YOUNG AND DYSLEXIC? YOU'VE GOT IT GOING ON

Why did Benjamin's ideas always 'contradicted' the teachers?

• He was unruly and created trouble for the teachers.

• He was always looking for the trouble.

• He did not know how to respond to the teachers.

• He was creative but the teachers did not promote creativity.

What did the teacher call Benjamin when he shared his idea about the sleeping: 'If I was God I would have designed sleep so we could stay awake...'

Reread paragraph 5 to answer the question. What would get Zephaniah into trouble?

• Being dyslexic

• Being unruly

• Being disrespectful

• Being indignant

Refer to the sixth paragraph last sentence: '"Oh great", but now I realise he was stereotyping me.' How was his teacher stereotyping him?

• He did not like Benjamin as he was creative.

• He was afraid of people of colour.

• He considered him unable to study or progress because of dyslexia.

• None

When he was in borstal, what made him think that he wanted to be better, to be successful?

What does this phrase suggest about Benjamin's background? "a black man brought up on the wrong side of town..."

• He was forced to live away from his father.

• He was raised in a poor neighborhood.

• He was not allowed to live where he was living.

• None of these.

When he wrote his first book of poems he says: 'It really took off...'. What does that mean?

• There were protests against the book.

• The book was objectified.

• The book was not good enough.

• The book got a lot of popularity.

How would Benjamin remember the words while writing?

• By looking for it in the dictionary.

• By drawing the thing.

• By asking his sister.

• By looking at the anchor chart.

What did Brunel University offer him?

• A writer's post

• A professor's post

• A doctor's post

• None

What is Benjamin's attitude towards oppression and racism? Answer after reading paragraph16.