TLM Comprehension Questions: Chapter 4 and 5

Who is the narrator of chapter 4?

• Cook

• Chook

• Sanders Jnr.

• Chapel

What sort of a person was Cook?

• Greedy and rude.

• Loving and caring.

• Jealous and unkind.

How had Whitechapel helped the cook?

• He had Sanders Senior fined for what he did.

• He ignored her.

• He helped her get her job.

How did Cook intend to repay Whitechapel?

• By giving him many sons.

• By cooking for him.

• By offering him a favour.

Who is the narrator of chapter 5?

• Chapel

• Whitechapel

• Mr. Whitechapel

What form is Chapel's chapter written in?

• Poetic verse with rhyming couplets.

• Epistolary, with diary entries.

• Narrative.

• Monologue.

Who originated the term "star-crossed lovers"?

• Fred D'Aguiar

• William Shakespeare

• Maya Angelou

• William Wordsworth

What were Chapel's memories?

• Of his mother and Mr Whitechapel's daughter (Lydia).

• Of his mother and Sanders Senior.

• Of his mother and Whitechapel.

Why could Chapel read?

• Because he taught himself.

• Because his mother taught him.

• Because Mr Whitechapel's daughter, Lydia, taught him.

• Because Whitechapel taught him.

Why did Chapel want to run away? Select the most correct answer.

• Because he wanted to be free, and there was no reason him to stay now that his mother had died.

• Because he hated his father, and there was no reason to stay now that his mother had died.

• Because he wanted to live in New York.