CHRIST ACADEMY

Monthly Evaluation July 2021

`Grade 9 English Literature

Time: 40min Marks: 20

Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

A)
The last man of this forlorn group
Did nought except for gain.
Giving only to those who gave
Was how he played the game.

1. Why does the poet call the group ‘forlorn’? What happened to this group at the end of the story? What
could they have done to change their fate? (3)
2. Whom did the black man see? What did he do with his log and what was his plan? (3)
3. Whom does the ‘tattered clothes’ refer to? What was his prejudice? (2)
4. Do you think the title ‘Cold Within’ is appropriate? Justify your answer? (2)

B)
The younger man roused himself sharply at the sound of her voice, seemed to struggle with a slight
embarrassment which he threw off instantly, and then clasped her fingers with his left hand.

1. Describe the young woman in the coach. (3)

2. What was the crime of the prisoner? Where is he been taken to and what is the punishment? (3)
3. Who is the young man? Why was he embarrassed at the sound of her voice? What was the reaction of the
young woman to them initially? (4)