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