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10 15 Practice Test 2 Items 1-10 Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer Items 1 - 10, Set: A series of platforms set in a semicircle. The House is downstage right and the downstage left. The Judge sits upstage centre on the highest platform and the Witness g, directly in front of and below him. The Jury is positioned at different levels between the Coty a the Judge, and between the House and the Judge. Some of the Jury sit on stools, some siang they never form a straight line. The downstage centre area (DSC) is an open playing atea scenes such as the Back Yard, the Magistrate's Court, and the School. Scene: Silhouette lights come up on stage. The cast enters from different areas chanting "As charged". SON and LAWYER go to the cell, the Jurors go thei MOTHER and OLD FOOL go to the House and JUDGE goes to his position. S the stage i” Position, JURY (Jury Chorus 1): As charged, as charged, as charged, as charged. They find him ail guilty, guilty, guilty. (Spotlight up on Judge.) JUDGE: Members of the jury, you are here to hear the evidence surrounding the heinous erny of murder alleged to have been committed (Lights up on Cell.) by the twenty-one-year-old mar who sits before you. LAWYER: Three days and he hasn't yet spoken to me. JUROR: To hell and gone away with him. JURY: As charged, as charged, as charged, as charged. They find him guilty, guilty, guilty guilty. LAWYER: I tried again yesterday. Silence. I left. JUROR: You can't let these young people get away with the foolishness they want to. JURY: So he guilty. JUDGE: You are to decide whether in all the circumstances the accused is guilty as charged. LAWYER: I just hope he'll try. JURY: He guilty, he guilty, he guilty. Just as he charged. (Lights up on House.) Scanned with CamScanner An Essential Guide to CSEC English B: Paper | JUROR: She ain't guilty? JURY: in't g 'Y: No, she ain't guilty. She ain't guilty ‘cause she ain't been charged. (Lights out on House.) As charged, as charged, as char (Lights out on Judge.) SON: We were born ii i ae orn in a house which was seven by eleven. There were four of us, and my LAWYER: And? SON: And whoever was her friend at the time. LAWYER: Male friend, that is? (Pause.) SON: Male friend. I was bor first, then OLD FOOL was bom, dumb. Before my sisters were bom, it was only us three. And I remember how close we were, cosy, comfortable, sleeping in the same bed, and she would wake us early to go to the market with her, before she went to her job. She worked hard, you know, and she taught us the difference between the grouper and the grunt- what the fisherman called the difference between the Cadillac and the Toyota. I never forgot that! And then one of my sisters came along and the three of us couldn't go to the market together any more early in the morning and smell that raw, fishy smell together and watch the sun rise, together, and see the people putting out their bananas and plantains and oranges and dillies and things any more. You sce, before my sisters came along, we use to share lifting old Fool to the market before he could walk. And that was nice. Lused to feel like a big strong man when I did that. (Lights fade up dim on House.) She would say, "You take him now. MOTHER: (Starts line with SON and finishes it when he drops out.) You take him now, big man, you take him. (Lights out on House.) she used to go to the market by herself, so that Old Fool and SON: And when they came along, s ¢ I me could look after them. ‘And that's where I believe it all started, with them. We three going to 26 Scanned with CamScanner 60 noney. Not in school, you know, + bu | d that's where I learned about rket and the money. the market, holding hands, an right there with her and Old Fool and the mat ne came or could come between you? ¢ was always kind and loving, then, .¢ had. And sh LAWYER: No o1 .d we were all shi sed to fly off and beat me too. SON: She was all we knew an at least, when there was time, Sometimes she u rosebud Ltd, 1983, pp. 82.34 (Lights up on Jury and out on Cell) You Can Lead a Horse to Water, Re Adapted from Winston Saunders, ighest platform upstage centre? 