The Waves | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Section 1

1. What does the italicized prose at the beginning of the first section describe?

A day yet to begin.

2. How does Wolfe describe the birds' song at the beginning of the first section?

"A blank melody outside."

3. What are the children doing as the novel begins?

Waking up.

4. Who is the first character to speak?

Bernard.

5. What does Bernard describe during his first line of monologue?

A spider's web.

6. Who hears "something stamping"?

Louis.

7. Who kissed Louis in the garden?

Jinny.

8. Who witnessed the kiss in the garden through a chink in the hedge in Section 1?

Susan.

9. How did the character who witnesses the kiss in Section 1 react to it?

With anger and confusion.

10. Who instigated the kiss in the garden?

Jinny.

11. Who did Bernard seek to comfort during Section 1?

Susan.

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