Monkey Beach Quizzes

Monkey Beach Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Lisamarie

Tab

Mick

Jimmy
2 What is the main setting of the book?
Terrace

Vancouver

Namu

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

Forest

Desert

Mountainous
4 Which animal greets Lisa with a message at the start of the book?
Crows

Hawks

Ravens

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

They have different hobbies and attitudes towards life.

Lisa beat up her brother.

Jimmy is scared of Lisa's premonitions.
6 What adjective best describes the mood of the book?
Angry

Happy

Mysterious

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

A sasquatch eating her brother

The death of her kitten

The ravens in a circle
8 The oxasuli plant is a metaphor for?
Happiness

Forgiveness

Lisa's spiritual gifts

Ma-ma-oo's death
9 Why is Lisamarie upset at the spirits after she is date raped?
They want to take revenge on Cheese.

They couldn't prevent the rape, even though they warned her.

They told her the wrong information.

They didn't warn her about the rape.
10 What quality does Lisa emulate from her Uncle Mick?
A quiet and thoughtful disposition

Good manners

Passion for justice

Academic interest
11 Lisa borrows a book from Pooch about?
Ghosts

Plants

Voodoo

Dreams
12 What project does Lisa's father work passionately on?
The garden

The Christmas tree

Cleaning the house

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

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

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

Drinking

Smoking

Shopping
15 What takes place at the Octopus Beds?
Lisa and Jimmy's camping trip

Lisa and Mick's fishing trip

Lisa and Ma-ma-oo's fire ceremonies

The death of Mimayus
16 What adjective best describes Jimmy?
Mystical

Depressed

Driven

Anxious
17 Which of Lisa's family members has suppressed his/her spiritual gifts?
Aunt Trudy

Ma-ma-oo

Her mother

Uncle Mick
18 What event triggers Lisa to leave Vancouver?
Pooch's suicide

Ma-ma-oo's death

Jimmy dislocating his shoulder

Aunt Trudy going to rehab
19 What are oolichan?
A type of bird

A type of plant

A type of fish

A type of boat
20 Why does Frank sometimes stare at Lisa?
He is high on drugs.

He needs to tell her something.

He has a crush on her.

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

To ask her about a dream

To learn about her own spiritual powers

To accuse her of being a witch
22 Why does Ma-ma-oo place tobacco at the cedar trees?
To teach Lisa a lesson

To reciprocate for taking cedar

To do a magic spell

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 sees a strange interaction between Mick and her mother.

Her mother yelled at her.

She had a premonition.

She ate something bad.
24 What was Mick doing when he was younger?
Participating in the American Indian Movement

Selling drugs in Vancouver

Working on a fishing boat

Serving a jail sentence
25 How did Ba-ba-oo die?
Stroke

Drowning

Heart attack

In a house fire

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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