Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers for Class 10

Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers for Class 10 have been prepared in the following according to the trend & types of questions that had been set in previous years’ Test Exam & Madhyamik Exam. Our Runaway Kite is a beautiful story by Lucy Maud Montgomery included in the class 10 syllabus under WBBSE.

This is a complete and comprehensive guide with study material from Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers for Class 10 provide to help the students appearing in the Madhyamik Exam. These resources are covering almost all questions that answer the study which brings benefits for the students.

Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers Types

Basically, Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers Types are found in the exam paper given below in the following.

• Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
• Complete the following sentences with information from the text.
• Complete the chart with information from the text:
• State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/ phrases/words in support of your answer:
• Answer the following Questions:

Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers from Unit 1

Read the passage below and do Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers from Unit 1:
[Of course, there was nobody for us to play……… understand what he meant.] [Textbook, pages 37-39]

Choose the correct alternatives as Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers

Multiple Choice Questions Answers are basically found at the beginning of the question set. So, different types of MCQs are discussed in the following.

Choose the correct answer

(1)  There was nobody for us-

(a) to teach

(b) to quarrel

(c) to play with

(d) to fly a kite

Ans : (c) to play with

(2)  “We just had to make the most of each other” -‘We’ refers to

(a) Claude and Mimi

(b) Mimi and Dick

(c) Claude and Dick

(d) Claude and Philippa

Ans : (d) Claude and Philippa

Bliss: Lesson-wise Textual Questions Answers Solution

(3)  “We live on the Big Half Moon island” -‘We’ refers to

(a) Claude, Philippa and Father

(b) Claude, Philippa, Mimi and Dick

(c) Mimi, Dick, Aunt Esther

(d) Claude, Philippa, Father, Mimi, Dick and Aunt Esther

Ans : (d) Claude, Philippa, Father, Mimi, Dick and Aunt Esther

(4)  It used to be only-

(a) Claude

(b) Claude, Philippa and Father

(c) Claude and Philippa

(d) Mimi and Dick

Ans : (b) Claude, Philippa and Father

(5)  The story Our Runaway Kite’ is narrated by

(a) Philippa

(b) Claude

(c) Dick

(d) Philippa and Claude

Ans : (a) Philippa

(6)  It is all on account of the kits the total number of family members of the narrator at present is-

(a) two

(b) three

(c) five

(d) Six

Ans : (d) Six

(7)  The keeper of the Big Halt Moon lighthouse is

(a) Aunt Esther

(b) Father

(c) Claude and Philippa

(d) Mimi

Ans : (b) Father

(8)  The narrator of the story Our Runaway kite was-

(a) senior to his brother

(b) as old as his brother

(c) junior to his brother

(d) twelve years old

Ans : (c) junior to his brother

(9)  The brother of the narrator of the story ‘Our Runaway kite’ was-

(a) twelve years old

(b) eleven years old

(c) ten years old

(d) nine years old

Ans : (a) twelve years old

Choose the right option

(1)  The narrator and her family used to move over to the mainland-

(a) as soon as spring comes

(b) as soon as winter comes

(c) as soon as summer comes

(d) as soon as monsoon comes

Ans : (b) as soon as winter comes

(2)  The narrator and her family used to move over to the Half Moon Island

(a) as soon as spring comes

(b) as soon as winter comes

(c) as soon as summer comes

(d) as soon as monsoon comes

Ans : (a) as soon as spring comes

(3)  When people of mainland pitied the narrator, she seemed it

(a) painful

(b) sorrowful

(c) funny

(d) interesting

Ans : (c) funny

(4)  The narrator and her brother were lonesome in the Big Half Moon Island as-

(a) they were naughty in nature

(b) they were quarrelsome in nature

(c) they did not mix with others

(d) there were no other children

Ans : (d) there were no other children

(5)  The narrator and her brother would have liked to have someone

(a) to go to school with them

(b) to play with them

(c) to fly kite with them

(d) to find out their runaway kite

Ans : (b) to play with them

(6)  The narrator and her brother used to quarrel a good deal with the mainland children in-