1. In the stage direction, who does the playwright place on the hi; (A) the House (B) the Judge (©) the Cell (D) the Witness Stand ence to speakers ia their different settings, the playwri 2. In transitioning the focus of the audi incorporates the use of: (A) costumes (B) symbols (©) lighting (D) tones of voice 3. Which of the following narrative techniques does the playwright use to create emphasis jury's responses? (A) back history (B) description (C) imagery (D) repetition Scanned with CamScanner 4, In line 17, "To hell and gone away with him’ the following EXCEPT: ve (A) objes (B) threatening (C) arrogant (D) hostile 5. Inhis dialogue with the lawyer, the son is being: (A) speculative (B) reflective (C) deceptive (D) meditative 6. Based on the context of play, the name Old Foo! is: (A)a pun (B) an oxymoron (Casimile (D) a metaphor , the tone of the juror could be identified as all of 7. Which of the following senses does the playwright incorporate in the son's description of the market? I. sight TL. taste IIL. touch TIL. smell (A) Land I (B) I and I (C) land Ill ‘D) Mand IV 28 Scanned with CamScanner AN EsSseiitih Jed the difference an calle at the fisherman © er and the grunt- what # nce between the grouper and "is an example of: 8. "The di between the Cadillac and the Toyota! (A) props (B) symbolism (C) imagery (D) contrast highlight the challenging 0 ight 9.Which of the following was not used by the playwright circumstances experienced by the family? I. the size of the house IL. the number of children III. the mother being the sole bread winner IV. having to take turns lifting Old Foo! (A) I, Hand IL (B) II, Ill and IV (C) I, Il and IV (D) Ill and IV only 10. Based on the extract, the word "heinous" means almost the same as: (A) nauseating (B) respectable (C) atrocious (D) magnificent Scanned with CamScanner Items 11-20 Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer Items 11 = 20. [VOICE OFF STAGE IN THE PAUSE] Voice [offstage] : 0 blow, ye winds, heigh-ho, A-roving I will go! I'm off to my love With a boxing glove Ten thousand miles away ! JIM: You say you've heard me sing? LAURA: Oh, yes! Yes, very often I don't suppose - you remember me - at all? JIM [smiling doubifully]; You know I have an idea I've seen you before. I had that idea soon as you opened the door. It seemed almost like I was about to remember your name. But the name that I started to call you - wasn't a' name! And so I stopped myself before I said it. LAURA: Wasn't it - Blue Roses? JIM: [springs up. Grinning]: Blue Roses ! - My gosh, yes - Blue Roses! That's what I had on my tongue when you opened the door ! Isn't it funny what tricks your memory plays? I didn't connect you with high school somehow or other. But that's where it was; it was high school. 1 didn’t even know you were Shakespeare's sister ! Gosh, I'm sorry. LAURA: I didn't expect you to. You - barely knew me ! JIM: But we did have a speaking acquaintance, huh? LAURA: Yes, we - spoke to each other. JIM: When did you recognize me? LAURA: Oh, right away ! JIM: Soon as I came in the door? LAURA: When I heard your name I thought it was probably you. I knew that Tom used to know you a little in high school. So when you came in the door Well, then I was - sure. (IM: Why didn't you say something, then? AURA [breathlessly]: | didn't know what to say, I was - too surprised ! 30 aii Scanned with CamScanner 30 35 40 An Essential ——— hrs sure is funny ! JIM: For goodness’ sakes you know, 1 LAURA: Yes, Yes, isn't it, though «- comething together? JIM: Didn't we have a class in s« LAURA: Yes, we did. JIM: What class was that? LAURA: It was - singing - Chorus ! JIM: Aw! LAURA: I sat across the aisle from you in the Aud. JIM: Aw! LAURA: Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays. con my leg - it clumped so JIM: Now I remember - you always came in late. LAURA: Yes, it was so hard for me, geting upstairs. 