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) Embroidery.
(b) Alpaca breeding.
(c) Beekeeping.
(d) Copper mining.

2. How did Mary wear her hair?
(a) Long and free.
(b) In a short ponytail.
(c) Unkempt and messy.
(d) Like a little girl.

3. What type of shoes is Mary wearing when she arrives at the farm?
(a) Loafers.
(b) High heels.
(c) Hiking boots.
(d) Business shoes.

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

5. How much money did Dick borrow after he and Mary got married?
(a) Ten thousand shillings.
(b) Two hundred pounds.
(c) Seventy-five euros.
(d) Twenty farthings.

6. Where is "Home" for Mary, even though she has never been there?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) America.
(d) England.

7. Who is Mary's first prospective husband?
(a) A strong native farm worker.
(b) A short-tempered financier.
(c) Her boss at the office.
(d) A middle-aged widower.

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

9. What did Dick buy in preparation for Mary's arrival at the farm?
(a) A bed.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A cake.
(d) Balloons.

10. What does Mary do for most of the day?
(a) Drink.
(b) Go walking on the veld.
(c) Sew.
(d) Clean.

11. What is the name of the native that brings tea in the morning?
(a) Old boy.
(b) John.
(c) Samson.
(d) Moses.

12. Who drives Mary to the station?
(a) Tony Marston.
(b) Charlie.
(c) One of the natives.
(d) Dick.

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

14. What time does Dick usually go to bed?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Seven-thirty.
(d) Nine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tony say in the car after leaving the house?

2. What does Mary wish Dick would install in the house?

3. Where did Mary live while she was single?

4. What does Samson do after being punished?

5. What type of clothes does Mary buy for herself?

(see the answer keys)

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