerie sounds ...”

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Which is the figure of speech in “strange, soundless weeping”?

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Who is the author of the story?

• Rudyard Kipling

• Timothy Shay Arthur

• William Shakespeare

• Ruskin Bond