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- 1. Multiple Choice“...the minds of people are as unsubstantial as the mirage of the Gulf” (15) is an example of what type of figurative language?metaphorsimilepersonificationhyperbole
- 2. Multiple Choice“...a little pat on the back by God or the gods or both” (16) is an example of...personificationhyperbolealliterationsimile
- 3. Multiple Choice“The gray oysters with ruffles like skirts on the shells…” (16) is telling us...what the oysters feelwhat the oysters look likethat the oysters literally have skirts on themThat the oysters are ugly
- 4. Multiple Choice“...and the melody of the song was the gray-green water and the little scuttling animals and the clouds of fish that flitted by and were gone” (17) is an example of...metaphorhyperbolepersonificationsimile
- 5. Multiple Choice"The little lobsters looked like lunatics" is an example of...personificationalliterationhyperbolesimile
- 6. Multiple Choice“A plan is a real thing” (29) is an example of...hyperbolesimilemetaphorpersonification
- 7. Multiple Choice“Kino had found the Pearl of the World” (21) is an example of...alliterationhyperbolesimilemetaphor
- 8. Multiple Choice“A town is a thing like a colonial animal” (21) explains...towns are only towns if there are animals in thempeople in towns are wild animalshow people in a town are social and dependent on each other
- 9. Multiple Choice"The news swept past the brush house" is an example of...hyperbolepersonificationonamonapeia
- 10. Multiple Choice"The song of the family came from behind him like the purring of a kitten" means...the song of the family is a song about catsThe song of the family is "meowing", not actual wordsThe song of the family is really irritatingThe song of the family is soft, melodic, and peaceful
- 11. Multiple Choice"and then, without warning- pouf!" is an example of...onamonapeiahyperbolesimilemetaphor
- 12. Multiple Choice"He stood with fire shadows leaping on his face" might mean...Kino's face is on fireas the fire moves, shadows from the light can be seen on Kino's faceKino is evil because he is in a shadow
- 13. Multiple Choice"He (the doctor) scattered the old women like chickens" might mean...he shooed the women awaythe doctor made chicken noises at the womenthe women look like chickens
- 14. Multiple Choicewhat is hyperbole?an exaggerationa comparison using like or asusing the same consonant sound at the beginning of words
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is alliterationan exaggerationusing the same consonant sound at the beginning of each worda comparison that does not use like or as
- 16. Multiple Choice“Down the beach a match flared, and in its momentary light Kino saw that two of the men were sleeping, curled up like dogs…” Identify the type of figurative language.metaphorsimilealliterationhyperbole
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe following quote, which occurs early on in the novel and is repeated in a later chapter, is an example of what type of literary element? “This thing is evil,” she cried harshly. “This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us,” and her voice rose shrilly.metaphorsimileforeshadowingalliteration
- 18. Multiple ChoiceKino struggles to relate to the doctor, as he is of a different race and economic class. What type of conflict is this?individual v. societyindividual v. individualindividual v. supernaturalindividual v. self
- 19. Multiple Choice“… and the owls screeched and hissed over their heads. And once some large animal lumbered away, crackling the undergrowth as it went." Identify the type of figurative language.hyperbolemetaphoronomatopoeiapersonification
- 20. Multiple Choice“And the music of the pearl rose like a chorus of trumpets in his ears” is an example of what type of figurative language?onomatopoeiasimilehyperbolemetaphor
- 21. Multiple Choice“But Kino and Juana did not know these things. Because they were happy and excited they thought everyone shared their joy. “ The above statement is an example of-Direct CharacterizationIndirect Characterization
- 22. Multiple Choice"He was an animal now, for hiding, for attacking, …” Identify the figurative language.similehyperbolealliterationmetaphor
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