Reading Comprehension Questions
Check out this short autobiography of the poet Benjamin Zephaniah, and use it to answer the following questions. (As before, I'm looking for answers in FULL SENTENCES BASED ON THE QUESTION.)
http://www.benjaminzephaniah.com/content/kidz.php
1) What's the name of the country (not just town) where Benjamin Zephaniah was born?
2) Which football team does he support, and why is that a bit surprising?
3) How old was he when he left school?
4) How old was he when he got his first book published?
5) Why do you think that he is influenced by the music and poetry of Jamaica (since he was not born there)?
6) What is unusual about his dietary habits?
7) What are some of the issues he feels passionately about?
8) Watch this video, in which Zephania performs one of his poems:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2TiNi9w-XE&feature=related
(You may find it difficult at first, if you're not used to his accent. Listen to it a few times to get used to the rhythms and music of his speech patterns.)
What is the poem about? How does he feel about the subject of the poem?
