Singh Song by Daljit Nagra

1.

Multiple Choice

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Who wrote the poem 'Singh Song'?

Owen Sheers

Lord Byron

Maura Dooley

Daljit Nagra

2.

Multiple Choice

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In which year was Daljit Nagra born?

1966

1974

2001

1822

3.

Multiple Choice

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Mr Singh manages a corner shop but at every opportunity he wants to.....

Go to the gym

Work on his computer

Go upstairs to see his new bride

Go and visit his family

4.

Multiple Choice

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The speaker in the poem is Mr Singh but who is he talking too?

His bride

The shoppers

His mum

His daddy

5.

Multiple Select

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The use of the term 'daddy' could be a term......

to reflect the love and affection for his father

a criticism of how his father still treats him like a child

to make the rhyming pattern of the poem successful

to sound appealing to his new wife

6.

Multiple Choice

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What is the pattern of the sari in this poem

floral

polka dot

striped

tartan

7.

Multiple Choice

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What is the purpose of the phonetic spelling throughout the poem?

So that you know the poem is about an indian family

To make the rhyming scheme sound like a nursery rhyme

It makes the reader read it like an indian person and Nagra wanted the reader to engage with the indian accent

So that the poem sounded romantic and loving

8.

Multiple Choice

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At the end of Stanza 2, Nagra refers to "Putney", why?

He wanted the reader to imagine boats being rowed on the Thames

He is trying to hint to the reader the location of the corner shop

In Punjabi, Putney means boat

In Punjabi, Putney means wife

9.

Multiple Choice

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The MAIN relationship (choose one only) being explored in the poem is between....

The husband and his shoppers

The husband and wife

The husband and his mum

The husband and his daddy

10.

Multiple Choice

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Stanzas 5-7 all begin 'my bride' is this because.....

All of these verses are about the marriage & the husband's increasing obsession with his wife & neglect of the shop

The speaker wants to emphasise that the poem is about his wife

The writer couldn't get the rhyming pattern to work

He has realised that he has written a lot about the shop but not much about his wife

11.

Multiple Choice

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"I do di lock cos up di stairs is my newly bride" means....

Singh has finished his working day and is now going for dinner

It is 9pm and it is time for the corner shop to be closed and for him to go to bed

Singh is showing his willingness to rebel against his father, in order to please his wife (and himself)

Singh is having dinner upstairs with his new bride

12.

Multiple Choice

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'Tiny eyes ov a gun and di tummy ov a teddy' are....

similes

alliteration

metaphors

juxtaposition

13.

Multiple Choice

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What do the shoppers think of Singh's shop?

They love the shop so much that they make up a sing song rhyme to describe it

They think the shop is dirty and badly stocked, many of the goods have gone bad or out of stock

Singh has been away and the shoppers have missed him

They think the shop is open too long and Singh's father makes him work too hard

14.

Multiple Choice

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Singh uses contrasting words to describe the worth of the shop versus the worth of his wife. Which pair of words best describes this in the poem

meat and cheese

price and priceless

half-price and priceless

chapatti and chutney

15.

Multiple Choice

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The wife is upstairs whilst Singh works in the shop, is she.......

On a date site on the computer chatting up other men

Working on a date site on the computer because it is her job

Looking up the prices of meat and cheese on a website

Trying to attract two Sikh lovers and referring to that as netting two cats

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