1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem? blue orange green grey 2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem? snoring heaves muffling surfacing 3 Where does the island man live? Guyana London unknown island in the Caribbean 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 evening during the night afternoon 6 What is the meter of the poem? free verse blank verse iambic pentameter common/ballad verse 7 What is the FIRST image in the poem? sandy beaches traffic outside waves in the sea fishermen and seabirds 8 In what country was Grace Nichols born? French Guiana Suriname Guyana England 9 To what country did Nichols immigrate? France England Ireland The United States 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 goes back to sleep the man wakes up the man moves to London 12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza? warm and busy gigantic and forested small and green grey and isolated 13 What brings the island man "back to reality?" the sound of his alarm the sound of traffic he does not come back to reality opening his eyes 14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza? wildly groggily defiantly heavily 15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza? waving muffling heaving crumpling 16 What literary device is employed within the poem? satire irony rhetorical question imagery 17 What literary device is NOT present in the fourth stanza? simile imagery pun repetition 18 Which literary device is NOT present in the poem? simile metaphor repetition pun 19 What happens in the third stanza? the island man goes for a drive the island man realizes he is in London the island man falls back asleep the island man goes outside 20 What image is NOT featured within the poem? a surge of cars on the road a woman singing birds and fisherman at sea a sunrise from the east 21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza? crumpling muffling surging heaving 22 How is the sunrise described? defiant brilliant groggy wild 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 falls asleep to the sound of traffic the man dreams of an island 24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London? excited hopeful fearful resigned 25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem? waves crashing men yelling wheels on the road roar of traffic