"Test Match Sabina Park" - Stewart Brown

Which poet wrote this poem?

• Langston Hughes

• Roger Mais

• Stewart Brown

• Sylvia Plath

Where was the poet born?

• Jamaica

• UK

• USA

• Trinidad and Tobago

Where is the poem set?

• Sabina Park, St. Andrew, Jamaica

• Sabina Park, Clarendon, Jamaica

• Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

• Sabina Park, St. Catherine, Jamaica

“Proudly wearing the rosette of my skin I strut into Sabina…”

Rosette signifies...

• The speaker was wearing a rose pink colour

• The speaker likes roses

• The speaker is white

• The speaker was wearing a shirt with roses on it

"...England boycotting excitement bravely, Something badly amiss.”

Who are the two cricket players that are used to make the pun in this line?

• Geoff Boycott and Dennis Amiss

• Floyd Boycott and Mark Amiss

• Jonathon Boycott and Avery Amiss

• Andrew Boycott and Dexter Amiss

“Cricket. Not the game they play at Lords, the crowd – whoever saw a crowd at a cricket match? – are caged Vociferous partisans, quick to take offence.”

In the underlined line, which literary device is used?

• Allusion

• Rhetorical Question

• Consonance

• Alliteration

"‘What sort o batting dat man? dem kaaan play cricket again, praps dem shoulda-a-borrow Lawrence Rowe!’”

In what manner does the Jamaican speaker say this?

• Kind

• Mocking

• Hateful

• Loud

Select the theme/s present in the poem

• Race and Gender

• Discrimination

• Sports and Culture

• All of the above

What is the mood of the poem?

• Happy and Cheerful

• Angry and Confused

• Sad and Reflective

• Tense and Frustrated

What is the tone of the British Man in the last stanza of the poem?

• Frustration

• Embarrassed

• Proud

• Defensive