Simon

Question 1

Simon - Chapter 3

Answer 1

‘Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for [the littluns] the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.’

Question 2

Simon - Chapter 5

Answer 2

'’Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.’’

Question 3

Simon - Chapter 6

Answer 3

‘However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick.’

Question 4

Simon - Chapter 7

Answer 4

'’You’ll get back to where you came from.’’

Question 5

Simon - Chapter 8

Answer 5

‘You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?’

‘You’re not wanted.’

Question 6

Simon - Chapter 9

Answer 6

‘The water rose farther and dressed Simon’s coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble.’

Question 7

Simon - Chapter 9

Answer 7

‘Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea’