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"The Green Mamba"

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of "The Green Mamba"?

a)

Ray Bradbury

b)

Roald Dahl

c)

O Henry

d)

Rudyard Kipling

2.

Where does the story take place?

a)

Africa

b)

India

c)

Australia

d)

Greenland

3.

What literary genre is "The Green Mamba"?

a)

Historical

Fiction

b)

Poetry

c)

Fiction

d)

Autobiography

4.

Who did Mr. Fuller lower his family down to from the window?

a)

The neighbor

b)

Roald

Dahl

c)

Mrs. Fuller

d)

The snake-man

5.

How is the snake-man described?

a)

young and athletic

b)

old, feeble, bald, slow-moving

c)

old, moves like a leopard

d)

short, skinny and awkward

6.

"Wrinkled as a walnut" is an example of...

a)

a metaphor

b)

a simile

c)

personification

d)

foreshadowing

7.

In "The Green Mamba," how does the snake-man speak to the snake?

a)

gently

b)

harshly

c)

by singing

d)

by chuckling

8.

sad, lonely, hopeless

a)

cultivate

b)

cower

c)

providence

d)

forlorn

e)

manipulate

9.

treat or operate with the hands in a skillful manner

a)

cultivate

b)

cower

c)

providence

d)

forlorn

e)

manipulate

10.
Who was Donald MacFarlane?
a)
Mr. Fuller
b)
The snake-man
c)
The narrator
d)
The son
11.
What or who were the children worried about the most?
a)
The snake
b)
The snake-man
c)
Their Dad
d)
Their Dog
12.
What is their dog's name?
a)
Bob
b)
Jack
c)
Seth
d)
Butters
13.

poised, calm

a)

forlorn

b)

unruffled

c)

arching

d)

malevolent

14.

having or showing hatred

a)

malevolent

b)

unruffled

c)

arcing

d)

wheedling

15.

open-air porch, usually with a roof

a)

bungalow

b)

sunroom

c)

baseboard

d)

veranda