Chapter-5: Footprints without Feet

1 . Who is the author of the story “Footprints without feet”?

  • HG Wells
  • James Herriot
  • John Keats
  • WB Butler
Answer
HG Wells

2. Who were the boys following?

  • A dog
  • A scientist
  • A rat
  • None of these
Answer
A scientist

3. Griffin’s body became as transparent as …….

  • glass
  • air
  • ice
  • None of these
Answer
glass

4. What suggests that he was a homeless wanderer?

  • No clothes
  • No money
  • Invisible
  • All of these
Answer
All of these

5. Where did he find comfort in London?

  • At the inn
  • A big store
  • None of these
  • Theatre store
Answer
A big store

6. What do you mean by the word “eccentric”?

  • Uncommon
  • Catchy
  • Extra
  • None of these
Answer
Uncommon

7. Who called the incident “an extraordinary affair”?

  • Clergyman’s wife
  • Clergyman
  • Mrs Hall
  • All of these
Answer
Clergyman

8. ……. was a brilliant scientist.

  • Horace Danby
  • Griffin
  • Ausable
  • None of these
Answer
Griffin

9. Though Griffin was a brilliant scientist, he was a ……. person.

  • lawful
  • loyai
  • lawless
  • None of these
Answer
lawless

10. Where was the theatrical company shop situated?

  • Dury lane
  • Drury lane
  • Druy lane
  • Druri Lane
Answer
Drury lane

11. Griffin discovered a medicine that could make his body ———-

  •  large
  • small
  • invisible
  •  all
Answer
invisible

12.Griffin swallowed certain rare drugs and his body became as ————- as a sheet of glass.

  • shining
  •  thin
  •  transparent
  • thick
Answer
 transparent

13. Who were following the muddy footprints?

  •  the landlord
  •  two girls
  •  Mr and Mrs Hall
  •  two boys
Answer
 two boys

14. Why was it a bad time to wander about in London without clothes?

  •  it was a rainy season
  •  it was very hot
  •  it was bitterly cold
  •  none of the above
Answer
 it was bitterly cold

15. What did Griffin do in the big London store?

  • he wore shoes
  • he wore an overcoat
  • he ate cold meat and sweets
  • all of the above
Answer
all of the above

16. According to Mrs Hall, what type of a scientist was her guest?

  • good
  • brilliant
  •  eccentric
  •  all of the above
Answer
 eccentric

17. At Iping where did Griffin stay?

  • in a hotel
  • in an inn
  •  in a church
  •  in a but
Answer
in an inn

18. THE two boys started in surprise at the fresh muddy imprints of a pair of _____”

  •  bare feet
  •  shoes
  •  tyres
  •  none of the above
Answer
 bare feet

19.What is the meaning of “bewildered”?

  • perplexed
  •  confused
  • puzzled
  • all of the above
Answer
all of the above 

20. What was he working on?

  •  making fake footprints
  • making human bodies invisible
  • making a fool of children
  • all of the above
Answer
making human bodies invisible