(a) summer

(b) monsoon

(c) spring

(d) winter

Ans : (d) winter

(7)  It was perhaps just as well that the children

(a) did not come in the Big Half Moon Island

(b) used to come to the Big Half Moon Island

(c) wanted to come to the Big Half Moon Island

(d) used to quarrel with Claude and Philippa

Ans : (a) did not come in the Big Half Moon Island

(8)  Claude and I never-

(a) loved each other

(b) hated each other

(c) quarrelled with each other

(d) played together

Ans : (c) quarrelled with each other

(9)   Father didn’t seem to have any relations

(a) except Mimi, Dick and Aunt Esther

(b) except Claude and Philippa

(c) except his brother and sister

(d) except his only brother

Ans : (b) except Claude and Philippa

Tich the correct answer

(1)  The thing that used to puzzle Claude and Philippa was-

(a) their father had a family in the hand

(b) their father had a sister and a nephew and a niece

(c) their father had no other relatives except themselves

(d) their father did not share anything with them

Ans : (c) their father had no other relatives except themselves

(2)  Once Philippa and Claude asked their father why-

(a) they did not have a relation

(b) they did not have playmates

(c) they did not have Dick and Mimi

(d) Aunt Esther did not come to stay with them

Ans : (a) they did not have a relation

(3)  Father told that it was his own fault-

(a) for not having their playmates

(b) for not having a relation

(c) to be the keeper of Big Moon Half lighthouse

(d) not to spend time with Claude and Philippa

Ans : (b) for not having a relation

(4)  Philippa and Claude wished they had not asked their father-

(a) about their aunt Esther

(b) about their playmates

(c) about their relatives

(d) about their mother

Ans : (c) about their relatives

(5)  It was all father’s fault that they

(a) came to the Big Half Moon Island

(b) had no relations

(c) quarrelled with the mainland children

(d) played all day long without going to school

Ans : (b) had no relations

(6)  Claude and Philippa did not understand

(a) why they lived in an island

(b) why everybody on the mainland had relations

(c) why there was no trace of Aunt Esther

(d) what their father meant to say

Ans : (d) what their father meant to say

(7)  When asked about relations, father looked-

(a) happy

(b) angry

(c) sorrowful

(d) irritated

Ans : (c) sorrowful

(8)  It was hard to run pirate caves with only-

(a) five

(b) four

(c) three

(d) two

Ans : (d) two

Complete the sentences with information

Complete the following sentences with information from the text.

(1) In the passage, l’ refers to Philippa,

(2) Those who lived on the Big Half Moon island were Father, Claude, Philippo, Aunt Esther, Mimi and Dick.

(3) The keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse was Father.

(4) The speaker of the above passage lived on the Big Half Moon island.

(5) Name of the speaker of the above passage is Philippa.

(6) The difference in age between Philippa and Claude, the sister and brother was one year.

(7) Claude was year/s senior to Philippa. one.

(8) The family moved over to mainland in winter.

(9) The narrator of the above passage is Philippa, an eleven year old girl.

(10) It was hard to play pirate caves because they were only two children there.

(11) The narrator believed that it would be so jolly to have an uncle, an aunt and some cousins.

(12) Father told Philippa and Claude that they did not have any relations because of his fault.

(13) The thing that made Aunt Esther, Mimi and Dick join with Father, Philippa and Claude was a kite.

Complete the chart with

Complete the chart with information from the text:

True or False with supporting statement

State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/ phrases/words in support of your answer:

(1)  Aunt Esther, Mimi and Dick lived on the isolated island from the beginning.

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: It used to be only Father, Claude and I.

(2)  Claude was the elder brother of the narrator.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: I am eleven years old. Claude is twelve.

(3)  The kite played an important role in uniting Aunt Esther with the family of Claude, the narrator, and their father.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: It was all on account of the kite that there are more of us.

(4)  The narrator wants to tell the readers about the natural beauty of the Big Half Moon Island.

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: It is all on account of the kite that there are more of us. This is what I want to tell you about.

(5)  The narrator and Claude wanted to have more playmates in the island.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: Of course, Claude and I would have liked to have someone to play with us.

(6)  The narrator along with her family used to stay on the island all through the year.

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: In winter, when the harbour is frozen over, we all move over to the mainland.

(7)  In winter also the climate of the Big Half Moon Island was very soothing.

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: In winter, when the harbour is frozen over, we all move over to the mainland.

(8)  The narrator and Claude argued with the mainland children that they never felt lonely on the island.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: But we used to quarrel a good deal with the mainland children in winter.

(9)  The narrator and Claude used to quarrel among themselves.

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: Claude and I never quarrelled.

(10)  it seemed that Father had no relations except two children.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: … Father didn’t seem to have any relations except us.

(11)  The narrator and Claude embarrass their father by asking about his relations

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: Once we asked Father about it, but he looked so sorrowful that we wished we hadn’t.

