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1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

orange

blue

green

grey
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

snoring

surfacing

muffling

heaves
3 Where does the island man live?

unknown island in the Caribbean

London

Guyana

we can't tell from the poem
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?

Grace Nichols

unnamed narrator

the island man

the island woman
5 During what time of day does the poem take place?

evening

morning

during the night

afternoon
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

waves in the sea

sandy beaches

fishermen and seabirds
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?

Suriname

England

Guyana

French Guiana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

The United States

France

Ireland

England
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
11 What happens at the end of the poem?

the man gets out of bed

the man wakes up

the man moves to London

the man goes back to sleep
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?

small and green

warm and busy

grey and isolated

gigantic and forested
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"

he does not come back to reality

the sound of traffic

the sound of his alarm

opening his eyes
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?

wildly

groggily

heavily

defiantly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

heaving

muffling

crumpling

waving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

imagery

rhetorical question

satire

irony
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?

repetition

pun

metaphor

simile
19 What happens in the third stanza?

the island man falls back asleep

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes outside

the island man goes for a drive
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?

a surge of cars on the road

birds and fisherman at sea

a woman singing

a sunrise from the east
21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza?

crumpling

surging

heaving

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?

wild

brilliant

groggy

defiant
23 Which happens first in the poem?

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man dreams of an island

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?

fearful

hopeful

excited

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

waves crashing

men yelling

roar of traffic

wheels on the road

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