1 had that brack loud. JIM: I never heard any clumping. LAURA [wincing at the recollection]: To me it sounded like thunder ! JIM: Well, well, well, I never even noticed. me in, [had to walk in front of all those people. g all the way up the aisle with everyone LAURA: And everybody was seated before I ca My seat was in the back row. I had to go clumpin; watching I JIM: You shouldn't have been self-conscious. LAURA: I know, but I was. It was always such a relief when the singing started JIM: Aw, yes, I've placed you now I used to call you Blue Roses. How was it that I got started stal calling you that? LAURA: I was out of school alittle while with pleurosis. When I came b; ack you asked me whi was the matter. I said I had pleurosis - you thought I said Blue Roses, Th, * That's what you al lways called me after that. a>. Mr Scanned with CamScanner JIM: L hope you didn't mind, AURA: = Hike LAURA: Oh, no - I liked it, You see, I wasn't acquainted with many - people... JIM: As [remember you sort of stuck by yourself, LAURA: I-1- er a . ee never have had much luck at - making JIM: I don't see why you wouldn't, LAURA:'. Well, I - started out badly. JIM: You mean being - LAURA: Yes, it sort of - stood between me - JIM: You shouldn't have let it ! LAURA: I know, but it did, and - JIM: You were shy with people ! LAURA: I tried not to be but never could - JIM: Overcome it? LAURA: No, I - [never could ! JIM: I guess being shy is something you have to work out of kind of gradually. LAURA [sorrowfiully]: Yes - I guess it - JIM: Takes time ! LAURA: Yes - hem. That's what you have to remember | And JIM - People are not so di everybody has problems, not just you, but practically everybody has got some problems. You think of yourself as having the only problems, as being the only one who is disappointed. But just look around you and you will see lots of people as disappointed as you are. For instance, FT \d be further along at this time, six years later, hoped when I was going to high-school that I woul : than Iam now - You remember that wonderful write-up I had in The Torch? ireadful when you know t and crosses to table.] Scanned with CamScanner LAURA:: Yes ! [She rises 80 Twoert wecoed in anything JIM: It said L was bound sssee Williams, T Adapted from Tenne . pr sreww. hips /idebbieftee comme. wr , the character Jim may Me Jy make use of: 11. In "smiling doubtfully’ (A) facial expression (B) proxemics (©) pitch jaracters: (D) posture means that the chi aths crossed 12. The term "speaking acquaintance’ (A) spoke cordially to each other whenever their Pp: et less they were acquainte (B) never spoke to each other unl : e (C) were acquainted with each other but never spok (D) were very familiar with each other i Sf: 13. The word "clumping" as used in the extract is an example Oo! (A) Hyperbole (B) Oxymoron (C) Pun (D) Onomatopoeia 14, Laura expressed relief when the singing started because: (A) it diverted the attention of individuals who were staring at her (B) it overpowered the embarrassing sound made by her leg brace when walking (C) singing gave her a personal sense of relief (D) singing allowed her to escape her problems not considered by Laura to be an insult? 15. Why was being called "Blue Roses" (A) She was so shy that she was contented just being acknowledged by othe TS. (B) Blue Roses were very rare and expensive flowers. (C) She had no sense of self worth. (D) She had blue eyes. 33 Scanned with CamScanner “You mean being -" it could be inferred that Laura may be: 16. From the expressiot (A) depressed (B) ostracized from the public (©) indecisive (D) physically handicapped 17, Which of the fotlowing lines reflect that Jim also experiences regrets about his life: (A) "practically everybody has got some problems" (B) "You remember that wonderful write-up I had in The Torch?” (C) "Iwas bound to succeed in anything I went into!" (D) "I hoped when I was going to high-school that I would be further along at this time. 18. "The Torch" is most likely: (A) a daily newspaper (B) the school’s newspaper (C) an assignment (D) an assessment document 19. The atmosphere of the extract is one oft (A) suspense (B) embarrassment (© panic (D) cordiality 20. In line 41, "To me it sounded like thunder!" is an example of: (A) Metaphor (B) Personification (C) Simile (D) Alliteration Scanned with CamScanner 10 15 20 25 30 a then answer Htems 21 ~ 30. Items 2 Instructions: Read the following poe™ carefully am! Dreaming Black Boy I wish my teacher's eyes wouldn't go past me today. Wish he'd know it's okay to hug me when I kick a goal. Wish I myself wouldn't hold back when an answer comes. I'm no woodchopper now like all ancestor's. I wish I could be educated to the best of tune up, and earn good money and not sink to lick boots. I wish I could