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A Cageful of Butterflies - Class test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Provide the name that Mponyane has allocated to each of the following characters: (Take note – spelling counts!)

Frank

(a)  

2.

Provide the name that Mponyane has allocated to each of the following characters: (Take note – spelling counts!)

Cecily

(a)  

3.

Provide the name that Mponyane has allocated to each of the following characters: (Take note – spelling counts!)

Jean (Frank and Cecily’s mom)

(a)  

4.

Name the boy who torments Frank

(a)  

5.

Identify which of these is NOT the name of one of the Saundersons' dogs

a)

Ting-a-ling

b)

Flapjack

c)

Pannekoek

d)

Boelie

6.

What did Frank and Mponyane 'find' in the coal shed?

a)

clay oxen

b)

a green mamba

c)

porcupine quills

d)

Frank's grandfather's false teeth

7.

True or False? Mponyane is blind

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Refer to your answer to the previous statement: "Mponyane is blind". Provide the correct answer if the statement is false. If the answer is true, simply rewrite the original statement (in your own words is fine).

4 lines
9.

True or False? Frank’s father is dead

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Refer to your answer to the previous statement: "Frank's father is dead". Provide the correct answer if the statement is false. If the answer is true, simply rewrite the original statement (in your own words is fine).

4 lines
11.

True or False? Mponyane killed a green mamba

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Refer to your answer to the previous statement: "Mponyane killed a green mamba". Provide the correct answer if the statement is false. If the answer is true, simply rewrite the original statement (in your own words is fine).

4 lines
13.

What is an ‘Umtalaan’? Explain the meaning of this term in the context of the novel. (2)

4 lines
14.

What skill is Mponyane busy teaching Frank?

a)

Kung fu

b)

Boxing

c)

Stick fighting

15.

“In the night Fan often thrashed around and kicked off his blankets and Kra sometimes even came in her dressing-gown and comforted him. Mponyanye was sure that Fan had bad mind pictures of the big boy.”

Provide a synonym for ‘bad mind pictures’,

(a)