Name:Dasia Hall
Grade: 9A
Subject: English Literature Test 1
Date: February
, 2025
Context Questions
Respond to the following questions
1. “Stop it! You’re all behaving like animals! Worse than animals! Like Blankers! “
a. Who said these words? 1pt.
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Sephy or Persophone
b. To whom did he/she say these words? 1 pt.
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The
crowd
c. Where were they when the person said these words? 1 pt.
By the Heathcroft schools gate
d. Why did the person say these words? 2 pts.
She said these words because the crowd were throwing stones and one hit one of the
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students at the school
2. “Being in and being accepted are two different things.”
a. Who said these words? 1pt.
Callum
b. To whom was the person talking? 1 pt.
Sephy
or Persophone
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c. Where were they when those words were said? 1 pt.
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They
were at Sephys private beach
d. What did the person mean by this? 2 pts.
Being able to learn in the school meant that he was only able to study there but being
accepted meant that they were okay with him a nought going to the school but they were
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not because he was nothing.
3. “Which means more to you? Being someone or making a difference?”
a. Who said these words? 1 pt.
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Lynette
b. To whom was she talking? 1 pt.
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Callum
c. Where were they when those words were said? 1pt.
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Callum's bedroom
d. What exactly did the speaker mean by those words? 2 pts.
She meant that does her brother wants to be someone who can help change how the world is
or
if he would rather just want to be someone who is known.
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4. “See! you’re the same as me. As white as me > I’m sick and tired of you looking down
your nose at me. If you hate what you are, do something about it, just die or something.”
a. Who said these words? 1 pt.
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Jude
b. To whom was the person talking
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Lynette
c. Where were they when these words were said? 1pt
Callums house
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d. Why did the person feel it necessary to say these words? 2pts.
He felt it was necessary because Lynette was really convinced that she was black and
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A cross.
Write a paragraph on the following question. 10 pts.
The McGregor’s and the Hadley’s are two families of two different background in the play
Noughts and Crosses. Describe the physical household of both families.
In
this Adaption of Noughts and Crosses by Damian Cook the McGregors and the Hadleys the lives
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in two different ways. The McGregor's house was small, cramped,simple, and constructed. In their
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home
were many handed down items, such as there fifth hand threadbare nylon carpet and it's
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seventh-hand
cloth sofa. The McGregors house can be described in the book as a hovel because of
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its
size. These physical aspects of their house shows their poverty. The Hadley's house was much
different their house was more extravagant and larger that the McGregors. Their house hadan entry
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phone
in front of their large iron gates. Inside of the Hadley's home had much more space compared
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to
the McGregors. They had a room in their home just to watch movies or shows along with seven
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bedrooms and five reception rooms for four people. In their luxurious home they had marble pillars
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and carved stonework, they also had a gym and a pool where they lived. This shows the physical
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aspects
and conditions of both the McGregors and the Hadleys of how they live and how their
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houses
looks.?
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