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Edexcel IGCSE quiz on On the non fiction texts taught for Paper 1, Section A, English Language
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1
What does Yen Mah ask her father?
If she can invite some friends to a party
If she can go to university in England
For some more money to by clothes
2
What music does Adiche prefer to "tribal music"?
Beyonce
Mariah Carey
Bruno Mars
Drake
3
What shape is the woman's injured leg in A Passage to Africa?
Circle
Banana
Boomerang
Spoon
4
What country did George Alagiah visit?
Namibia
Somalia
Botswana
Ethiopia
5
How many texts are there in Section A?
15
8
10
6
What drew Alagiah's attention to the "one" he will never forget?
The smile
The pleading eyes
The tears
7
Why is Yen Mah’s father pleased with her?
She has done well in her school exams
An important Hong Kong businessman has noticed her success
She is his favourite daughter and he is glad to see her
She has won £50 in an international writing competition
8
What is the name given to a stone wedged between rocks?
Staystone
Stonewall
Chockstone
Lodestone
9
What is a dzong?
A form of martial art
A animal like a cow
A Bhutanese priest
A fortress
10
Where did Jamie Zeppa go when she was 24?
Belize
Beirut
Bulgaria
Bhutan
11
What indigenous people did Kari Herbert live with?
The Inughuit
The Aborigines
The Pygmy People
12
What do the Inughuit value the narwhal for?
The mattak or blubber
The skin
The ivory tusk
13
At what age was Zephaniah expelled from his last school?
15
11
16
13
14
What is climbing in narrow passages using hands, feet and back called?
Crevassing
Stemming
Cramping
Chimneying
15
Which country does Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie come from?
Dominica
Nigeria
Rwanda
South Africa
16
What tragic event made Macdonald want to have a bird to take her mind off things?
Her house burned down
Her father died suddenly of a heart attack
She got divorced
She had a car accident
17
All of these texts are examples of ----?
Autobiographies
Non-fiction
Travel writing
Memoirs
18
What doesn't Thimphu have that Zeppa finds interesting?
Crime
Churches
Trains
Traffic lights
19
Macdonald writes that the bird is like a creature from an illuminated bestiary. What is this?
A lighted glass dome where stuffed animals are placed
An illustrated medieval book about mythical and real animals
A zoo where exotic animals are kept
A lit- up cage
20
What age was Quentin Smith when he allegedly began flying helicopters?
21
18
10
5
21
How does Steven Morris feel about Steve Brooks and Quentin Smith?
He feels that they are role models
He thinks they should pay for their rescue
He is critical of their exploits, viewing them as unplanned
He admires their adventurous spirit
22
Where did Emma Levine’s donkey race take place?
Karachi, Pakistan
Jaipur, India
Penzance, England
Cancun, Mexico
23
How many marks is Q4 on the Language paper out of?
12
20
30
24
How many paragraphs should you write for Question 4 on the Language paper?
2
4
3
25
What country did the naval ship come from that saved Brooks and Smith?
Chile
Brazil
Britain
Argentina
26
What part of Aron Ralston's body is trapped by the boulder?
His right arm and hand
His left foot
His right foot
His left arm and hand
27
Which of the following descriptions describe the second bird that Macdonald does not want?
Like a Victorian melodrama
A fallen angel
Something blank and crazy in her stare
She is a conjuring trick
28
What film was made of Aron Ralston's experiences?
Trapped
A Rock and a Hard Place
127 Hours
60 Hours
29
Which famous poet does Yen Mah quote to describe her happiness?
Wordsworth
Kipling
Keats
Browning
30
What animal is hunted in 'The Explorer's Daughter '?
Narwhal
Seals
Salmon
Whales
31
In the acronym SPAF, the "P" stands for?
Presentational Form
Purpose
Paragraphing
Punctuation
32
What does Levine find out about Yaqoob at the end of the race?
He had won money on the race
He had been drinking
He does not have a driving licence
He had scratched the car
33
What kind of form of writing is H is for Hawk? Select the best answer.
A magazine article
A travelogue
A literary travelogue
34
Why was the important man smiling?
He was pleased to see Alagiah, the journalist
He was apologetic about the condition he was living in
He thought he would get some help
He had received some food for his family
35
What does Zeppa imagine making the mountains?
A giant child
An enormous ogre
God
Millions of years of harsh weather
36
What was Steve Brooks chased by in the Congo?
An elephant
A silver back gorilla
A lion
Armed guerilla fighters
37
Which cartoon is mentioned in Levine's travelogue?
Tom and Jerry
Scooby Doo
The Flintstones
Wacky Races
38
Why is everyone angry at the end of the race that Levine watches?
Levine's car got in the way
The bookmakers will not pay out the winnings
The police declare the race illegal
The favourite fell possibly because another donkey got close
39
Why is Adeline Yen Mah anxious at the start of the Chinese Cinderella extract?
She is losing at Monopoly
She thinks a dangerous typhoon is coming
She does not want to leave school and go home
There has been a death in the family
40
What wedding present came in useful for Steve Brooks?
A compass
A Swiss army pen-knife
An inflatabl dinghy
A Breitling emergency watch
41
What kind of animal is being raced in Emma Levine's travelogue?
Goats
Yaks
Kibla donkeys
Horses
42
What famous speech, given by Conservative MP, Enoch Powell, influenced Zephaniah’s childhood?
River Thames Speech
The Windrush Speech
Rivers of Blood Speech
Rivers of Babylon
43
What was the name of Adiche's house boy?
Fide
Franco
Fred
Frodo
44
Bhutan is known as The Land of ------?
Drumming Water
High Mountains
The Thunder Dragon
Silver Peaks
45
Which of these writers does Adiche not mention?
Camara Laye
Alice Walker
Chinua Achebe
Maya Angelou
46
Where was Zephaniah’s article originally published?
On a website that focused upon learning difficulties
The Times
On his own webpage
The Guardian
47
Where is Thule?
The Antarctic
The High Arctic
Greenland
48
Why does Zephaniah get an actor to read his novels in public?
He becomes too stressed
It’s a crowd pleaser
He finds reading aloud saps his energy
49
What year did Alagiah visit Somalia?
1989-90
1999-2000
1995-6
1991-2
50
Levine compares the event to which sporting event?
Formula One
The Derby
The Grand National
Crufts
51
How did Ralston manage to escape the canyon?
He managed to phone for help
His girlfriend reported him missing
Some hikers found him and alerted the authorities
He had to cut his right arm off with traction and a penknife
52
What is Adiche's "single story"?
The danger of interpreting the world from one point of view
An account of her visit to Mexico
The story of Fide, Adiche's house boy
53
Why does Zephaniah think that being young and dyslexic should not be regarded as a problem?
Dyslexia often makes people more creative
Dyslexia is not a measure of intelligence
54
What technique is used in the description of "the glittering kingdom "?
Metaphor
Juxtaposition
Imagery
Simile
55
What description does Yen Mah give to her father’s Study?
The sacred place
The forbidden room
The Holy of Hokies
The inner sanctum
