Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
15 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
Why did Benjamin's ideas always 'contradicted' the teachers?
He was unruly and created trouble for the teachers.
He was always looking for the trouble.
He did not know how to respond to the teachers.
He was creative but the teachers did not promote creativity.
- 2. Open Ended
What did the teacher call Benjamin when he shared his idea about the sleeping: 'If I was God I would have designed sleep so we could stay awake...'
- 3. Multiple Choice
Reread paragraph 5 to answer the question. What would get Zephaniah into trouble?
Being dyslexic
Being aggressive
Being disrespectful
Being indignant
- 4. Multiple Choice
Refer to the sixth paragraph last sentence: '"Oh great", but now I realise he was stereotyping me.' How was his teacher stereotyping him?
He did not like Benjamin as he was creative.
He was afraid of people of colour.
He considered him unable to study or progress because of dyslexia.
None
- 5. Open Ended
When he was in borstal, what made him think that he wanted to be better, to be successful?
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does this phrase suggest about Benjamin's background? "a black man brought up on the wrong side of town..."
He was forced to live away from his father.
He was raised in a poor neighborhood.
He was not allowed to live where he was living.
None of these.
- 7. Multiple Choice
When he wrote his first book of poems he says: 'It really took off...'. What does that mean?
There were protests against the book.
The book was objectified.
The book was not good enough.
The book got a lot of popularity.
- 8. Multiple Choice
How would Benjamin remember the words while writing?
By looking for it in the dictionary.
By drawing the thing.
By asking his sister.
By looking at the anchor chart.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What did Brunel University offer him?
A post teaching creative writing
A professorship
A doctor's post
A grant for his next book
- 10. Open Ended
What is Benjamin's attitude towards oppression and racism? Answer after reading paragraph16.
- 11. Fill in the Blank
Complete the quotation: "Dyslexia is not a measure of ________________________: you may have a genius on your hand."
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does this mean :"your creativity muscle gets bigger." ?
When you find a solution to a problem due to dyslexia, it increases your creativity.
When you try hard to do something, your muscles grow.
When there is no option for you, sit back and don't try.
None
- 13. Fill in the Blank
Complete the quotation: "We are the _____________ we are the designers."
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why does Zephaniah say he "should be in prison"?
He is the right age
He is a black man brought up on the wrong side of town whose family fell apart
He has committed crimes in the past
He has made bad choices and was excluded from school
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the impact of concluding his article with pronouns "us" and "we"?
Makes everybody who reads it feel connected
Creates a sense of solidarity and inclusion for those with dyslexia that links to the titular phrase
Appreciates that everybody has something difficult they could be dealing with
Reinforcing the difference and divide between the struggles faced by those with disabilities and those without
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags