The Grass is Singing Quizzes

The Grass is Singing Quiz 1

1 Where does the story take place?
Zimbabwe

Congo

South Rhodesia

South Africa
2 Who is Moses?
The Turners' houseboy

A Jewish prophet

Charlie Slatter's houseboy

A farmer
3 Who is Lobengula?
Farmhand

Houseboy

An African king

Friend of the Turners'
4 Where is Slatter from?
London

South Rhodesia

America

Ireland
5 What does Slatter personify to the Turners?
Cruelty

Britain

The White Man

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

10 shillings

30 pounds

50 pounds
7 What unexpected emotion does Slatter show in the face of Moses at the murder scene?
Fear

Confusion

Hatred

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

The natives

The climate

The history
9 Martson is disturbed by the sight of what about the murder scene?
The quietness

Dogs licking at Mary's body

Moses

Profuse blood
10 Who feels a sense of not grasping something at the murder scene?
Dick Turner

Tony Martson

Slatter

The policemen
11 How long had Tony Marston been living with the Turners?
10 weeks

5 weeks

7 weeks

3 weeks
12 For how long was Marston to run the Turner farm?
Indefinitely

1 year

1 month

6 months
13 What were Marton's plans after working the Turner farm?
To go back to England

To travel elsewhere in Africa

To buy the farm

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

Dick Turner

The farmhands

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

Hatred

Support

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

Anomaly

Failure

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

Slatter

Dick Turner

Moses
18 Marston ends up going where?
America

Northern Rhodesia

Back to England

Elsewhere in Southern Rhodesia
19 What does Marston end up doing?
Opening his own store

Buying the Turner farm

Moving into town

Trying to work in copper mines
20 Who believes that the causes of Mary's murder must be looked for a far way back?
Marston

The townspeople

Slatter

The Sergeant
21 Who is said to not have 'guts'?
Slatter

Mary Turner

Marston

Dick Turner
22 How much brandy did Marston drink?
1 bottle

2 tablespoons

None

Four gulps
23 What is the "Dark Continent"?
Africa

Europe

Australia

Asia
24 What symbolizes South Africa?
The store

Tobacco farms

The railways

Black men
25 What was crucial to the colonization of Africa?
Airplanes

Railroads

Motor vehicles

White women