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1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

green

orange

grey

blue
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

snoring

heaves

muffling

surfacing
3 Where does the island man live?

we can't tell from the poem

unknown island in the Caribbean

London

Guyana
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?

the island man

unnamed narrator

the island woman

Grace Nichols
5 During what time of day does the poem take place?

evening

afternoon

morning

during the night
6 What is the meter of the poem?

common/ballad verse

blank verse

free verse

iambic pentameter
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?

fishermen and seabirds

waves in the sea

traffic outside

sandy beaches
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?

Guyana

England

Suriname

French Guiana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

England

The United States

France

Ireland
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose
11 What happens at the end of the poem?

the man moves to London

the man gets out of bed

the man goes back to sleep

the man wakes up
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

he does not come back to reality

the sound of his alarm

the sound of traffic
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?

heavily

groggily

defiantly

wildly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

crumpling

muffling

waving

heaving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

rhetorical question

irony

imagery

satire
17 What literary device is NOT present in the fourth stanza?

simile

repetition

pun

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 realizes he is in London

the island man goes for a drive

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes outside
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?

a sunrise from the east

a woman singing

birds and fisherman at sea

a surge of cars on the road
21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza?

muffling

crumpling

surging

heaving
22 How is the sunrise described?

groggy

brilliant

defiant

wild
23 Which happens first in the poem?

the man dreams of an island

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?

hopeful

excited

fearful

resigned
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?

men yelling

roar of traffic

wheels on the road

waves crashing

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