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1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

orange

green

grey

blue
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

snoring

heaves

muffling

surfacing
3 Where does the island man live?

unknown island in the Caribbean

Guyana

London

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

Grace Nichols

unnamed narrator

the island woman

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

morning

during the night

afternoon

evening
6 What is the meter of the poem?

common/ballad verse

iambic pentameter

free verse

blank verse
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?

sandy beaches

fishermen and seabirds

waves in the sea

traffic outside
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?

French Guiana

Guyana

Suriname

England
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

France

England

Ireland

The United States
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

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

the man gets out of bed

the man goes back to sleep

the man moves to London

the man wakes up
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?

warm and busy

small and green

gigantic and forested

grey and isolated
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"

the sound of traffic

opening his eyes

the sound of his alarm

he does not come back to reality
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?

heavily

groggily

defiantly

wildly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

muffling

heaving

crumpling

waving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

satire

rhetorical question

imagery

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

pun

repetition

simile

imagery
18 Which literary device is NOT present in the poem?

simile

repetition

metaphor

pun
19 What happens in the third stanza?

the island man goes for a drive

the island man falls back asleep

the island man realizes he is in London

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

a sunrise from the east

birds and fisherman at sea

a surge of cars on the road

a woman singing
21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza?

muffling

heaving

surging

crumpling
22 How is the sunrise described?

groggy

defiant

brilliant

wild
23 Which happens first in the poem?

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

the man dreams of an island
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?

excited

fearful

resigned

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

wheels on the road

men yelling

waves crashing

roar of traffic

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