Coming to England

1.What genre is Coming to England?

• autobiography
• diary
• biography
• historical fiction

2. Where did Floella live before ‘coming to England’?

• Tobago
• Jamacia
• Barbados
• Trinidad

3. Which well known traditional stories did Dardie tell Floella and her brothers and sisters?

• Roald Dahl stories
• Brothers Grimm fairy tales
• Tales of Anansi the spider
• The Chronicles of Narnia

4.What did Marmie give to her children everyday that they really didn’t like?

• Cod liver oil
• Cough medicine
• Vegetables
• Gooseberries

5.What did the children sing everyday at school?

• The Lord’s Prayer
• Rule Britannia
• Auld Lang Syne
• The National Anthem

6. What time did Floella and Sandra have to get up to clean the house when they were staying with their cruel relatives?

• 4
• 7
• 6
• 5

7. When did Floella come to England?

• 1790
• 1850
• 1910
• 1960

8. How many rooms did the Benjamin family house have at 1 Mayfield Avenue?

• Four
• Three
• Two
• One

9. How did the children at Floella’s English school make her feel?

• Sad and shy
• Welcomed and comfortable
• Happy and settled
• Violent and angry

10. What did Marmie tell her children was their “passport to life”?

• Education
• Fame
• Wealth
• Connections to important people