1. "The Oyster and the Pearl" is a
Answer: C. one-act play
English Class 10 Unit 13: The Oyster and the Pearl (Play by William Saroyan) MCQs
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2. "The Oyster and the Pearl" was written by
Answer: A. William Saroyan
3. William Saroyan was an
Answer: B. Armenian-American writer
4. Saroyan won an Academy Award for his story
Answer: D. The Human Comedy
5. The play is set in the barber shop of Harry Van Dusen in
Answer: C. O.K.-by-the-Sea, California
6. Harry Van Dusen is a
Answer: D. barber
7. Harry always wears a
Answer: B. hat of some sort
8. Clay is giving Harry a
Answer: A. haircut
9. Harry's philosophy of life is
Answer: C. the take-it-easy way
10. Harry bought the barber shop for
Answer: B. seventy-five dollars
11. Clay wants money in order to
Answer: A. get his father to come home
12. Clay's family put an advertisement in
Answer: D. the newspaper
13. Before moving, Clay's family had picked cotton in
Answer: D. Kern County
14. Miss McCutcheon came from
Answer: B. San Francisco
15. Miss McCutcheon asked Harry for a
Answer: C. poodle haircut
16. Miss McCutcheon thought the children were interested only in
Answer: A. games and the sea
17. Harry said the people of O.K.-by-the-Sea were all
Answer: D. poor but the richest he had known
18. The Judge says the beach is not what it used to be because the
Answer: B. quality of the stuff the sea washes up is not good
19. The Judge is a
Answer: C. beachcomber
20. Harry planned to get ______ to Clay for the oyster.
Answer: A. three hundred dollars
21. Clark Larrabee gave Harry ______ to hand to Clay.
Answer: B. thirty dollars
22. Clark Larrabee had been working in
Answer: D. Salinas
23. The man in the barber shop was a
Answer: A. writer
24. The writer said he wanted the whole oyster because
Answer: C. he did not think the pearl had stopped growing
25. Harry gave the writer a free
Answer: D. hot towel
26. After selling the oyster, Clay was told by Harry to
Answer: A. give the money to his mother
27. Miss McCutcheon believed there was
Answer: B. no pearl in the oyster
28. Harry said Clay believed there was a pearl because
Answer: C. people believe things to keep them going
29. Clark came back home after seeing
Answer: A. the classified ad in the paper
30. Harry told Clark the whole thing about the oyster was
Answer: C. just having a little fun with the new teacher
31. The main themes of the play include hope, community and
Answer: B. the pursuit of happiness
32. "Bygones" are
Answer: D. things that happened in the past
33. "Ambition" means
Answer: D. a strong desire to achieve something
34. "Imitation" means
Answer: C. something that looks real but isn't
35. "Cultivated" (pearls) means
Answer: A. grown or raised under controlled conditions
36. In indirect speech, a wh-question uses
Answer: B. no "that" and statement word order
37. Direct: She asked, "Where are you going?" Indirect:
Answer: C. She asked where I was going.
38. Direct: She asked, "When will you arrive?" Indirect:
Answer: B. She asked when I would arrive.
39. Yes/No questions in indirect speech use
Answer: A. "if" or "whether"
40. Direct: She asked, "Do you like chocolate?" Indirect:
Answer: D. She asked if I liked chocolate.
41. Direct: They asked, "Did you see the movie?" Indirect:
Answer: D. They asked if I had seen the movie.
42. In indirect speech, "can" changes to
Answer: C. could
43. In indirect speech, "must" changes to
Answer: B. had to (or must)
44. In indirect speech, "today" changes to
Answer: A. that day
45. In indirect speech, "here" changes to
Answer: C. there
46. In indirect speech, "these" changes to
Answer: D. those
47. In indirect speech, "ago" changes to
Answer: A. before
48. In indirect speech, "next year" changes to
Answer: B. the following year
49. In indirect speech, "last week" changes to
Answer: D. the week before
About English Class 10 Unit 13 MCQs (Federal Board)
These 49 English MCQs cover Class 10 Unit 13: The Oyster and the Pearl (Play by William Saroyan) of the Federal Board (FBISE) SSC-II (Class 10) syllabus. They are SLO-based MCQs as per the new pattern for FBISE exams. Each question has four options and the correct answer is shown, so you can practise for the annual examination and find the topics you still need to revise. Download the The Oyster and the Pearl (Play by William Saroyan) MCQs as a PDF using the button at the top of this page.