Short stories
In the story The Lemon Orchard by Alex LaGuma what are the white men planning to do with the coloured man?
Beat him up
What had happened to the speaker's younger brother in the poem Mid Term Break by Seamus Heaney?
He had been knocked by a car.
In the poem Plenty by Isobel Dixon, what used to be scarce and is now abundant in the speaker's life?
Water
What does the speaker state will happen after death in Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barret browning?
Her love will continue
What two places does the narrator want to see in particular when he returns to the school as an adult?
The tree and the marble stairs.
In the story Secrets by Bernard MacLaverty, what had Aunt Mary forbidden the boy to do?
Take the letters.
What is the girl described in the poem Muliebrity doing?
Collecting dung
Where is the young man described in the poem Farmhand more comfortable?
on the farm
What does the caged bird represent in the poem by Maya Angelou?
People who are not free.
What new game does Finny create?
Blitz ball
Which is the main theme in the story The Lemon Orchard?
Discrimination.
What is the meaning of the word Muliebrity?
The quality of being a woman.
What worried the speaker's mother when she was a child in the poem Plenty?
lack of water/ lack of money
What does the speaker list or enumerate in sonnet 43?
The ways in which she loves her beloved.
Why doesn't Gene enlist to join the army and go to war?
To stay with Finny.
What made human beings disappear in the story There Will Come Soft Rains?
Nuclear explosion
How old is the speaker's brother in the poem Mid term Break?
four years old.
Name two things the father did on Sunday mornings in the poem Those Winter Sundays.
Build a fire and polish their shoes.
What does the free bird do and what does the caged bird do instead in the poem Caged Bird?
The free bird flies and the caged bird sings.
What makes Leper a key character in the story?
He knows what happened on the tree.
What ultimately destroys the house in the story There Will Come Soft Rains?
Fire/ Nature
What is the main feeling the speaker seems to have as he remembers his father in the poem Those Winter Sundays?
Regret
What does the boy described in Farmhand seem to envy?
couples/ Young men who have girlfriends.
Where is the speaker coming from to attend his brother's funeral in the poem Mid term Break?
Boarding school.
Who organises the mock trial?
Brinker