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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who wrote The Lemon Orchard?
Alex La Guma
Alex Le Gooma
Henry Miller
Alan Pritchard
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is an orchard?
It is a type of flower.
A piece of land planted with fruit trees
A farm with lots of animals
A wild forest
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where is the story set? The setting? Where it takes place?
California
Brazil
South Africa
China
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why political system does the story criticize?
Apartheid
Capitalism
Democracy
Communism
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which one of these is a major theme / message of the story?
immigration and belonging
the sourness of lemons
the beauty of nature
injustice
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which one of these is NOT a theme of the story?
racism
prejudice
happiness
cruelty
- 7. Multiple Choice
The story is written using which POINT OF VIEW?
1st person - uses "I"
2nd person - uses "you"
3rd person - uses "he/it/they"
no point of view (this answer is wrong - don't click it!)
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which word best describes the white people in the story?
loving
ignorant
kind
friendly
- 9. Multiple Choice
How does the writer convey the white people's attitude to the black man?
They use racist language
They show contempt and anger
They do not treat the man with kindness
All of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
How does the writer show that this event could happen anywhere in the world?
He sets the story in an orchard - trees grow everywhere
He does not name the characters - they could be anyone, anywhere
He makes the weather cold and chilly - everywhere gets cold
He doesn't - this story is set in South Africa, so racism can only take place there
- 11. Multiple Choice
How many characters are there in the story?
5: four white men and one black man
4: three white men and one black man
3 coloured men
2 - one white man, one black man
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does the moon symbolise?
Hiding or revealing the truth
romance and dreams
night time
werewolves and vampires
- 13. Multiple Choice
Throughout the story, the black man shows ...
fear and pain
anger and sarcasm
dignity and strength
weakness and pity
- 14. Multiple Choice
The crickets in the story could symbolise ...
other white people who keep quiet about cruelty
noisy nature which disturbs people's sleep
happiness and joy; spring and summer
darkness and night time
- 15. Multiple Choice
The black man is accused of ...
fighting with a white man
marrying a white woman
complaining about his treatment by the minister of the church
stealing lemons
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