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Hope is our only wing is authored by?
a) Rutandoh Tarvengerie
b) Rutendo Tavengerwe
c) Rutha doo Tarvarnger
d) Ruth Tandoo Tarvegn

How did students react to the teacher prior to him entering the classroom?
a) Students clean and arranged the classroom.
b) Students dragged chairs and shuffle their feet desperately in fear of the teacher.
c) Students quickly arranged the chairs by dragging chairs across the tile floor and they get to their own seats.
d) Students arranged themselves in rows.

The teacher stood in front of the class with book in his hand in front of the class. What was his purpose?
a) He was looking for trouble.
b) He was using his eyes to scan the class and check on his students.
c) He was preparing to greet his class.
d) He was standing there to check the cleanliness of the classroom.

The teacher walked with 'his steps calculated'. What does this tell you about the teacher demeanour?
a) He knew what he wanted to do.
b) He is well prepared.
c) He has counted the number steps he needed to take.
d) He was good a counting steps.

Why did the teacher's exaggerated pauses aggravated Shamiso?
a) Shamiso was impatient and could not bare to wait any longer for the teacher to finish his sentence.
b) Shamino was likely to have taken offence to the disrespectful tonality of Mr Mpofu.
c) Shamiso disliked the way the teacher spoke.
d) Shamiso was simply annoyed by the teacher's accusation.

How did the author describe the extensive length of the teacher's pauses in between words?
a) Like combing lice out of a child's hair.
b) Seemed to enunciate every word.
c) Taking his own sweet time
d) Like as if he wore a smirk

When the teacher walked near Shamiso, she sprang up and avoided eye contact. Why do you think she do that?
a) Shamiso did that when she knew she was targeted by the teacher and wanted to avoid further escalation of the matter.
b) Shamiso was startled and reacted accordingly.
c) Shamiso did that so that she would not be reprimanded by the teacher.
d) Shamiso did that to retaliate against the teacher.

When the teacher told Shamiso to not stand up on his account. He was being
a) Blunt
b) Sarcastic
c) Rude
d) Sincere

What evidence from the text tells us that Shamiso managed to get even with the teacher?
a) The oppressive heat made the teacher sweat on his face and made him uncomfortable donning his suit.
b) She did not stand up to greet the teacher when he walked into the classroom.
c) Shamiso rebuts Mr Mpofu with the same question presented to her.
d) She influenced her classmates to make noise disrupting the teacher's lesson.

Tinotenda softly mimicked her until the teacher glanced back with a stern look. Why did Tinnotenda do that?
a) She was jealous of the attention given to Shamiso.
b) She was taking the opportunity to jeer at Shamiso.
c) She was bullying the new student subtly.
d) She was amazed by Shamiso's strange accent.

When Shamiso asked the teacher for his name, the rest of the her classmates were nervous on her behalf. Why?
a) They were nervous because they did not want to be involved in the direct conflict between Mr Mpofu and Shamiso.
b) They were nervous because of the intense conflict unraveling in front of their eyes.
c) Her classmates were nervous because they were afraid to be punished.
d) Shamiso's classmates knew that the teacher would punish Shamiso for having the audacity to talk back to him.

Which of the following is a good description of the author's message in the story?
a) Conflict between two people is often preictable.
b) Conflict between two people can clearly affect other people in unexpected ways.
c) When there is a conflict with the authority, the aggressor always win.
d) The teacher should be respected at all cost.

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