Questions and Answers for class – 8
Textbook Activity:
The Wind Cap
– Jane Yolen
Questions and Answers:
Activity – 1
Tick the correct alternative:
1) The lad had wanted to be a –
A) doctor
B) sportsman
C) sailor ✓
2) Mother told the lad that he knew the smell of the –
A) soil ✓
B) food
C) flower
3) Jon put the turtle on his –
A) back
B) head ✓
C) hand
4) The fairy man wanted to know Jon’s –
A) age
B) name
C) heart’s desire
Activity – 2
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes:
Ans-
1) Jon meet the tiny green turtle. > 2
2) Mother said Jon was a farmer’s son. > 1
3) The turtle changed to the tiny green fairy man. > 4
4) Jon plucked the turtle from his head. > 3
5) Jon did not express his wish. > 6
6) Jon bowed back. > 5
Activity – 3
Answer the following question:
• Why do you think Jon thought that the turtle would be safe on his head?
Ans- Jon thought that the turtle would be safe on his head because he had no other provision but his hands which were engaged in plowing.
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Activity – 4
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
A) The cap that sailors most desire __________.
Ans- The cap that sailors most desired was a different kind of cap.
B) Seeing a ship anchored near the shore __________.
Ans- Seeing a ship anchored near the shore Jon requested the captain to take him along.
C) By twisting the cap, Jon could summon ____________.
Ans- By twisting the cap, Jon could summon the east wind and the west wind.
D) Jon desired to see the land because ___________.
Ans- Jon desired to see the land because he did not set his foot on land for a year and a day.
Activity – 5
Answer the following questions:
A) Why did the fairy man offer Jon the wind cap?
Ans- The fairy man offered Jon the wind cap since he put him on his head like a hat to keep him safe.
B) What was the condition that was associated with the wind cap?
Ans- The condition that was associated with the wind cap was that no human hand would ever be able to take it off.
C) Why did Jon become popular with the sailors?
Ans- Jon became popular with the sailors for he could supply wind that the sailors called for in the sea.