WorksheetsFarmhand
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What social ritual makes the Farmhand think that he is a misfit?
serving food to visitors
waving at friends
dancing
bonding with friends
The farmhand is in a (a) mood when he turns his eyes.
Which is not a theme in Farmhand?
Humans in the natural world
Masculinity
Poverty
Love and relationships
The narrator is
first person
second person
third person
no narrator
A quatrain is a
three word line
three line stanza
four word line
four line stanza
an ‘old wound’ is making reference to
a farming accident
a relationship
a dark secret
a woman
The title Farmhand has connotations of
nature
manual labour
dancing
machines
How is the man described in the village hall?
Socially awkward
aloof
comical
sad
careless’, ‘red’, ‘sunburnt’, ‘hairy’, ‘awkward’ are .......................used to describe the farmhand in the first four stanzas
adverbs
verbs
adjectives
assonance
What is being described with ‘the earth wave breaking’?
the ploughing of the land
the waves crashing
the farmhand leaving
the growth of crops
'drifting like flowers’ is a
metaphor to describe the girls
personification to describe the flowers
simile to describe the girls
simile to describe the flowers
Why is the tone of the poem changed when talking about the farm?
he likes the fresh air
he's claustrophobic
its his favourite place
he feels most comfortable on the farm
We should cultivate a loving relationship with our work.Explain.
Farmhand inspires me.
Yes
No
Partly yes and partly no
None of the above
James K. Baxter worked hard to preserve this culture.
Aboriginal
Maori
Mayan
Scottish
