1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem? blue green orange grey 2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem? heaves surfacing muffling snoring 3 Where does the island man live? Guyana we can't tell from the poem London unknown island in the Caribbean 4 Who is the speaker of the poem? Grace Nichols the island woman the island man unnamed narrator 5 During what time of day does the poem take place? evening during the night afternoon morning 6 What is the meter of the poem? iambic pentameter blank verse free verse common/ballad verse 7 What is the FIRST image in the poem? traffic outside fishermen and seabirds waves in the sea sandy beaches 8 In what country was Grace Nichols born? England Suriname Guyana French Guiana 9 To what country did Nichols immigrate? Ireland France The United States England 10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021? Queen's Gold Medal for Prose Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry Queen's Silver Medal for Prose Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 11 What happens at the end of the poem? the man wakes up the man moves to London the man gets out of bed the man goes back to sleep 12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza? small and green gigantic and forested warm and busy grey and isolated 13 What brings the island man "back to reality?" opening his eyes the sound of his alarm the sound of traffic he does not come back to reality 14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza? defiantly groggily heavily wildly 15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza? crumpling waving heaving muffling 16 What literary device is employed within the poem? imagery satire irony rhetorical question 17 What literary device is NOT present in the fourth stanza? repetition pun simile imagery 18 Which literary device is NOT present in the poem? pun repetition simile metaphor 19 What happens in the third stanza? the island man falls back asleep the island man goes for a drive the island man realizes he is in London the island man goes outside 20 What image is NOT featured within the poem? a woman singing a surge of cars on the road birds and fisherman at sea a sunrise from the east 21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza? muffling heaving surging crumpling 22 How is the sunrise described? groggy wild brilliant defiant 23 Which happens first in the poem? the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic the man dreams of an island the man wakes up and imagines an island the man wakes up and realizes he is in London 24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London? excited hopeful fearful resigned 25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem? roar of traffic waves crashing wheels on the road men yelling