go on every crisscross way of the globe and no persons or powers oF hotel keepers would make ita waste. I wish life wouldn't spend me out ay creation opposing. Wish same w: would have me stand it would have me stretch, and hold high, my voice Paul Robeson's, my inside eye a sun. Nobody wants to say hello to nasty answers. J wish torch throwers of night would burn lights for decent times. Wish plotters in pyjamas would pray for themselves. Wish people wouldn't talk as if I dropped from Mars I wish only boys were scared behind bravados, for I could suffer. I could suffer a big big lot. I wish nobody would want to earn the terrible burden I can suffer. James Berry. ‘Dreaming Black Boy' Retrieved from: https:/www.mycsec.weebly.com/uploads/4/1 /2/8/41280377/dreaming Scanned with CamScanner 21, What is the major theme in the poem? (A) discrimination (B) education (© poverty (D) hardship 22, Which of the following lines reflect that the poet is being stereotyped? (A) I could suffer a big big lot (line 29). (B) Wish plotters in pyjamas would pray for themselves (lines 24 -25). (C) I wish I could be educated to the best of tune up (lines 8-9). (D) 'm no woodchopper now like all ancestor's (lines 6 -7)- 23, Which of the following is not a wish expressed by the poet? (A) that he could suffer a lot (B) that he could enjoy the regular things in life (C) that people could see beyond his colour (D) that racism ceases to exist 24, The poem is written in: (A) Third Person limited (B) Second person (C) First person (D) Third person omniscient 25. The repetition of "I wish" in each stanza reflects all of the following EXCEPT: (A) desire for a supernatural occurrence (B) yearning (C) fear of his desires not materializing (D) desperation Scanned with CamScanner eeeETET 26, "tm no woodehopper OW like all ancestor's" (i nes 6-7) is an example of: (A) Simile (B) Allusion (©) Euphemism (D) Comparison es 10 - 11) is used by the poet to reflect an agi ion 7, The expression ‘sink to lick boots" (lin can be regarded as: (A) ambitious (B) menial (C) demeaning (D) grand *" (lines 25-26) shows that the poet 28, "Wish people wouldn't talk as if 1 dropped from Mars (A) is being alienated (B) is unique (C)is regarded with awe and fascination (D) lives ina very rural area 29. To which group of people does Stanza four allude? (A) other individuals of the poet's ethnicity (B) religious leaders (©) politicians (D) Klu Klux Klan 30. The expression "my inside eye a sun" is an example of: (A) Simile (B) Metaphor (C) Personification (D) Hyperbole Scanned with CamScanner Items 31-40 swer Items 31 — 40. Instructions: Read the following poem carefully and then ar A Stone’s Throw We shouted out sWe've got her! Here she is! It’s her all right’. We caught her. ‘There she was — ‘A decent-looking woman, you'd have said, (They often are) Beautiful, but dead scared, Tousled — we roughed her up A little, nothing much And not the first time By any means She'd felt men’s hands Greedy over her body — But ours were virtuous, Of course. And if our fingers bruised Her shuddering skin, These were love-bites, compared To the hail of kisses of stone, The last assault And battery, frigid rape, To come Of right. For justice must be done Specially when Scanned with CamScanner 30 35 40 45 It tastes so good, And then ~ this guru, Preacher, God-merchant, God-knows-what Spoilt the whole thing, Speaking to her (should never speak to them) Squaring on the ground ~ her level. Writing in the dust Something we couldn't read. ‘And saw in her Something we couldn’t see, At least until He tured his eyes on us, Her eyes on us, Our eyes upon ourselves. We walked away Still holding stones That we may throw Another day Given the urge. Elma Mitchell" A Stone’s Throw ". Retrieved from https://prezi.com/zpvfbfw lygp5/a-stones-throw-elma-mitchell/ 31. Which of the following lines reflect that the woman in the poem may be adulter (A) lines 5 - 6 (B) lines 13 - 14 (C) lines 18 - 19 (D) lines 21 - 22 Scanned with CamScanner 32, The poem is written from the perspective of: (A) a mob, (B) a preacher (C) an innocent bystander (D) a judge 33. Lines 13 - 15 of the poem contains an example of which of the following? (A) Symbolism (B) Contrast (C) Imagery (D) Allusion 34. Which literary device is used in lines 13 -14 of