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Q1 Summative Test in Gr. 8-Literature

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Africa is a country.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

2.

The largest Desert in the world is the _____ Desert.

a)

Savanna

b)

Sahel

c)

Atlas

d)

Sahara

3.

Scientists believed that Africa was the birthplace of mankind.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

Does Not Say

4.

Africa was colonized mainly by the....

a)

Europeans

b)

Americans

c)

Asians

d)

Mexicans

5.

Europeans drawing new borders in Africa caused _______.

a)

many tribal conflicts

b)

many tribes being friends

c)

everyone loved the new borders

6.

European colonization in Africa caused...

a)

Corrupt Government

b)

Tyrants & Dictators

c)

Poverty & Orphans

d)

All of the above

7.

"Africa, tell me Africa

Is this you this back that is unbent

This back that breaks under the weight of humiliation

This back trembling with red scars..."

This excerpt from Africa by David Diop is an example of _________

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Symbolism

8.

In Africa, the _____ river is the longest river in the world.

a)

Niger

b)

Nile

c)

Blue

d)

Congo

9.

What is the sole purpose of building pyramids?

a)

temples to the gods

b)

prisons

c)

tombs for pharaohs

d)

tombs for nobles

10.

What name was given to Egyptian tombs built to prepare a ruler for the after-life?

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Pyramid

c)

Temple

d)

Sarcophagus

11.

In the beginning of the story "Half a Day", the narrator is _____.

a)

a young boy

b)

a young man

c)

the father

d)

the teacher

12.

In the story Half a Day, how did the young lad address the narrator before crossing the street?

a)

Old Man

b)

Dad

c)

Grandpa

d)

Father

13.

Cultural Diversity is important.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

No idea

d)

Maybe

14.

Learning about other cultures helps us understand different perspectives within the world in which we live. It dispels negative __________ & __________ about different groups.

a)

stereotypes

b)

perception

c)

personal bias

d)

understanding

15.

__________ is our way of living, it refers to the shared language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and material objects that are passed down from one generation to the next.

a)

Culture

b)

Coulture

c)

Kulchure

d)

Colture

16.

The languages of Africa are also diverse with __________ different languages spoken among the people.

a)

1,500-1,700

b)

800 - 1,000

c)

500 - 700

d)

1,700 - 2, 000

17.

_________ is an Arabic word meaning "of the coast" or people of the coast."

a)

Swahili

b)

Sahili

c)

Schwahili

d)

Swuahilli

18.

Greeting someone with "Jambo" (jahm-bow), or with "Karibu,' (kah-ree-boo), means __________

a)

hello or welcome.

b)

good day

c)

good morning

d)

thank you

19.

A large, agile, highly venomous African snake is called _________.

a)

Python

b)

Mamba

c)

Okapi

d)

Ebony

20.

A creolized religion forged by descendants of Dahomean, Kongo, Yoruba, and other African ethnic group is called __________

a)

Vodou

b)

Creoles

c)

Gypsies

d)

Nomads

21.

The poem "I Am an African Child" shows that the child is black and _____.

a)

proud

b)

ashamed

c)

shy

d)

boisterous

22.

The poem "I Am an African Child" was written to foster a positive _____ of the African child and to help reconnect the children of African ancestry to a positive _____ of their African heritage and identity.

a)

image

b)

lifestyle

c)

mentality

d)

vibes

23.

"I am an African child

Born with a skin the colour of chocolate

Bright, brilliant and articulate

Strong and bold; I'm gifted

Talented enough to be the best

I am an African child."

States that the child is _________

a)

confident

b)

shameful

c)

proud

d)

disillusioned

24.

"I am the son, daughter of the soil

Rich in texture and content

Full of potential for a better tomorrow

Teach me discipline, teach me character, teach me hard work

Teach me to think like the star within me

I am an African child."

In this stanza, they relate themselves to the beauty of the _____.

a)

forest

b)

earth

c)

soil

d)

land

25.

"I can be extra-ordinary

call me William Kamkwamba the Inventor;

Give me a library with books

Give me a scrap yard and discarded electronics

Give me a broken bicycle;

Plus the freedom to be me

And I will build you a wind mill

I am an African child"

This stanza speaks of how inventive and creative they can be. It lists the _____ things that they can do.

a)

possible

b)

little

c)

useless

d)

positive