The Grass is Singing Quizzes

The Grass is Singing Quiz 1

By Alexander Lin · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed November 05, 2019

1 Where does the story take place?

Congo

Zimbabwe

South Rhodesia

South Africa
2 Who is Moses?

A farmer

Charlie Slatter's houseboy

A Jewish prophet

The Turners' houseboy
3 Who is Lobengula?

Farmhand

Friend of the Turners'

An African king

Houseboy
4 Where is Slatter from?

South Rhodesia

America

London

Ireland
5 What does Slatter personify to the Turners?

Britain

The White Man

Cruelty

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

50 pounds

10 shillings

30 pounds

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

Fear

Joy

Confusion

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

The land

The climate

The natives

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

Profuse blood

Dogs licking at Mary's body

The quietness

Moses
10 Who feels a sense of not grasping something at the murder scene?

Slatter

Tony Martson

The policemen

Dick Turner
11 How long had Tony Marston been living with the Turners?

7 weeks

10 weeks

3 weeks

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

6 months

Indefinitely

1 month

1 year
13 What were Marton's plans after working the Turner farm?

To go to a tobacco farm

To buy the farm

To travel elsewhere in Africa

To go back to England
14 The Sergeant and Slatter insist that Marston should think of whom?

The farmhands

Moses

Mary Turner

Dick Turner
15 What does Marston feel towards the Sergeant and Slatter?

Hatred

Support

Frustration

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

Harbinger

Standard

Failure

Anomaly
17 Marston imagines that if there is someone to blame, it would be _____

Moses

Mary Turner

Dick Turner

Slatter
18 Marston ends up going where?

Back to England

Elsewhere in Southern Rhodesia

Northern Rhodesia

America
19 What does Marston end up doing?

Moving into town

Buying the Turner farm

Trying to work in copper mines

Opening his own store
20 Who believes that the causes of Mary's murder must be looked for a far way back?

Marston

Slatter

The Sergeant

The townspeople
21 Who is said to not have 'guts'?

Mary Turner

Dick Turner

Marston

Slatter
22 How much brandy did Marston drink?

1 bottle

Four gulps

None

2 tablespoons
23 What is the "Dark Continent"?

Europe

Australia

Asia

Africa
24 What symbolizes South Africa?

The railways

Tobacco farms

Black men

The store
25 What was crucial to the colonization of Africa?

Motor vehicles

White women

Railroads

Airplanes