Beyond the Bright Sea Quiz

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Crow comments on the conversation between herself and Mrs. Pelham, "I sat beside her, and when she didn't move away I liked her very much" (150). Why does Crow like Mrs. Pelham? (from Chapters 17 - 25)

The woman does not keep her distance even though she knows Crow might have been born of parents with leprosy.

The woman seems like a grandmotherly type.

The woman is not dismissing her quickly like most adults do with children.

The woman has a nice fragrance about her.

As Miss Maggie is sharing some of the information she has learned at the library concerning the leper colony, why is Crow so interested in learning about the various countries Maggie mentions (62)? (from Chapter 9 - 16)

She wants to know if she is really an American.

She wants to know if Osh is from any of these countries.

Her skin color is different from other islanders, so she wants to know their origins.

She wants to know about the geography of these places.

In Crow's description of Mrs. Pelham on Page 148, what does she mean by the phrase, "I wondered what had mapped her face like that"? (from Chapters 17 - 25)

She wondered if Mrs. Pelham and somehow gotten a skin disease from caring for Jason.

She wondered why some people look younger than their age.

She wondered why Mrs. Pelham did her makeup like she did.

She wondered what things had taken place in her life that created the lines and creases on her face.

Why is Beyond the Bright Seas considered a historical fiction novel? (from Chapters 34 - 40)

The story is a recounting of actual events that took place on Penikese Island in the 1920s.

It has nothing to do with history, because it is a juvenile fiction novel.

The novel is based on an actual place and situation in history, but the story's events are fictional.

The fictional story takes places over 100 years ago.

The description of two dolphins leaping "in tandem, again and again, like colts in a blue meadow" (58) uses what literary device? (from Chapter 9 - 16)

Personification.

A metaphor.

A simile.

Anthropomorphism.