The Grass is Singing Quizzes

The Grass is Singing Quiz 1

1 Where does the story take place?
Congo

South Africa

Zimbabwe

South Rhodesia
2 Who is Moses?
Charlie Slatter's houseboy

A Jewish prophet

A farmer

The Turners' houseboy
3 Who is Lobengula?
Friend of the Turners'

Farmhand

An African king

Houseboy
4 Where is Slatter from?
South Rhodesia

America

Ireland

London
5 What does Slatter personify to the Turners?
Cruelty

Britain

The White Man

Society
6 How much was Slatter fined for killing a native?
30 pounds

50 pounds

100 pounds

10 shillings
7 What unexpected emotion does Slatter show in the face of Moses at the murder scene?
Confusion

Hatred

Joy

Fear
8 The statement "One has to understand the country" has to do with:
The land

The history

The natives

The climate
9 Martson is disturbed by the sight of what about the murder scene?
Moses

Profuse blood

Dogs licking at Mary's body

The quietness
10 Who feels a sense of not grasping something at the murder scene?
Slatter

The policemen

Dick Turner

Tony Martson
11 How long had Tony Marston been living with the Turners?
5 weeks

3 weeks

7 weeks

10 weeks
12 For how long was Marston to run the Turner farm?
1 month

6 months

Indefinitely

1 year
13 What were Marton's plans after working the Turner farm?
To buy the farm

To travel elsewhere in Africa

To go back to England

To go to a tobacco farm
14 The Sergeant and Slatter insist that Marston should think of whom?
Mary Turner

Moses

The farmhands

Dick Turner
15 What does Marston feel towards the Sergeant and Slatter?
Frustration

Support

Hatred

Bemusement
16 To "white civilization," the Turners are a ______
Failure

Harbinger

Anomaly

Standard
17 Marston imagines that if there is someone to blame, it would be _____
Mary Turner

Slatter

Moses

Dick Turner
18 Marston ends up going where?
Elsewhere in Southern Rhodesia

America

Northern Rhodesia

Back to England
19 What does Marston end up doing?
Opening his own store

Trying to work in copper mines

Buying the Turner farm

Moving into town
20 Who believes that the causes of Mary's murder must be looked for a far way back?
Slatter

The townspeople

The Sergeant

Marston
21 Who is said to not have 'guts'?
Slatter

Mary Turner

Marston

Dick Turner
22 How much brandy did Marston drink?
Four gulps

None

1 bottle

2 tablespoons
23 What is the "Dark Continent"?
Europe

Asia

Africa

Australia
24 What symbolizes South Africa?
Black men

Tobacco farms

The railways

The store
25 What was crucial to the colonization of Africa?
White women

Motor vehicles

Railroads

Airplanes