1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem? grey orange blue green 2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem? surfacing heaves snoring muffling 3 Where does the island man live? London Guyana unknown island in the Caribbean we can't tell from the poem 4 Who is the speaker of the poem? the island woman the island man Grace Nichols unnamed narrator 5 During what time of day does the poem take place? evening afternoon morning during the night 6 What is the meter of the poem? blank verse iambic pentameter common/ballad verse free verse 7 What is the FIRST image in the poem? traffic outside fishermen and seabirds sandy beaches waves in the sea 8 In what country was Grace Nichols born? Suriname England French Guiana Guyana 9 To what country did Nichols immigrate? England Ireland France The United States 10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021? Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry Queen's Gold Medal for Prose Queen's Silver Medal for Prose 11 What happens at the end of the poem? the man gets out of bed the man wakes up the man goes back to sleep the man moves to London 12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza? gigantic and forested grey and isolated warm and busy small and green 13 What brings the island man "back to reality?" opening his eyes he does not come back to reality the sound of his alarm the sound of traffic 14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza? wildly defiantly heavily groggily 15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza? waving heaving muffling crumpling 16 What literary device is employed within the poem? rhetorical question imagery irony satire 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? repetition pun simile metaphor 19 What happens in the third stanza? the island man realizes he is in London the island man falls back asleep the island man goes for a drive the island man goes outside 20 What image is NOT featured within the poem? a woman singing a sunrise from the east birds and fisherman at sea a surge of cars on the road 21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza? crumpling muffling heaving surging 22 How is the sunrise described? groggy brilliant defiant wild 23 Which happens first in the poem? the man wakes up and realizes he is in London the man dreams of an island the man wakes up and imagines an island the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic 24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London? excited resigned hopeful fearful 25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem? wheels on the road roar of traffic waves crashing men yelling