1) "Dem tell me. Wha dem ---- to tell me" a) want b) think c) know 2) "Blind me to me own --------" a) body b) identity c) history 3) "Dem tell me bout ----- and all dat" a) 1066 b) 1999 c) 1914 4) "but Toussaint L'Ouverture/ no dem ----- tell me bout that" a) sometimes b) always c) never 5) "Touissant/ a slave with ------" a) vision b) ideas c) thoughts 6) "Toussaint de ------ / of de Haitian Revolution " a) light b) darkness c) beacon 7) "dem never tell me bout ----- de Maroon" a) Granny b) Nanny 8) "Nanny see-far woman of mountain dream. ---- woman" a) fire b) brave c) old 9) "Dem tell me bout Lord Nelson and --------" a) Waterloo b) the first world war c) charge of the light brigade 10) "but dem never tell me bout Shaka de great ----" a) warrior b) Zulu c) soldier 11) ""but dem never tell me bout Mary -------" a) had a little lamb b) Smith c) Seacole 12) "a healing ----/ among the wounded" a) star b) presence c) nurse 13) "But now I checking out me own -------" a) history b) knowledge c) life 14) "I ------- out me identity" a) finding b) drawing c) carving 15) Checking out Me History" is a poem by a) Carol Rumens b) Wilfred Owen c) John Agard d) Simon Armitage e) Ted Hughes 16) The speaker feels that he hasn't been taught about his own history and identity a) True b) False 17) He has been taught about British history, nursery and folk tales but not about Caribbean historical figures a) False b) True 18) The poem is written using a Caribbean dialect a) True b) False

Checking out Me History - CCQs

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