(12)  In mainland also, people rarely had relations

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: Everybody on the mainland had relations.

(13)  The narrator and Claude could not find any definite reason for not having any relations

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: Why hadn’t we? Was it because we lived on an island?

(14)  When the narrator and Claude asked Father about their relations, he was surprised

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: Once we asked Father about it, but he looked so sorrowful that we wished we hadn’t.

(15)  The narrator and Claude could not make out what their father said about their relations.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: Claude and I didn’t understand what he meant.

Answer the following Questions

Answer the following Questions:

(1)  Who is the narrator of the above passage?

Ans :  The narrator is Philippa, an eleven-year-old girl.

(2)  What was the narrator’s father?

Ans :  The narrator’s father was the keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse.

(3)  How old was the narrator?

Ans :  She was eleven years old.

(4)  How old was Claude?

Ans :  Claude was twelve years old.

(5)  Why did Claude and the narrator quarrel with the mainland children in winter?

Ans :  The more is the number of companions, the greater is the chance to have a quarrel. In winter in the mainland Philippa and Claude had more companions to quarrel with. So they fulfilled their urge to quarrel there.

(6)  What is the relationship between Claude and the narrator?

Ans :  Claude is the elder brother of the narrator.

(7)  What did the narrator and Claude once ask their father?

Ans :  They asked their father why they did not have any relations.

(8)  What did their father reply to their question?

Ans :  Their father said it was because of his fault.

(9)  Why did the narrator and Claude repent for asking their father about their relations?  

Ans :  The question made Father so sorrowful that they repented for it.

Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers from Unit 2

From unit 2 Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers are added that important for exams.

Read the passage below and do Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers from Unit 2:

[It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon … Bailed away over to the mainland.] (Textbook, pages 40-42)

Choose the correct alternatives as Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers

Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:

(1)  On the Big Half Moon summer is-

(a) not lovely

(b) always boring

(c) always lovely

(d) always lovely

Ans : (c) always lovely

(2)  In the Big Half Moon the harbour is blue and calm-

(a) when the weather is rough

(b) when the weather is fine

(c) when the sky is overcast with clouds

(d) when little wind blows

Ans : (b) when the weather is fine

(3)  Philippa and Claude had a hobby every-

(a) summer

(b) monsoon

(c) autumn

(d) winter

Ans : (a) summer

(4)  Philippa and Claude were crazy about flying kites –

(a) after Dick and Mimi came

(b) after father went to bring Dick, Mimi and Aunt Esther

(c) before Dick and Mimi came

(d) with the children in the mainland

Ans : (c) before Dick and Mimi came

(5)  A boy on the mainland showed how to make a kite to-

(a) Father

(b) Philippa

(c) a fellow boy

(d) Claude

Ans : (d) Claude

(6)   Claude and Philippa made a of kites to play-

(a) flying kites only

(b) shipwrecked mariners

(c) pirate caves

(d) sending message to Aunt Esther

Ans : (b) shipwrecked mariners

(7)  Claude and Philippa played shipwrecked mariners with-

(a) red paper

(b) old letters

(c) signalling kites

(d) large rocks

Ans : (c) signalling kites

(8)  The hole in the kite was made by Philippa’s

(a) knee

(b) elbow

(c) palm

(d) foot

Ans : (b) elbow

(9)  Claude and Philippa rushed to get some paper from the

(a) house

(b) harbour

(c) mainland

(d) lighthouse

Ans : (a) house

(10)  The kite went up like a-

(a) balloon

(b) rocket

(c) bird

(d) airplane

Ans : (c) bird

Choose the right option

(1)  The Kite that Philippa and Claude had was

(a) big and red

(b) small and golden

(c) medium and yellow

(d) big and black

Ans : (a) big and red

(2)  The person who tripped and fell over the rocks was-

(a) Claude

(b) Philippa

(c) Dick

(d) Mimi

Ans : (b) Philippa

(3)  Whose elbow went clear through the Kite?

