Literature With a Purpose 1.05 Quiz Review

What did Hilary think of the "terrorists" that she saw on the news?

• She thought they were young.

• She thought they were guilty

• She was not aware of anything that was in the news.

Answer explanation

“Throughout my childhood, there were other reminders of the injustice I saw when I was six. Seeing so-called “terrorists” lying dead on the ground… in… news bulletins, yet they seemed like children to me. They couldn’t have been more than sixteen years of age.”

Who was Johanna to Hilary?

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Answer explanation

“Jeffrey was the husband of our maid, Johanna. She lived on our premises. Johanna was my ‘other mother.’ Johanna saw to our every need. When I woke in the morning, a hot breakfast was waiting for me, cooked by Johanna. When I got home from school, Johanna had made my bed, cleaned my room and made me lunch, waiting at a beautiful table. And, when my parents went out in the evening,... Johanna fed me the supper she prepared and bathed and put me to bed. All this in between polishing floors on her hands and knees, scrubbing toilets and cleaning any speck of dust off ornaments and furniture.”

What did Hilary refer to Johanna as?

• Her best friend.

• Her sister.

• Her other mother.

Answer explanation

“Jeffrey was the husband of our maid, Johanna. She lived on our premises. Johanna was my ‘other mother.’ Johanna saw to our every need. When I woke in the morning, a hot breakfast was waiting for me, cooked by Johanna. When I got home from school, Johanna had made my bed, cleaned my room and made me lunch, waiting at a beautiful table. And, when my parents went out in the evening,... Johanna fed me the supper she prepared and bathed and put me to bed. All this in between polishing floors on her hands and knees, scrubbing toilets and cleaning any speck of dust off ornaments and furniture.”

True or False: Legally, domestic workers and their families could live wherever they wanted.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

• False, Johanna’s husband couldn’t legally live with her in Hilary’s home, even though her parents wanted him to.

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  Domestic workers or people of color could not live in the suburbs. They lived in their “homelands”.

What did Hilary see in her sister's room?

• Flowers

• A hidden passageway

• Gandhi's Lamp

Answer explanation

“As I stared across the silent and dimly lit room, I caught sight of something, squinting to make it out. Was it? It was! Mahatma Gandhi’s lamp.”

What did the lamp symbolize to Hilary?

• The courage of Gandhi.

• The death of her sister.

• It is time for her to quit political activism.

• The Return of Jafar.

Answer explanation

“The lamp was absolutely beautiful, with its tall twisted brass stem and oil reservoir and the simple wick and glass shade. I could imagine it burning brightly when lit, the flame representing that courage of Gandhi, a beacon to many oppressed peoples.

Now the lamp seemed to glow. I took a deep breath.”

What is one of the central ideas of "The Light of Gandhi's Lamp"?

• Some crimes can never be forgotten, nor the perpetrators forgiven.

• Protecting the lives of people is more important than protecting objects, no matter who symbolic or valuable they are.

• Battling injustice often involves taking serious personal risks and facing severe consequences.

What textual details allow the author to convey the central idea expressed in Part A.

• Inglis describes multiple ways that her family suffers, including her uncle's separation from the family.

• Inglis describes how the anti-apartheid movement keeps a record of the cruelest leaders of apartheid so they can be revenged on those evil people.

• No one tries to save Gandhi's lamp during the raids; they focus on protecting the people.

Quiz questions help: What is a major theme of "Harrison Bergeron"?

• Closed-minded people are a threat to beauty, individuality and self-expression.

• Everyone should be totally identical in every way.

• The average person in modern society is not very smart.

• Certain restrictions on personal freedoms are necessary.

Answer explanation

For example, the text describes how Diana Moon Glampers "fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead."