TLM Comprehension Questions: Chapter 6 and 7

Is Chapter 6 (Plantation Owners) written in first, second or third person?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

How do the other plantation owners treat Mr Whitechapel?

• They are respectful but firm with him.

• They are rude and often mock him.

• They are friendly and share jokes with him.

What do the other plantation owners think of the whipping?

• They think it was cruel but necessary.

• They condemn Mr Whitechapel's actions and believe it was the wrong thing to do.

• They celebrate it and believe the death was justified.

How does Mr Whitechapel describe the other plantation owners?

• As dogs

• As snakes

• As lions

• As crocodiles

Why do the plantation owners want to uphold slavery?

• Because they don't think there's another way to organise the economy

• Because they want their children to be be slaves themselves.

• Because they hate change.

• Because they want their children to be well off.

What were the plantation owners views on religion and slaves?

• They believed that "slaves needed God".

• They believed that "God is for us, not them".

• They believed that "God views slaves as stock".

• They believed that "slaves did not need God".

In what form is Chapter 7 (Lydia) written?

• Prose

• Poetic verse

• Diary entries (epistolary)

• Stream of consciousness

Is Chapter 7 (Lydia) written in first, second or third person? Hint: it's written from Lydia's perspective.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Why does Lydia begin teaching Chapel to read?

• Because she wants to.

• Because he stood beside her and looked at the pages of her book.

• Because he asked her to teach him.

Who is Lydia?

• Sanders Senior's daughter.

• Mr Whitechapel's daughter.

• Cook's daughter.

• The daughter of a local business man.