Read the passage from the story ‘ The Boy who Drew Catstfand answer the questions that follow.
Whenever he found himself alone, he drew cats. He drew them on the margins of the priest’s books, and on all the screens of the temple, and on the walls, and on the pillars. Several times the priest told him this was not right: but he did not stop drawing cats. He drew them because he could not really help it.
He had what is called ‘the genius of an artist’ and just for that reason he was not quite fit to be an acolyte- a good acolyte should study books. One day after he had drawn some very clever pictures of cats upon a paper screen, the old priest said to him severely: ‘ My boy, you must go away from this temple at once. You will never make a good priest, but perhaps you will become a great artist. Now, let me give you a last piece of advice, and be sure you never forget it. Avoid large places at night, keep to small!’
The boy did not know what the priest meant by saying, ‘ Avoid large places keep to small.’ He thought and thought, while he was tying up his little bundle of clothes to go away; but he could not understand those words and he was afraid to speak to the priest anymore, except to say good-bye.
1. The boy continued to draw cats because ……………
a. He hated cats.
b. He wanted to become an artist
c. He wanted to please the priest
d. He was unable to stop drawing cats
2. Pick out the word from the passage which means ‘ one who helps the priest’,
a. Genius
b. Acolyte
c. Artist
d. Cats
3. Which were the places the boy choose to draw cats?
4. Why did the priest decide to send the boy away from the temple?
5. Pick out the expression from the passage that shows the boy wandered about the priest’s advice.
