Monkey Beach Quizzes

Monkey Beach Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Tab

Jimmy

Lisamarie

Mick
2 What is the main setting of the book?
Namu

Vancouver

Kitamaat

Terrace
3 Which best describes the environment where Lisa grows up?
Coastal

Forest

Mountainous

Desert
4 Which animal greets Lisa with a message at the start of the book?
Hawks

Crows

Orcas

Ravens
5 Why do Jimmy and Lisa grow apart as children?
Lisa moves to Vancouver.

Jimmy is scared of Lisa's premonitions.

They have different hobbies and attitudes towards life.

Lisa beat up her brother.
6 What adjective best describes the mood of the book?
Mysterious

Upbeat

Angry

Happy
7 What does Lisa see in one of her early visions?
A man and a little boy on the beach

The ravens in a circle

The death of her kitten

A sasquatch eating her brother
8 The oxasuli plant is a metaphor for?
Ma-ma-oo's death

Lisa's spiritual gifts

Forgiveness

Happiness
9 Why is Lisamarie upset at the spirits after she is date raped?
They couldn't prevent the rape, even though they warned her.

They didn't warn her about the rape.

They told her the wrong information.

They want to take revenge on Cheese.
10 What quality does Lisa emulate from her Uncle Mick?
Passion for justice

Academic interest

A quiet and thoughtful disposition

Good manners
11 Lisa borrows a book from Pooch about?
Voodoo

Dreams

Plants

Ghosts
12 What project does Lisa's father work passionately on?
Cleaning the house

The garden

The Christmas tree

Accounting
13 "Slicing the salmon for smoking" is an example of?
Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Simile

Metaphor
14 What modern indulgence does Ma-ma-oo like to partake in?
Television

Shopping

Smoking

Drinking
15 What takes place at the Octopus Beds?
Lisa and Mick's fishing trip

Lisa and Jimmy's camping trip

The death of Mimayus

Lisa and Ma-ma-oo's fire ceremonies
16 What adjective best describes Jimmy?
Depressed

Anxious

Driven

Mystical
17 Which of Lisa's family members has suppressed his/her spiritual gifts?
Uncle Mick

Her mother

Ma-ma-oo

Aunt Trudy
18 What event triggers Lisa to leave Vancouver?
Aunt Trudy going to rehab

Pooch's suicide

Ma-ma-oo's death

Jimmy dislocating his shoulder
19 What are oolichan?
A type of bird

A type of plant

A type of boat

A type of fish
20 Why does Frank sometimes stare at Lisa?
He has a crush on her.

He needs to tell her something.

He is high on drugs.

He wants to beat her up.
21 Why does Lisa approach Screwy Ruby?
To rob her

To ask her about a dream

To accuse her of being a witch

To learn about her own spiritual powers
22 Why does Ma-ma-oo place tobacco at the cedar trees?
To teach Lisa a lesson

To do a magic spell

To reciprocate for taking cedar

To get rid of her tobacco so she can stop smoking
23 Why does Lisa feel like she is going to "throw up" on the Kemano trip?
She had a premonition.

She ate something bad.

Her mother yelled at her.

She sees a strange interaction between Mick and her mother.
24 What was Mick doing when he was younger?
Working on a fishing boat

Serving a jail sentence

Participating in the American Indian Movement

Selling drugs in Vancouver
25 How did Ba-ba-oo die?
In a house fire

Heart attack

Drowning

Stroke

1. What did Jimmy think about crows? What did he do with them

Throughout the narrative, crows are used as a symbol of luck and warning for Robinson's characters. The first introduction to the importance of crows in this story is Jimmy's belief that they are a symbol of luck for him. This comes after feeding...

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Read the following passage from pages 295-296 (beginning of Part III). Discuss the fusion of story and the modern world. How does this passage relate to the novel’s theme(s)?

Monkey Beach encapsulates the phenomenon of Native culture being lost through Westernization. This theme is reiterated in Lisamarie's narration about the Haisla folklore that has been lost through the disappearance of their language. When the...

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"You have a dangerous gift," she says. "It's like oxasuli. Unless you know how to use it, it will kill you."

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