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

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

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes Dick Turner's financial situation?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Improving.
(c) Modest.
(d) Poverty.

2. How have the last few months made Mary feel?
(a) Hurting.
(b) Numb.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Raw.

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

4. Where has Mary not been since her marriage?
(a) England.
(b) Town.
(c) Church.
(d) The cinema.

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

6. Who discovered the body?
(a) Farm boys.
(b) Dick Turner.
(c) Moses.
(d) Charlie Slatter.

7. What symbolizes the Africa created by financiers and mine magnates?
(a) Graveyards.
(b) The sjambok.
(c) Stores.
(d) Chains.

8. What does Mary take for granted about Samson?
(a) That he is not as smart as she is.
(b) That dealing with him will be a struggle.
(c) That he will do whatever she asks without question.
(d) That he will not hurt her.

9. Who confesses to the crime?
(a) Moses.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Luke.
(d) Matthew.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is the extraordinary thing about the murder?
(a) That it happened at all.
(b) There were signs of the paranormal.
(c) That it happened to the Turners.
(d) No one discusses it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Charlie's job in London?

2. What type of shorts does Dick wear?

3. What does Mary always do in the afternoon?

4. What does Mary use to buy decorations for the house?

5. What did Dick buy in preparation for Mary's arrival at the farm?

(see the answer keys)

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