Beyond the Bright Sea Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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)

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

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

She wants to know about the geography of these places.

She wants to know if she is really an American.

2.

"And I convinced myself that I would never see him again" (162) is an example of what literary device? (from Chapters 17 - 25)

Foreshadowing.

An exaggeration.

A red herring.

A riddle.

3.

The simile "as if I were as clean and safe as a teakettle" (35) is also an example of what other literary device? (from Prologue - Chapter 8)

An exaggeration.

Characterization.

Personification.

An oxymoron.

4.

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)

A simile.

A metaphor.

Anthropomorphism.

Personification.

5.

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

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.

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