(a) Philippa

(b) Claude

(c) Father

(d) Aunt Esther

Ans : (a) Philippa

(4)  Claude and Philippa had to hurry to fix the kite-

(a) before their father came

(b) before the night fell

(c) before the wind fell

(d) before they became tired

Ans : (c) before the wind fell

(5)  Phillipa and Claude rushed into the lighthouse to

(a) meet their father

(b) meet their Aunt Esther

(c) meet their cousins Mimi and Dick

(d) bring some paper

Ans : (d) bring some paper

(6)  Claude and Philippa took the first thing that came handy was-

(a) a red paper

(b) an old news papers

(c) an old paper

(d) a chart papers

Ans : (c) an old paper

(7)  Claude and Philippa patched the kite up with the letter and dried it-

(a) in the sun

(b) by the fire

(c) in the wind

(d) by pressing with a brick

Ans : (b) by the fire

(8)  The old letter was lying on the bookcase-

(a) in the father’s bedroom

(b) in Philippa’s bedroom

(c) in the sitting room

(d) in the dining room

Ans : (c) in the sitting room

(9)  Claude and Philippa started out and up went the kite-

(a) like a kite

(b) like a hawk

(c) like a bird

(d) like a balloon

Ans : (c) like a bird

(10)  Who was standing with a bit of cord in hand, looking foolish-

(a) Philippa

(b) Claude

(c) Mimi

(d) Dick

Ans : (b) Claude

(11)  The kite had sailed away over to the-

(a) island

(b) mainland

(c) New England

(d) mainland China

Ans : (b) mainland

Complete the sentences with information

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(1) When it is fine, the harbour is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples

(2) Claude was shown how to make kites by a boy on the mainland.

(3) Claude and Philippa patched up the kite with an old letter

(4) With kites Claude and Philippa would play shipwrecked mariners

(5) Full names of Claude and Philippa were written on the big kite covered with lovely red paper.

(6) As the narrator fell over rocks her elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.

(7) The old letter was kept on the bookcase in the sitting room.

(8) The red kite had gold tinsel stars over it.

(9) In summer, the harbour was lovely, blue and calm, with little wind and ripples.

(10) When Claude and Philippa came back on the island, they made plenty of kites

Complete the chart

C. Complete the chart with information from the text:

True or False with supporting statement

(1) As the narrator fell over the rocks, she was startled.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: … I’m not sure how it happened…

(2) The wind was favourable for flying kites.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: The wind was glorious, and it soared.

(3) The narrator and her brother mended the kite.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by fire.

(4) The narrator and Claude were crazy about kites due to Dick and Mimi.

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: The last summer before Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy about kites.

More True & False Questions Answers

(1) Claude learnt to make kites in the harbour

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make them.

(2) The whole kite was repaired with the old letter

Ans : False.

Supporting Statement: We patched the kite up with the letter …

(3) The kite was snapped when it went up.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: The wind was glorious, and it soared. All at once-snap!

(4) The mainland was away from the Big Half Moon Island.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: Our kite had sailed away over to the mainland.

(5) The circumstances were ideal for flying kites.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: One day there was a grand wind for kite-flying …

(6) The narrator made a big hole in the kite with his elbow.

Ans : True.

Supporting Statement: My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.

Answer the following Questions

Answer the following Questions:

(1)  How was the kite torn?

Ans :  Philippa was bringing the kite from the house. She then tripped and fell over the rock. Her elbow went clear through the kite. As a result, the kite was torn.

(2)  Describe the beauty of the harbour in summer.

Ans :  In summer the harbour looks lovely. When it is fine, the harbour is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples.

(3)  Describe the kite made by the narrator and Claude.

Ans :   It was a big red kite. The narrator and Claude pasted gold tinsel stars all over it. They wrote their full names on it.

(4)  What made the narrator and Claude crazy about flying kites in summer?

Ans :  Claude learnt how to make a kite from a boy on the mainland. Then he and the narrator started making plenty of kites. Every summer they cultivated some hobby. This time it was kite-flying.

(5)  Why did Claude and Philippa hurry to fix the kite?

Ans :  A wind favourable for kite-flying started blowing. It could fall at any time. Claude and Philippa wanted to send up the kite before it fell. So, they hurried to fix the kite.

(6)  What happened to the kite when the bit of cord snapped?

Ans :  The kite was soaring. At that time the cord snapped. So, the kite went out of control. Claude could not fly it anymore. It then sailed over to the mainland.

(7)  How did the narrator and her brother mend the kite?

Ans :  Philippa, the narrator and her brother, Claude patched the kite up with an old letter. They pasted a sheet on each side. Then they dried the kite by the fire.

Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers from Unit 3

Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers from Unit 3 have been provided with a complete guide. Study them and earn good marks.

