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Short stories

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The story "The man who lived in a shell" was written by?

a)

Chinua Achebe

b)

Hanif Qureshi

c)

Anton Chekhov

d)

Dorothy Parker

2.

What is the nationality of Varenka?

a)

Russian

b)

American

c)

British

d)

Ukrainian

3.

To Belikov what is trait of  Varenka reminiscent of the ancient Greek?

a)

Her accent

b)

Her manners

c)

Her facial features

d)

Her way of dressing

4.

What is the "current fashion of greeting old friends" in "Civil Peace"?

a)

HAPPY SURVIVAL

b)

HAPPY GREETINGS

c)

HAPPY CIVIL PEACE

d)

HAPPY DAY

5.

Where did Jonathan bury the bike?

a)

IN A CONSTRUCTION YARD

b)

IN A MAKESHIFT CEMETERY

c)

NEXT TO A REBEL PRISON CAMP

d)

NONE OF THESE

6.

What type of figurative language is used in the following quote from the text " "A few days later, my great-grandfather looked from his books and saw this same man looking like a smashed vase hastily put back together?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Imagery

c)

Metaphor

d)

Anaphora

7.

Why did Ying Ying keep rearranging things in the new apartment?

a)

She wanted to redecorate

b)

She wanted to create balance in the house

c)

Her husband wasn't happy with the designs

d)

She was bored

8.

Which studies did Ali quit?

a)

Law

b)

Business

c)

Accountancy

d)

None

9.

Who wrote My Son the Fanatic?

a)

Hanif Kureishi

b)

John Milton

c)

Ali Mazuri

d)

None of these

10.

Hanif kureushi was born in?

a)

December 10, 1954

b)

December 7, 1954

c)

December 5, 1954

d)

December 5, 1956

11.

Pervez had been a taxi drive for many years?

a)

15

b)

17

c)

20

d)

24

12.

Who is Bettina to Pervez?

a)

Mother

b)

A girlfriend

c)

Sister

d)

Nothing

13.

V.S Naipaul was born and died in which year?

a)

1932 to 2018

b)

1903 to 1999

c)

1930 to 2000

d)

1933 to 1999

14.

When V.S Naipaul was awarded nobel prize in literature?

a)

2000

b)

2001

c)

1999

d)

1998

15.

Who was the first manger of the hotel?

a)

Inskip

b)

Hilyard

c)

Wills

d)

Magnus

16.

Which of the following BEST describes the overall mood of "The Voice from the Wall" ?

a)

Happy or energetic

b)

Tense or anxious

c)

Worried or fearful

d)

Sad or melancholy

17.

Who is the protagonist of the story "Strong Horse Tea" ?

a)

Calie and Rannie  

b)

Mailman and Snooks

c)

Sarah and Calie      

d)

Snooks and Sarah

18.

Who is the Baby's Mother ?

a)

Sarah  

b)

Rannie Toomer

c)

Christina

d)

Alice Walker

19.

Story "The Fort" is the type of story ?

a)

Detective story

b)

Semi-detective story

c)

both

d)

none

20.

"O Calamities of the world! You are welcome" This sentence was written on?

a)

On the wall of prison

b)

On the gate of prison

c)

On the Manuscript

d)

both a & b