The Grass Is Singing Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Grass Is Singing Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Mary pick up a pamphlet?
(a) Copper mining.
(b) Beekeeping.
(c) Embroidery.
(d) Alpaca breeding.

2. What type of car does Charlie drive?
(a) Humble British.
(b) Sleek Japanese.
(c) Modest European.
(d) Fat American.

3. How does Mary ruin her first romantic relationship?
(a) She cheats on her lover with another man.
(b) She runs away and cries when the man kisses her.
(c) She complains and nags him until he leaves her.
(d) She refuses to marry him.

4. To what does Mary tell herself she is getting close?
(a) Happiness.
(b) The breaking point.
(c) Her roots.
(d) Nature.

5. What does Samson let out?
(a) A secret.
(b) The dogs.
(c) The cattle.
(d) The chickens.

6. What is the South African equivalent to the word "class?"
(a) Wealth.
(b) Race.
(c) Birthright.
(d) Spirit.

7. What changes Mary's attitude towards her life?
(a) She meets a man and falls instantly in love.
(b) She overhears her friends talking about how she will never get married.
(c) She learns that she was adopted.
(d) She wakes up one day and realizes that she is miserable.

8. What was Mary's strength and weakness?
(a) Shyness.
(b) Wits.
(c) Stubbornness.
(d) Beauty.

9. How often is a trip made by car to the station?
(a) Once every two weeks.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Once every two months.

10. What loses a wheel?
(a) The ambulance.
(b) The water cart.
(c) Dick's car.
(d) The wheelbarrow.

11. What does Mary forget to give the boy?
(a) A break.
(b) Food.
(c) Any sort of praise.
(d) His wages.

12. What pictures does Dick have on his wall?
(a) A pepper hat girl and an infant.
(b) A strawberry basket woman and a woman of about thirty.
(c) A chocolate box lady and a child.
(d) A candy-striped lass and a pleasant-looking grandmother.

13. What product causes the most loss at the store?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) The food that rots before it is sold.

14. How does Mary communicate with natives who do not speak English?
(a) Verandah sotho.
(b) House tswana.
(c) Veld khoi.
(d) Kitchen kaffir.

15. Of what did Mary's brother and sister die?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Dysentery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charlie once do in a fit of rage?

2. What can't Mary pay?

3. How much money did Dick borrow after he and Mary got married?

4. What does Mary accuse Samson of stealing?

5. With what type of job does Tony end up?

(see the answer keys)

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