the poem? (A) Personification (B) Metaphor (C) Oxymoron (D) Simile 35. The treatment of the woman in lines 31 -33 of the poem highlights that: (A) she was repentant (B) she was of a lower status than the (C) she was no different than her accusers (D) she was despised by other women preacher 36, What meaning is being conveyed in line 41 of the poem, "Our eyes upon ourselves"? (A) the stone throwers saw their own sins ed at each other to see who would throw the first stone (B) the stone throwers lool g on a directive (C) the stone throwers were waitin: of each other (D) the stone throwers were judgemental Scanned with CamScanner poem? : AIL bow 37. Which word best describes the attitude of the men in the (A) greedy (B) self righteous (©) lustful (D) law abiding 38, Which of the following is an example of irony in the poem? nt but she is dead scared (A) the woman looks descet demn the woman while they themselves are (B) the men are self-righteous and ready to con (C) the men could not read what was written in the dust (D) the men walked away still holding stones 39. All of the following could be deemed relevant themes in the poem except: (A) lust (B) morality (C) justice (D) stereotyping 40. Which of the following does not represent the thoughts of the speaker in the poem? (A) judgmental (B) prejudicial (C) biased (D) helpful Scanned with CamScanner Instructions: Read the following extraet carefully and then answer Items 41 — 50. juh already, keep out of dem coolie 1? Look, Ah going and out de dam pay for it, he working for planty Joe Martin surveyed the room and exploded. “Ah tell y people business! Wat de arse yuh have to interfere wid dem for light, man. If Tiger want electric light in *e house, ‘e could money now.” “You haul yuh tail!” Rita flared. “Dey is my frien even making noise for? Yuh fraid yuh wares get break up? De man must m: boss. You ain't even have dat ambition, so long yuh working in de base, ‘American home, to eat good creole food, calallo, peas, rice-* “Wat de arse yuh tink, I running a boarding house? Yu only have to come and say, *Rit-a-a, lend me a pot, ple-a she everyting it have in de house. Yuh won't like to move over in de hut, live in dis house, eh? Ah don’t understand dat damn fool Tiger. He buying and he ain't even have furniture yet. He planning to lick down de hut an wife ain’t even have clothes to wear or shoes to put on. All of dat is damn sl de arse yuh have to drag me in it? Ah suppose yuh lend she ah dress to put on too?” “Yuh ain’t have no compassion! Look at yuh, yuh cud see yuh com from George Street! Yuh don’t know nutting bout friend or neighbor or helping oder people-“ “To arse wid dat! Nobody ever help me. I catch me royal from de time Ah small, living de hard way. Yuh won't say Tiger ever do anything for me! Way he know how to eat wid knife and fork? Yuh don’t know coolie people does eat wid dey hand? Man look, Ab telling yu dis is de last time yuh get on wid dis slackness, yuh hear, if anyting so happen again, T beat yuh like ah dds, and I lend dem dose tings. Wat yuh ake impression on he yuh never bring an fh too damn soft. Dat Indian girl .* and yuh gone mad, yuh giving and let dem come and brick to build house, \d build house and he lackness, man. Why ia “Beat who like a snake? But look at he, nar! Man, go and drown yuhself!” “Look, Rita!” Joe advanced menacingly. “Ah see Ah go have to beat yuh tonight. Yuh. getting too out ah hand. Take dat, and dat!” “Oh-ho, yuh want to fight! Just let me take off dis high heel shoes and see if Ah don’t bust in on yuh head!” She struggled with Joe. snake! Tiger said, “You look like a whore in Port of Spain, with all that thing on your face. You shame me. Is which part you get all those things? Don’t tell me! I know! Is Rita! She who give you lipstick and thing to put on too, eh?” “Oh God, Tiger, I did think you would please, but I too sorry. Is 1 who put it on for She didn’t give me, she advise me not to use it.” myself, thinking you would like it. d knife and fork? Is she who give you? You don’t know w: “And all them plate glass an have money and could buy things for weself?” “You does always say so, but you don’t never buy anything.” 