Read the passage below and do Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers from Unit 3:

[A month later a letter came for Father…… But the best of it all is that we have relations now!] (Textbook, pages 43-44)

Choose the correct alternatives as Our Runaway Kite Questions and Answers

A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:

(1)  Father got a letter after the kite incident-

(a) from his boss

(b) from his brother

(c) from his sister

(d) from the king

Ans : (c) from his sister

(2)  After father finished reading the letter it seemed that he had been-

(a) smiling

(b) weeping

(c) laughing

(d) crying

Ans : (d) crying

(3)  Philippa and Claude’s father has a quarrel with his

(a) father

(b) brother

(c) mother

(d) sister

Ans : (b) brother

(4)  Philippa and Claude came to know about the end of their kite when-

(a) their father came back from his office

(b) Mimi and Dick came there with their mother

(c) father got a letter after a month

(d) father wrote a letter to his sister Esther

Ans : (c) father got a letter after a month

(5)  Philippa and Claude’s kite was discovered by-

(a) father

(b) mainland children

(c) Mimi and Dick

(d) Aunt Esther

Ans : (c) Mimi and Dick

(6)  But the best of all to Philippa and Claude is that they have

(a) got their kite

(b) got Dick and Mimi

(c) got Aunt Esther

(d) relations now

Ans : (d) relations now

Complete the sentences with information

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(1)  Father’s eyes became moist When he finished reading the letter by Aunt Esther

(2)  When Father went back to his house he found his brother had died and his sister missing.

(3)  Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a tree in the woods.

(4)  Seeing the kite patched with an old letter, Aunt Esther turned pale

(5)  Total number the narrator’s family at present is six

Complete the chart

C. Complete the chart with information from the text:

True or False with supporting statement

State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentence phrases/words in support of your answer:

(1)  Father received the letter from Aunt Esther after a year.

Ans: False.

Supporting Statement: A month later a letter came for Father.

(2)  Father became very emotional when he finished reading the letter from Aunt Esther.

Ans: True.

Supporting Statement: After he finished reading it, his eyes looked as if he had been crying.

(3)  Because of his quarrel with Uncle, Father left home.

Ans: True.

Supporting Statement: He had quarrelled with his brother and left home.

(4)  Claude and Philippa could get back their aunt, but they would never get their uncle back.

Ans: True.

Supporting Statement: … he found his brother had died and he couldn’t find his sister.

Extra True & False Questions & Answers

(5)  Dick and Mimi lost their father forever.

Ans: True.

Supporting Statement: She was a widow …

(6)  Dick and Mimi found the kite in a rosebush.

Ans: False.

Supporting Statement:  they discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home.

(7)  Father kept the names of his children after his parents’ names.

Ans: True.

Supporting Statement: Philippa was her mother’s name and Claude was her father’s

(8)   Aunt Esther could guess that Philippa and Claude were her niece and nephew.

Ans: True.

Supporting Statement: She knew who we must be.

(9)  Dick and Mimi found the kite but left it in the woods.

Ans: False.

Supporting Statement: they discovered the kite on the top of a tree an carried it home.

(10)  Aunt Esther wrote at least two letters to Father.

Ans: True.

Supporting Statement: It was the very letter she had once written to her brother … so she sat down and wrote to Big Half Moon and Father received the letter.

Answer the following questions

E. Answer the following questions

(1)  Why had Father left home?

Ans :  Father had quarrelled with his brother and left home.

(2)  When did Father go back home and why?

Ans :  After many years Father felt sorry and went back home.

(3)  What did Father find when he went back home?

Ans :  Father found his brother had died and his sister had been missing.

(4)  “She knew who we must be.”-How could she know it?

Ans :  On the kite Aunt Esther found two things. The kite was patched with her letter to the brother. Names of her parents were written on it. From these two clues she knew it.

(5)  “It is all on account of the kite that there were more of us.”-Why does Philippa say this?

Ans :  From the snapped kite only Aunt Esther could trace the address of her estranged brother. She wrote to him, Receiving the letter Father went and brought Aunt Esther with her children to live with his family.

(6)  Where did Aunt Esther live?

Ans :  Aunt Esther lived hundreds of miles inland.

(7)  Where did Dick and Mimi find the kite?

Ans :  They found the kite on the top of a tree in the woods.

(8)  When did Father receive the letter from Aunt Esther?

Ans :  A month after the kite-snapping episode Father received the letter.

(9)  What was Father’s reaction after reading Aunt Esther’s letter?

Ans :  Father’s eyes looked moist as if he was crying.