Small Island- Quotes

Question 1

‘A _____ man who looked to be ____ from ______ chocolate.’ - Prologue

Answer 1

‘A black man who looked to be carved from melting chocolate.’ - Prologue

Question 2

‘His ____ were ______, not ____ like they should be…’ - Prologue

Answer 2

‘His lips were brown, not pink like they should be…’ - Prologue

Question 3

‘_____ was ___!’ - Hortense’s narrative voice

Answer 3

‘There was I!’ - Hortense’s narrative voice

Question 4

“me ________” - Hortense, Jamaican dialect

Answer 4

“me sprigadee” - Hortense, Jamaican dialect

Question 5

‘My ______ was a man of _____. A ___ of ________. A ___ of _________. Noble in a way that made him a _____.’ - Hortense (hyperbole)

Answer 5

‘My father was a man of class. A man of character. A man of intelligence. Noble in a way that made him a legend.’ - Hortense (hyperbole)

Question 6

“Do not _____ near me with that _____,” I ________” - Hortense

Answer 6

Do not come near me with that thing,” I screamed” - Hortense

Question 7

A ____ falling slowly from the sky towards a _____: a ______ stripped of all its ______ caught the ____ in its black _____.’ - Queenie (metaphorical language)

Answer 7

A doll falling slowly from the sky towards a tree: a branch stripped of all its leaves caught the doll in its black spikes.’ - Queenie (metaphorical language)

Question 8

“No ___ to _____ me, to ____ me, show me the _____ of my _____.’ - Queenie (Mr Todd’s concerns about Queenie)

Answer 8

“No man to protect me, to guide me, show me the error of my ways.’ - Queenie (Mr Todd’s concerns about Queenie)

Question 9

“the ____ from a chicken’s ____” - Queenie

Answer 9

“the peck from a chicken’s beak” - Queenie

Question 10

“This _______ panted and _____ and ___” - Queenie

Answer 10

“This woman panted and thrust and bit” - Queenie

Question 11

‘In my _______ of ____ - from the ____, from the ______, from ______ - I looked like a ___.’ - Gilbert

Answer 11

‘In my uniform of blue - from the left, from the right, from behind - I looked like a god.’ - Gilbert

Question 12

‘…her ___ brown _____ alert as a _____.’ - Gilbert

Answer 12

‘…her wide brown eyes alert as a cobra’s.’ - Gilbert

Question 13

“if the _________ sun had been _______ on me while ______ girls ______ me with _______ leaves, it could not have felt any more ______.” - Gilbert

Answer 13

“if the Caribbean sun had been shining on me while naked girls fanned me with banana leaves, it could not have felt any more pleasant.” - Gilbert

Question 14

“I can’t just…____ that little _______ _____ alone in this _______, full of _______ like Mr _____” - Gilbert

Answer 14

“I can’t just…leave that little coloured baby alone in this country, full of people like Mr Bligh” - Gilbert

Question 15

‘Groups of ______-coloured _______ gesticulating with _____ as ______ as _____.’ - Bernard

Answer 15

‘Groups of carnival-coloured natives gesticulating with arms as skinny as sticks.’ - Bernard

Question 16

‘_____ people all _______.’ - Bernard

Answer 16

‘Brown people all around.’ - Bernard

Question 17

“this ______ ______” - Bernard

Answer 17

“this bloody darkie” - Bernard

Question 18

“I’ll _____ you” I ____ her.” - Bernard (ambiguous end to his narrative)

Answer 18

“I’ll leave you” I told her.” - Bernard (ambiguous end to his narrative)

Question 19

‘_____ as two ______ clowns we _______ with this _____’ - farce/psychical comedy

Answer 19

‘Silly as two pantomime clowns we struggled with this trunk’ - farce/psychical comedy

Question 20

‘…the ________ bees ________ him made him ______ as a ______ bear.’- farce/psychical comedy

Answer 20

‘…the writhing bees covering him made him furry as a grizzly bear.- farce/psychical comedy

Question 21

‘_______, sagging, _______, until it _______, flip-flopping like a _____ bird in a ____.’ - farce/physical comedy

Answer 21

‘deflating, sagging, drooping, until it dangled, flip-flopping like a dead bird in a tree.’ - farce/physical comedy

Question 22

“_______ stood before me as _____ as _____.”

Answer 22

“Gilbert stood before me as naked as Adam.”

Question 23

“_______ his _____ over his ________.”

Answer 23

“Cupped his hands over his disgustingness.”

Question 24

“But I just get _____, man, and I not _______ your ____ yet.”

Answer 24

“But I just get here, man, and I not fucked your wife yet.”

Question 25

“I say do u wanna _____ in the ____ with me? _______ room”

Answer 25

“I say do u wanna sleep in the bed with me? Plenty room”

Question 26

“Suddenly her hand, ______ and ______, gently ______ itself over mine”

Answer 26

“Suddenly her hand, delicate and tender, gently placed itself over mine”

Question 27

“People always _____ on us _______… The _____ has the same ________”

Answer 27

“People always stare on us Hortense… The King has the same problem”

Question 28

“The ____ was ______ so people might ____ amongst their own ____”

Answer 28

“The war was fought so people might live amongst their own kind”

Question 29

“Why ____ not?” Bernard asked. “It was so ______ spoken that we all looked at him. So _______ asked that it should have been _____.”

Answer 29

“Why ever not?”Bernard asked. “It was so desperately spoken that we all looked at him. So earnestly asked that it should have been funny.”

Question 30

“I’ll _____ you up a ____ in the _____ room”

Answer 30

“I’ll make you up a bed in the spare room”

Question 31

“She’d only got off her _______ to put the ______ sign up and _______ out some of her ________ _______ ice”

Answer 31

“She’d only got off her lounger to put the closed sign up and measure out some of her blinking coconut ice”

Question 32

“As out of _____ as a _______ tree ______ on a road”

Answer 32

“As out of place as a fallen tree trunk on a road”

Question 33

“You can ____ where you want, Miss ____ Class”

Answer 33

“You can eat where you want, Miss High Class”

Question 34

“That ___ is a _____. You’ll be as ____ as _______ with him”

Answer 34

“That man is a brick. You’ll be as safe as houses with him”

Question 35

“_______ as a greasy _______”

Answer 35

“Slippery as a greasy sausage”

Question 36

“If a _____ in its ______ is the work of ___, then this _______ predicament between his ____ was… the work of the _____”

Answer 36

“If a body in its beauty is the work of God, then this hideous predicament between his legs was… the work of the devil”

Question 37

“___ him _____ me in the _____”

Answer 37

“felt him leave me in the night”

Question 38

“________ my ____ against the ____”

Answer 38

“straightened my coat against the cold”

Question 39

“You _____ me all this ____ for just ____?”

Answer 39

“You bring me all this way for just this?”

Question 40

“It _______ to do with __, man. It not my _____”

Answer 40

“It nothing to do with me, man. It not my baby”