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known texts exam prep

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What's the name of the author of 'Isn't it a cuddly idea'?

a)

John Bird

b)

Owen Jones

c)

Jenna Woginrich

d)

Jenny Chan

2.

What did Loren Amory trip over?

a)

kindling box

b)

carpet sweeper

c)

toy car

d)

a little piece of suet

3.

How many workers committed suicide at Foxconn?

a)

14

b)

18

c)

16

d)

22

4.

Which stories had no death in them?

a)

Sauce for the goose

b)

Marionettes, Inc.

c)

A glowing future

d)

Mr. Know-All

5.

What would have been the name of Maurice's future wife?

a)

Olivia Amory

b)

Nettie

c)

Patricia Gordon

d)

Susan Smith

6.

Which words are used in the short story to describe Mr. Kelada?

a)

acrimonious

b)

loquacious

c)

dogmatic

d)

fridgidly indifferent

7.

"many young men have left either unchanged or hardened and changed for the worse"

a)

Marionettes, Inc.

b)

Our shameful hierarchy

c)

iSlave

d)

It's a cuddly idea

8.

Which words exist in English?

a)

explication

b)

countries

c)

schedule

d)

to put sb up

9.

What problems are Foxconn workers faced with every day?

a)

dormitories

b)

rotating shifts

c)

no privacy

d)

meeting production goals

e)

punishments

10.

How do you write Olivia's second husband's name ?

a)

Stefan

b)

Stefen

c)

Stephan

d)

Stephen

11.

Who has a marionette in 'Marionettes, Inc.'?

a)

Braling

b)

Mrs Braling

c)

Smith

d)

Nettie

12.

What is the problem with today's meat production according to Jenna Woginrich?

a)

antibiotics

b)

free-range chicken

c)

growth hormones

d)

feedlots

e)

too sustainable

13.

How does Foxconn try to prevent further suicides?

a)

stronger social and legal protection of workers' rights

b)

more humane production standards

c)

installations of "nets with a loving heart"

d)

higher wages

14.

How many times did Maurice call Betsy while away in Australia?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.

Which are spelled correctly?

a)

shedule

b)

schedule

c)

appartement

d)

appartment

e)

apartment

16.

Why do we have a more emotional response to certain deaths?

a)

cultural proximity

b)

more tweets equal more emotions

c)

racial differences

d)

rarity vs. what is expected/normal

17.

What conclusion does Owen Jones make?

a)

we should challenge our prejudices

b)

empathise with all fellow humans

c)

become complicit

d)

tolerate suffering

18.

Which traps did Olivia Amory set for Loren?

a)

the carpet sweeper on the cellar stairs

b)

the walk-in freezer

c)

plastic clotheline dangling from a high shelf in the garage

d)

the ladder to knock down the wasps' nest

e)

a fall off the balcony

19.

Where did Olivia and Stephen get caught in and died?

a)

fridge

b)

fridgerator

c)

walk-in freezer

d)

walking freezer

20.

Betsy kills Maurice because ...

a)

she doesn't love him anymore

b)

he makes too much of a fool of her

c)

in self-defence

d)

if she can't have him, no one can.

21.

What do newely released prisons face in the outside world?

a)

a pittance of £46

b)

problems getting accomodation

c)

mentoring

d)

appointment with a parole officer

22.

Tick the expressions which are correct.

a)

to lose your face

b)

to lose face

c)

to rattle the industry cages

d)

cold Tufurkey

23.

Which objects did Betsy use to hurt Maurice physically and emotionally?

a)

a letter in the ginger jar

b)

China figurine

c)

tea chests

d)

alabaster

e)

lamp

24.

Which short story did your teacher enjoy/fustrate the most?

a)

Sauce of the Goose

b)

A glowing future

c)

Marionettes Inc.

d)

Mr. Know-All