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