Teamwork Skills : White Washing the Fence
1. What task does Aunt Polly assign to Tom in the story?
Answer: Whitewashing the fence
2. How does Tom manage to get other boys to help him with the task?
Answer: He
convinces them it's fun
3. What does Tom pretend to do to make whitewashing seem enjoyable?
Answer:
He acts as if it's
an art form
4. What do the other boys offer Tom in exchange for letting them whitewash the fence?
Answer: Marbles and toys
5. What lesson does Tom learn from the whitewashing episode?
Answer: People value what seems difficult to obtain
6. What is the primary theme of the "Whitewashing the Fence" episode?
Answer: The power of teamwork
7. Which of the following characters does NOT help Tom with the whitewashing?
Answer:
Sid
8. What time of day does Tom begin the task of whitewashing the fence?
Answer: Early morning
9. Why does Tom initially dread the task of whitewashing the fence?
Answer:
He had other plans for the day
10. Which boy is the first to be tricked by Tom into whitewashing the fence?
Answer:
Ben Rogers
11. What does Ben Rogers pretend to be when he first approaches Tom?
Answer: A
steamship
12. What does Tom claim about the difficulty of whitewashing the fence?
Answer:
Only certain people can do it well
13. How many coats of whitewash were done?
Answer: Three
14. What does Tom secretly wish for while he's working on the fence?
Answer: That he didn’t have to do the task at all
15. How does Tom feel at the end of the day after the fence is fully painted?
Answer:
Proud and accomplished
16. What is one of the items Tom receives from the
other boys in exchange for letting
them whitewash?
Answer: A dead rat with a string
17. What does Tom use as his brush for whitewashing the fence?
Answer:
A real paintbrush
18. Why does Tom consider the whitewashing task to be a punishment at first?
Answer: He would rather play on a
Saturday
19. How does Tom's attitude towards the fence change by the end of the story?
Answer:
He sees it as a symbol of his cleverness
20. Which character tries to warn Tom
that Aunt Polly will be angry if he doesn’t
finish the task?
Answer: Jim
21. What does Tom claim about the opportunity to whitewash the fence?
Answer:
It’s a rare privilege
22. What lesson does the story of whitewashing the fence teach about human nature?
Answer: People often want what they can’t have
23. Describe the mood expressed in the opening lines of the story by Mark Twain
Answer: There was a song in every
heart, and cheer in every
face and a spring in every step
24. John Miller bought in exchange of white washing the fence
Answer:
A dead rat and a string
to swing it.
25. Tom succeeded Jim to whitewash fence by offering him…
Answer: White alley
26. The fence was feet high
Answer: 9
27. A Mulatto is someone with...
Answer: One black parent
and one white parent
28. Jim was singing song
Answer: Buffalo gals
29. Whose ridicule, Tom had been dreading? Answer:
Ben Roggers
30. In exchange of whitewashing fence, Tom was ready to fetch water for..
Answer:
Jim
31. Tom turns a dreary and lonely task into an enjoyable one, by...
Answer: Creating a team of willing painters
to whitewash fence for
him
32. Tom was punished by aunt Polly, because...
Answer: He
disobeyed her
33. “White alley, and it’s a bully taw” who said this sentence?
Answer: Tom
v Some more MCQs :
Question-1 Describe the mood expressed in the opening lines of the story by Mark Twain.
A There was a song in every heart, and cheer in every face and a spring in every step.
B A persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.
C No one was fully present and engaged in their tasks.
D Everyone was feeling lethargic and demotivated.
Answer A
Question-2 Which of the following is not true about Aunt Polly?
A She is very particular about the fence. B She talks awful.
C She punished Tom for disobeying her. D She is a very sweet and beautiful lady.
Answer D
Question-3 John Miller bought in exchange of white washing the fence.
A Twelve marbles. B A dead rat and a string to swing it.
C A spool canon. D A tin soldier.
Answer B
Question-4 Some of the things that made Tim wealthy were…
A A notepad. B A glass stopper of a decanter.
C A gold coin. D Pencils and pens.
Answer B
Question-5 Tom succeeded Jim to whitewash fence by offering him…
A White alley. B Batman comics.
C Coffee. D A kite.
Answer A
Question-6 One of the following characters is a primary character of the story.
A Jim B Ben C Billy D Aunt Polly
Answer D
Question-7 The fence was _ feet high.
A 7 B 10 C 9 D 6
Answer C
Question-8 A Mulatto is someone with...
A White parents. C One black parent and one white parent.
C Black parents. D One Asian parent and one white parent.
Answer C
Question-9 Jim was singing song.
A World famous. B Buffalo gals.
C Radio man. D Opera house.
Answer B
Question-10 Whose ridicule, Tom had been dreading?
A Jim B Johnny Miller C Billy Fisher D Ben Roggers
Answer D
Question-11 In exchange of whitewashing fence, Tom was ready to fetch water for..
A Aunt Polly B Jim C Sid D Ben
Answer B
Question-12 Tom turns a dreary and lonely task into an enjoyable one, by...
A Creating a team of willing painters to whitewash fence for him.
B Enjoying a bright sunny day. C Playing songs in the background.
D Doing it all by himself.
Answer A
Question-13 Describe Tom’s character. He is …..
A a lazy and dull person. B an insecure and ignorant person.
C a bright and energetic person. D an impatient and closed-minded person.
Answer C
Question-14 Tom was punished by aunt Polly, because...
A He didn’t fetch water from river. B He didn’t buy groceries.
C He didn’t perform well in his class. D He disobeyed her.
Answer D
Question-15 “White alley, and it’s a bully taw” who said this sentence?
A Billy. B Jim. C Tom. D Aunt Polly.
Answer C
Question-16 The author of the story “Whitewashing the fence” is…
A Ruskin bond B Mark Twain C R.K Narayan D Stephen Leacock
Answer B
Question-17 Tom convinced Ben for whitewashing the fence by..
A Offering him food. B Telling him whitewashing a fence is great pleasure.
C Giving him his toys. D Bullying him.
Answer B
Question-18 Who offered an apple to Tom, for whitewashing?
A Jim B Ben C Sid D Johnny
Answer B
Question-19 “She talks awful, but talk doesn’t hurt” who said this?
A Jim B Johnny C Tom D Billy
Answer C
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