One Centimetre

Class 12 GSEB  English quiz on “One Centimetre” by Bi Shu-min from Kaleidoscope. The story centres on Tao Ying, a hardworking mother and factory cook, and her young son Xiao Ye. A simple question about whether Xiao Ye is one centimetre above or below the required height for a free temple entry develops into a deeper conflict involving parenting, honesty, social dignity, official rules, self-respect, and the gap between appearance and reality.
 

Through questions based on the complete story, students will revise Tao Ying’s behaviour, her relationship with Xiao Ye, the bus-ticket incident, the visit to the temple, the confrontation with the young guard, the unreliable measuring scales, Xiao Ye’s loss of trust, and Tao Ying’s attempt to prove the truth. The quiz also covers her letter to the temple authorities and the later investigation, including the official measurement that records Xiao Ye at exactly one metre ten centimetres.
 

This quiz supports Class 12 students in classroom revision, homework, and self-assessment while developing reading comprehension, critical thinking, inference, character analysis, ethical reasoning, emotional understanding, and literary appreciation. It also helps learners explore the story’s important ideas: a child’s different view of the world, the difference between who we are and how we wish to appear, arbitrary official rules, and the complexity of everyday ethics.