WorksheetsTi Jean and His Brothers
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
1. Who is the principal character in Act One?
A. Ti-Jean
B. Gros Jean
C. Mi-Jean
D. the Bolom
2. How does Act One begin?
A. The three brothers leaving at daybreak.
B. Gros Jean leaves at daybreak.
C. Mother singing and the Mi-Jean leaves.
D. Ti-Jean waking his Mother to bid her goodbye.
3. To Gros Jean physical strength means
A. attractive to women
B. power
C. wealth
D. being smart
4. What does Gros Jean answer his Mother when she advices him to protect himself from the devil?
A. He cannot touch me.
B. The creatures of the earth will be my guides.
C. I know all that already.
D. I will never come back Mother
5. How does the devil provoke Gros Jean?
A. By pulling his arm and kicking him
B. By calling him several names and insisting he goes back to work.
C. By ignoring him and calling him poor.
D. By underpaying him and spitting on him.
6. Who is the Old Man?
A. the Bolom
B. a good spirit
C. the Devil
D. the protector
7. What advice does the Old Man give Gros Jean?
A. To go work for the white planter.
B. To go ask the Devil for forgiveness.
C. To go hunt for hidden treasure in the forest.
D. To hire slaves to make him rich.
8. Mother says "The arm which digs a grave/Is the strongest arm of all". Whose arm is the strongest as portrayed in Act One?
A. Mother’s
B. Ti-Jean’s
C. Mi-Jean’s
D. Gros Jean’s
9. According to Gros Jean what is the shortest way to success?
A. strength
B. faith
C. love
D. the Devil
10. What does the Old Man say counts in the world?
A. money and power
B. riches only
C. power only
D. having a kind heart
11. Which brother was characterized by his strength?
A. Gros Jean
B. Ti-Jean
C. Mi-Jean
d. the Bolom
12. How does Act One close?
A. Ti-Jean crying
B. The Devil singing ‘Give the Devil a child for dinner’.
C. The Planter visits Mother.
D. Gros Jean returns home.
13. Who is not a character who appears in Act One?
A. the Planter
B. the Old Man
C. the Bolom
D. Mother
14. [The Frog is in his path. He aims a kick.] Who does this?
A. Ti-Jean
B. Gros Jean
C. the Old Man
D. the Planter
15. What object can be used to symbolize Gros Jean?
A. a book
B. a fishing rod
C. an axe
D. a worm
16. What is one scene in Act One in which singing can be heard?
A. Mi-Jean singing about his fishing.
B. Ti-Jean singing about his brothers.
C. Gros Jean singing as he left home.
D. The Bolom singing about the Devil.
17. Which statement is not true about the Old Man?
A. He had a hairy hoof.
B. The Bird, Cricket and the Frog were afraid of him.
C. He was the Devil under disguise.
D. He was a good man who loved helping others.
18. What does the Planter symbolize in Act One?
A. dominance by the colonial powers
B. rich understanding bosses
C. the poor underprivileged workers
D. the common man who worked hard everyday
19. Where was Derek Walcott born?
A. St. Lucia
B. Trinidad
C. Jamaica
D. Belize
20. Which of the following statements is not true about Derek Walcott?
A. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.
B. He studied at University College of West Indies.
C. He and his brother co-wrote the play Ti-Jean and His Brothers.
D. His mother was a teacher and his father a poet.
Which brother went to defeat the Devil in Act 2 ?
Mi-Jean
Ti-Jean
Bolom
Gros Jean
Mi-Jean considered himself:
A servant
A defender of people
An Intellect
A Hero
This play can be categorized as all of the following EXCEPT:
An allegory
A folktale
A Pantomime
a Caribbean fairy tale
Mi-Jean felt insulted by the Devil's injury to his
strength
religion
intelligence
family
