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

2. What was Mary's father's job?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Postman.
(c) Foreman.
(d) Pumpman.

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

4. What type of clothes does Mary buy for herself?
(a) Elegant and expensive.
(b) Designer.
(c) Childish and simple.
(d) Tailor-made.

5. How far away is the station from the farm?
(a) Two miles.
(b) Nine miles.
(c) Twenty-five miles.
(d) Seven miles.

6. Who knows more about the Turners than anyone else?
(a) Samson.
(b) Moses.
(c) Sergeant Denhem.
(d) Charlie Slatter.

7. What did Mary and Dick not discuss before getting married?
(a) Finances.
(b) Children.
(c) Where they would go for their honeymoon.
(d) A prenuptial agreement.

8. How many miles does Slatter live from the Turners?
(a) Two and a half.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

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

11. Why can't Mary stay at the Girl's Club?
(a) Mary is too old to stay there.
(b) She cannot afford their rates.
(c) They don't take married women.
(d) The girls remember her and do not want her back.

12. What does Dick keep locked?
(a) The food bins.
(b) His gun cabinet.
(c) The door to the bedroom.
(d) Samson's leg cuffs.

13. About what do Dick and Mary fight?
(a) When they will have children.
(b) How to manage the natives.
(c) Whether or not the Slatters are good people.
(d) The fact that the house has no ceilings.

14. What does Samson do better than Mary?
(a) Cook.
(b) Sing.
(c) Deocorate.
(d) Clean.

15. What springs up along the railway lines?
(a) Dorps.
(b) Darps.
(c) Dirps.
(d) Derps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary take for granted about Samson?

2. Why did Charlie come to Africa?

3. What changes Mary's attitude towards her life?

4. How does Dick react to Samson's departure?

5. What symbolizes the Africa created by financiers and mine magnates?

(see the answer keys)

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