Based on the SEBA Class X textbook content provided in the file, here is a comprehensive collection of 50+ Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) covering the prose “A Letter to God” and the poems “Dust of Snow” and “Fire and Ice”.
Part 1: A Letter to God (by G.L. Fuentes)
1. Where was the house situated?
A) In the middle of a village
B) On the crest of a low hill
C) In a deep valley
D) At the foot of a mountain
2. What was the only thing the earth needed according to Lencho?
A) A downpour or at least a shower
B) A strong wind
C) Sunlight
D) New seeds
3. Which direction did Lencho look at the sky throughout the morning?
A) North-west
B) South-east
C) North-east
D) South
4. What were the older boys doing while the woman was preparing supper?
A) Playing near the house
B) Working in the field
C) Sleeping
D) Collecting wood
5. What did Lencho compare the big drops of rain to?
A) Five cent pieces
B) Silver coins
C) Ten cent pieces
D) Pearls
6. Why did Lencho go out when it started raining?
A) To collect the corn
B) To cover his roof
C) To have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body
D) To call his sons
7. What happened along with the rain suddenly?
A) A strong wind blew and hailstones began to fall
B) A flood came
C) The sun came out
D) A swarm of locusts attacked
8. What did the hailstones resemble?
A) New silver coins
B) Gold coins
C) Small stones
D) Salt
9. How long did the hail rain on the house and the valley?
A) Two hours
B) Thirty minutes
C) For an hour
D) All night
10. The field looked white, as if covered with _______.
A) Cotton
B) Snow
C) Salt
D) Flour
11. “A plague of _______ would have left more than this.”
A) Rats
B) Locusts
C) Insects
D) Birds
12. What was the single hope in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house?
A) Help from the government
B) Help from the postmaster
C) Help from God
D) Help from neighbors
13. Lencho was compared to which animal for his hard work?
A) An elephant
B) A horse
C) An ox
D) A mule
14. How much money did Lencho ask for in his letter to God?
A) 100 pesos
B) 50 pesos
C) 10 pesos
D) 70 pesos
15. Why did Lencho need the money?
A) To buy a new house
B) To sow his field again and live until the crop comes
C) To buy cattle
D) To pay his debts
16. Who was the first person to see Lencho’s letter?
A) The postmaster
B) The postman
C) A clerk
D) The police
17. How is the postmaster described?
A) A thin, rude man
B) A fat, amiable fellow
C) A strict, angry man
D) A young, energetic man
18. What did the postmaster wish for after reading the letter?
A) He wished he had the money
B) He wished to meet Lencho
C) He wished he had the faith of the man who wrote the letter
D) He wished to laugh more
19. Ideally, what was needed to answer the letter besides goodwill, ink, and paper?
A) Money
B) Advice
C) Seeds
D) Food
20. How did the postmaster collect the money?
A) He asked the government
B) He stole it
C) Part of his salary, contributions from employees and friends
D) He asked Lencho’s neighbors
21. How much money was the postmaster able to send?
A) 100 pesos
B) A little more than half
C) 50 pesos
D) 30 pesos
22. What was the only word written in the letter to Lencho as a signature?
A) Your Friend
B) The Postmaster
C) God
D) Lencho
23. When did Lencho come to the post office to check for his letter?
A) Saturday morning
B) The following Sunday, a bit earlier than usual
C) Monday afternoon
D) Tuesday evening
24. How did Lencho feel when he saw the money?
A) Surprised
B) Overjoyed
C) Not the slightest surprise
D) Confused
25. Why did Lencho become angry?
A) The letter was torn
B) When he counted the money
C) Because the postmaster laughed at him
D) Because there was no letter
26. According to Lencho, who could not have made a mistake?
A) The post office employees
B) God
C) The bank
D) The government
27. Where did Lencho write the second letter?
A) At his home
B) On the public writing-table
C) In the postmaster’s office
D) On the stairs
28. How did Lencho affix the stamp to the envelope?
A) With glue
B) With a pin
C) He licked it and affixed it with a blow of his fist
D) With tape
29. How much money did Lencho receive?
A) 30 pesos
B) 70 pesos
C) 100 pesos
D) 50 pesos
30. What did Lencho call the post office employees in his second letter?
A) Helpful friends
B) A bunch of crooks
C) Thieves
D) Kind souls
31. Why did Lencho ask God not to send the rest of the money through the mail?
A) Because the mail is slow
B) Because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks
C) Because he wanted to pick it up personally
D) Because he had no mailbox
32. The word “amiable” means:
A) Rude and arrogant
B) Friendly and pleasant
C) Sad and lonely
D) Intelligent
33. What destroyed Lencho’s fields?
A) Heavy rain
B) Hailstorm
C) Locusts
D) Drought
34. What crop was growing in Lencho’s fields?
A) Wheat
B) Rice
C) Corn
D) Barley
35. Lencho had the faith that God’s eyes see everything, even what is deep in one’s _______.
A) Heart
B) Mind
C) Conscience
D) Soul
Part 2: Dust of Snow (by Robert Frost)
36. Who is the poet of “Dust of Snow”?
A) William Wordsworth
B) Robert Frost
C) Leslie Norris
D) John Berryman
37. What creature is mentioned in the poem?
A) A sparrow
B) A crow
C) A nightingale
D) A parrot
38. What kind of tree is mentioned in the poem?
A) Oak tree
B) Pine tree
C) Hemlock tree
D) Maple tree
39. What does a “Hemlock tree” usually represent?
A) Celebration
B) Healing
C) Poison/Sorrow
D) Strength
40. What did the crow shake down on the poet?
A) A leaf
B) A branch
C) Dust of snow
D) Raindrops
41. How did the incident affect the poet?
A) It made him angry
B) It gave his heart a change of mood
C) It made him colder
D) It ruined his clothes
42. What happened to the “part of a day” the poet had rued?
A) It was wasted
B) It was saved
C) It was forgotten
D) It became worse
43. The word “rued” means:
A) Held in regret
B) Enjoyed
C) Wasted
D) Forgot
Part 3: Fire and Ice (by Robert Frost)
44. According to the poem, the world will end in which two ways?
A) War and Peace
B) Fire and Ice
C) Water and Wind
D) Disease and Hunger
45. What does “Fire” symbolize in the poem?
A) Hate
B) Desire
C) Destruction
D) Power
46. What does “Ice” symbolize in the poem?
A) Desire
B) Hate
C) Love
D) Anger
47. Which opinion does the poet favor first?
A) Those who favor ice
B) Those who favor fire
C) Neither
D) Both equally
48. If the world had to perish twice, what is also great for destruction?
A) Fire
B) Wind
C) Ice
D) Rain
49. The word “suffice” means:
A) To suffer
B) To be sufficient
C) To surrender
D) To survive
50. Based on the textbook exercise, “avarice” and “lust” are associated with:
A) Ice
B) Fire
C) Nature
D) Wind
51. Based on the textbook exercise, “rigidity” and “indifference” are associated with:
A) Fire
B) Ice
C) Earth
D) Sky
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