42 Scanned with CamScanner (oh O~) rous! You getting An Essential Guide t poste! setting on Prepostero’ ; ivi too! You Bet Foot, girl 18 time. I pg jek “Oh-ho, you eiving Ee eet taste the weight of MY Boe i ing indignant: = high horse you playing ! gt in this house. she sobbed and clasped her hands thy 40 you respect. 1 go learn you who is mA Urmilla cowered. “Oh God, | bes YO pardon, + He kicked her in her stoma “And that! h floor, the rum spinning in 5 d for something else to a it down but he misseq ang he face. e writl dhe looked aroun .d to reach jit to tear “ .d her across # “Take that!” He kicked her 4 dub y. He kicked her a sh and she doubled up in agon! s is tires sna him dizzy. And when he wa 45 head and making ced ins brn He jem and the electric light danced it fell, his knees buckling. “ing na deep SIP. He lay on the ground, snoring loudly and 176. Adapted from Samuel Selvon, A Brighter sun, Pearson, 1985, pp- 175-1 41. Which of the following is not a source of conflict in the extract? (A) Rita allowing Urmilla to get electricity from her home (B) Urmilla borrowing Rita's kitchen wares (C) Umilla’s use of cosmetics (D) Tiger and Urmilla being of East Indian descent 42. All of the following are examples of Tiger's ambition except: (A) using elaborate words when speaking to his wife (B) denying himself basic luxuries (C) buying bricks to build a house (D) making a positive i ic Positive impression on his boss 43. According to Ri g to Rita, Joe cares mait (A) friends s mainly about: (B) himself (C) neighbours (D) other People Scanned with CamScanner 44, "beat yuh like ah snake! (A) Metaphor (B) Personification (©) Simile (D) Alliteration 45. Rita lends Urmilla her household items because she believes that: (A) Umnilla cannot help herself. (B) Tiger is ambitious. (©) She has to take care of Tiger's family. (D) Her personal possessions have no value. 46. The expression "high horse" is an example of: (A) Euphemism (B) Metaphor (©) Sarcasm (D) Idiom 47. The word "preposterous" as used in the extract, is almost the same as: (A) sensible (B) bizarre (C) absurd (D) prudent 48. In the extract, both men beat their wives: (A) as a form of teaching their wives to respect them (B) as an act of love (C) to relieve stress (D) as a form of recreation Scanned with CamScanner 10 15 ° ntial Guide to Gor © An Esse antly towards th cir husbands’ "punishment? 1 differe! ays do Rita and Urmilla re 1 while Rita is passi 49. In what (A) Ummilla is outspoke (B) Rita is physically ager (© Rita is submissive while Urmilla is P gets her husband physically exhaus hysically aggressive sted unlike Rita. (D) Urmila ¢ in this extract?” 50. Which of the following is not a relevant theme 19 this extrac (A) poverty (B) household furnishings (C) friendship (D) gender stereotypes Items 51 - 60 Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer Items 51 — 60. ‘Thomas Robinson lifted his bad arm to raise it on the Bible to give his oath. It slipped off and the it wwled, “That'll do, Tom.” tae Lae was twenty-five years old and he was married with three children. We also found out that he had once been in trouble with the law. He once received thirty days in jail for disorderly conduct. “It must have been disorderly,” said Atticus. “What did it consist of?” “Got in a fight with another man, he tried to cut me.” “Did he succeed?” “Yes, suh, a little, not enough to hurt. You see, I—“* Tom moved his left shoulder. “Yes,” said Atticus. “You were both convicted?” “Yes suh, I had to serve ‘cause I couldn’t pay the fine. Other fellow paid his ‘n.” “Were you acquainted with Mayella Violet Ewell?” asked Atticus. “Yes suh, I had to pass her place goin’ to and from the field every day.” “Whose field?” “I picks for Mr, Link Deas.” aes you picking cotton in November?” “No sub, I works in his yard fall an’ winterti i round, he’s gota lot of pecan trees ‘n things.” ee “You sa hee 'y you had to pass the Ewell place to get to and from work, Is there any other way “No, suh, none’s that I know of.” “Tom, did she ever speak to you?” ‘Why, yes suh, I'd tip m” hat when I'd go by, the fence and bust up a chiffarobe for he DISMISS eRe sked me to come insite Scanned with CamScanner she ask you to chop up the—the chiffarol ast spring. I remember it because it was choppin’ time and | had ‘have nothin’ but this hoe, but she said she had a hatchet. She give id, “1 reckon I'll hafta give you a 62 nickel, Tywent home. Mr. Finch, that was my hoe with me, me the hatchet and 1 broke won't 1?" an’ I way last spring, way over a year ago. Did you ever go on the plac “tno charge.’ Then ain?” “Well, I went lots of times.” ‘There was murmuring in the “Under what circumstances “Please, suh?” “Why did you go inside the fence lots of times?” “She'd call me in, sub. Seemed like every time 1 passed by yonder she'd have some litle somethin’ for me to do—-choppin’, kindlin’, totin’ water for her. She watered them red flowers every day. “Were you paid for your services?” “No suh, not after she offered me a nickel the didn’t seem to help her none, and neither did the chillun, an nickels to spare.” “Where were the other children?” “They was always around, all over the place, They’d watch me work, some of tem’d set in the window.” “Would Miss Mayella talk to you?” “Yes sir, she talked to me.” It came to me as Tom was testifying that Mayella must have been the loneliest person in the world, She was even lonelier than Boo Radley who had not been out of the house in twenty five years. She didn’t understand when Atticus asked her if she had any friends. She thought he wes making fun of her. She couldn’t be like Mr. Dolphus Raymond because she didn't have & lot bf money for people to overlook the fact that he lived with Negroes. Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her. But she said he took advantage of her and pipon she looked at him in court, she looked down upon him like he was dirt beneath her feet. courtroom but it died down quickly. first time. I was glad to do it, Mr. Ewell 1 knowed she didn’t have no Harper Lee " To Kill a Mockingbird " Retrieved from huips://eleveracademy.yn/p-content/uploads/2016/1 0/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird.pd) Robinson in th 51. Which of the following pieces of information was not revealed about Tom courtroom? (A) he had once been in trouble with the law (B) he was married with three children (C) he loved picking cotton (D) he was twenty-five years old AB Scanned with CamScanner A) chante nl onsistently for Mr. Deas? 52, Which response reflect that Tom Robinson worked ¢ (A) "Lworks pretty steady for him all year round" (B) "Ihad to pass her place goin’ to and from the field every day” (©) "it was choppin’ time" (D) "Lworks in his yard fall an? wintertime” 53, What evidence was not given by Tom to sdemtify the timeframe when he chopped up the chiffarobe for Ms. Ewell? (A) the task he had to perform (B) the tool he had with him (C) the season (D) the 62 nickel 54, The mood in the courtroom could be described as: (A) jovial (B) tense (©) sincere (D) calm 5. Tom Robinson's reluctance to accept money from Ms. Ewell because of her challengir financial circumstances could be viewed as being: (A) insultive (B) sarcastic (C) humorous (D) ironic 56. “Under what circumstances?” attempts to clarify which of the following concerns? 1 if Tom went to Ms. Ewell's uninvited IL if Tom had ulterior motives in visiting Ms. Ewell IIL how much time Tom spent working for Mr. Deas IV. the reasons for Tom's frequent visi Scanned with CamScanner (A) 1, Hand TIL (B) HI, Hand IV (CL, Hand IV (D) HL and IV only 57, All of the following were used to highlight Ms. Ewell's loneliness except: (A) showing the number of tasks she had to get done (B) identifying her frequency in requesting Tom's assistance (©) highlighting that her husband and children don't help her (D) comparing Ms. Ewell to Boo Radley 58. Which of the following cannot be inferred from Tom's use of language? (A) he maybe illiterate (B) he is not very educated (©) he is a foreigner (D) he is sincere 59, "She looked down upon him like he was dirt beneath her feet", is an example of: (A) Metaphor (B) Simile (C) Personification (D) Alliteration 60. Based on the extract, why might Ms. Ewell lie about Tom Robinson taking advantage of her’ (A) she wanted to make her husband jealous (B) she wanted to be a source of attention (C) she wanted to break the stereotype that only people with money could associate wi Negroes without being snubbed by society (D) she did not want to be chastized or looked down upon by the community for having a cord relationship with Tom Scanned with CamScanner

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