Piet the Ostrich ~ MCQs, Questions and Answers ~ class 3
Piet the Ostrich
~ MCQs, Questions and Answers
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. What kind of animal was Piet?
a) Lion
b) Ostrich ✅
c) Parrot
d) Horse
2. Where did Piet live?
a) In a zoo
b) On a farm in Africa ✅
c) In the jungle
d) In a house
3. Why was Piet different from other ostriches?
a) He was slow
b) He was very shy
c) He was not shy ✅
d) He could not run
4. What was Piet’s bad habit?
a) Sleeping all day
b) Being noisy
c) Eating too much ✅
d) Flying away
5. What strange things did Piet eat?
a) Rice and roti
b) Stones, nails, and glass ✅
c) Fish and meat
d) Bananas and apples
6. What did the farmer give Piet to eat?
a) Grass
b) Fruit
c) Corn ✅
d) Biscuits
7. Who was Sally?
a) A teacher
b) A dog
c) The farmer’s daughter ✅
d) A bird
8. What did Sally just pour out?
a) Water
b) Soup
c) Boiling water ✅
d) Cold milk
9. What food did Piet see in the kitchen?
a) Cake
b) Hot potato ✅
c) Bread
d) Mango
10. What happened when Piet ate the hot potato?
a) He liked it
b) It cooled quickly
c) It burnt his throat ✅
d) Nothing happened
11. Why did Piet run across the fields?
a) He was happy
b) He was chasing someone
c) The hot potato burnt him ✅
d) He wanted to fly
12. What did Piet wish?
a) He had no wings
b) His neck was not so long ✅
c) He had more food
d) He could fly
13. What did Sally say to Piet?
a) Good job
b) You are naughty ✅
c) Run faster
d) Go to sleep
14. What did Piet learn after eating the hot potato?
a) To fly
b) To run faster
c) Not to steal food ✅
d) To swim
15. Did Piet steal food again from the kitchen?
a) Yes
b) No ✅
16. What did Piet do before Sally poured out the boiling water?
a) He ran into the kitchen
b) He knocked at the door
c) He looked in through the window ✅
d) He ate corn in the field
17. Why did Piet run across the field after eating the potato?
a) He wanted to exercise
b) He was scared of Sally
c) The potato was too hot and burnt his neck ✅
d) He was trying to fly
18. What made the potato so dangerous for Piet?
a) It was too big
b) It was too cold
c) It was boiling hot ✅
d) It was raw and hard
19. Why was the kitchen window open?
a) Sally forgot to close it ✅
b) The farmer opened it
c) Piet pushed it open
d) It was broken
20. What made Piet different from other ostriches?
a) He could fly
b) He could talk
c) He was not shy ✅
d) He lived in the jungle
21. Why didn’t Piet drop the hot potato after picking it up?
a) He didn’t feel the heat at first ✅
b) Sally told him to eat it
c) He liked spicy food
d) He thought it was cold
22. When did Piet realise his neck was too long?
a) When he saw the hot potato
b) While running through the fields ✅
c) After meeting Sally
d) While flying
23. Why did Sally stroke Piet gently?
a) She wanted him to sleep
b) She felt sorry for him ✅
c) She was angry
d) She wanted to clean him
24. How did Piet usually behave when he saw food?
a) He waited quietly
b) He called the farmer
c) He became greedy and grabbed it ✅
d) He shared it
25. What does the story tell us about being greedy?
a) Greedy people are lucky
b) Greedy people get more food
c) Greed can bring pain and trouble ✅
d) Greed is fun
B. Short Answer Questions:
1. Who was Piet?
Piet was an ostrich who lived on a farm in Africa.
2. Why was Piet not like the other ostriches?
Piet was not shy and had a big fault—he was very greedy.
3. What did Piet often eat apart from food?
Piet often ate stones, nails, and even glass.
4. What happened when Piet saw the open kitchen window?
He looked in and saw a pot of hot potatoes on the table.
5. What did Piet think when he saw the potato?
He thought it was a tasty bite for dinner and felt lucky to have a long neck.
6. What was the result of swallowing the hot potato?
The hot potato burnt him as it slowly went down his long throat.
7. What did Piet do after swallowing the hot potato?
He ran and ran across the fields until the potato cooled down.
8. What did Sally say to Piet after the incident?
Sally stroked him gently and said the hot potato had taught him a lesson.
9. Did Piet learn from his mistake?
Yes, Piet never again stole food from the kitchen window.
10. What did Piet see in the kitchen window?
He saw a pot full of hot potatoes.
11. What did Piet do with the hot potato?
He swallowed it.
12. What happened when Piet swallowed the hot potato?
It burnt his throat.
13. What lesson did Piet learn?
He learned not to steal food again.
14. Did Piet stop eating stones and nails?
No, but he stopped stealing food from the kitchen.
Short Question and Answers (3–4 marks)
1. Who was Piet and where did he live?
Piet was a big bird called an ostrich. He lived on a farm in Africa with a farmer and his family. Piet was different from other ostriches because he was not shy. He liked to roam freely around the farm and even go near the house.
2. What was Piet’s fault?
Piet had a very bad habit of being greedy. Even though the farmer gave him corn to eat, Piet was not happy with it. He used to eat strange things like stones, nails, and bits of glass. This habit made him very different and careless about his health.
3. What did Piet see when he looked into the kitchen window?
Piet saw that the kitchen window was open. Inside, on a table, there was a pot full of hot, steaming potatoes. Sally, the farmer’s daughter, had just poured out the boiling water. Piet, being greedy, wanted to eat the potato.
4. What happened to Piet after he swallowed the hot potato?
After swallowing the hot potato, Piet felt a strong burning pain in his throat. The potato went slowly down his long neck and burnt him badly. He got scared and ran across the fields for a long time, trying to escape the pain. But the hot potato went with him.
5. Why did Piet run across the fields and what happened then?
Piet ran because the hot potato he swallowed was burning his throat. He ran and ran across the fields for a mile or more, trying to get rid of the pain. Finally, when the potato cooled down inside him, he stopped running and slowly walked back to the farmhouse.
6. What did Sally say to Piet after he returned?
Sally, the farmer’s daughter, felt sorry for Piet and gently stroked him. She told him that the hot potato had taught him a lesson. She also called him a “naughty old thief” because he had stolen food from the kitchen window.
7. What lesson did Piet learn in the end?
Piet learned not to steal food again from the kitchen. Although he still ate things like stones and nails sometimes, he never again took food from the kitchen window. The hot potato incident taught him that greed could cause pain and trouble.
8. Why did Piet think having a long neck was lucky at first but unlucky later?
At first, Piet thought his long neck was lucky because it helped him reach the hot potato through the kitchen window. He was happy and felt proud. But after he swallowed the hot potato, it burnt his long neck. Then he wished his neck was not so long because the pain lasted longer. So his thinking changed.
9. Why did Piet keep eating strange things even after the hot potato burnt him?
The story says Piet still ate stones and nails sometimes, even after learning his lesson. This shows that while he stopped stealing food from the kitchen, he did not fully stop his bad habit. It teaches us that some habits are hard to change completely, even after painful experiences.
10. What lesson can we learn from the story of Piet the Ostrich?
The story teaches us not to be greedy and not to steal. Piet had food to eat but wanted more, so he stole a hot potato and suffered. We learn that greed can lead to pain and trouble. It also shows that we must listen and learn from our mistakes.
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