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What is one distinctive feature of Kincaid's style that can be observed in both "Girl" and A Small Place?
Dense, lengthy sentence structure
In Kincaid's "Girl," what is one interpretation about why neither the girl nor the mother are named in the story?
Their anonymity allows their characters to be symbolic
In "Girl," how does the reader know when the girl is speaking?
her dialog is in italics
In "Girl," if the mother and daughter are symbolic, what idea(s) may they represent?
archetypes of “girls” and “mothers”
In Kincaid's A Small Place, what building is named after the Prime Minister?
the airport
In Kincaid's A Small Place, she describes that the library was damaged in what natural disaster?
The Earthquake in 1974
In Kincaid's A Small Place, what ideas does the library represent?
culture, learning, literacy
In Kincaid's A Small Place, how does the text offer criticism about Antigua's corruption?
Describing and characterizing mansions owned by unscrupulous figures, like drug dealers
Writing that "the government is for sale"
Critiquing the decrepit state of the school and the hospital
In Kincaid's A Small Place, the author critiques the Mill Reef Club; what idea(s)/issue(s) do you think this club represents?
Lingering resentment and distrust from colonialism
In Kincaid's A Small Place, what was "built by some people from North America who wanted to live in Antigua...but who seemed to not like Antiguans"?
The Mill Reef Club
In Kincaid's A Small Place, she writes that "In countries that have no culture, or are afraid they have no culture, there is a __________." Fill in the blank.
Ministry of Culture
What country is Kincaid criticizing in A Small Place, when she describes that "money is a neutral commodity, and time is neutral too"?
Switzerland
As Kincaid informs the reader in A Small Place, what are the physical dimensions of Antigua?
9 miles by 12 miles
In Rhys' "Pioneers, Oh, Pioneers," what is the meaning of describing the men as wearing "dark trousers even when the temperature was ninety in the shade"?
It shows that the white characters care more about conforming to English culture than they do about personal comfort
In Rhys' "Pioneers, Oh, Pioneers," what detail about Mr. Ramage's purchase of the Spanish Castle foreshadows his demise?
It’s described as “bad luck”
In Rhys' "Pioneers, Oh, Pioneers," what characters encounter a naked Mr. Ramage?
Mr. and Mrs. Eliot
In Rhys' "Pioneers, Oh, Pioneers," what piece of writing criticizes Mr. Ramage for "his very eccentric behaviour"?
The Leeward Islands Gazette article
At the end of Rhys' "Pioneers, Oh, Pioneers," one character says that it "was really a blessing in disguise...He was evidently mad." To what is she referring?
Mr. Ramage’s death
In Carpentier's "Journey to the Seed," what is a detail, or details, that indicate to the reader that Don Marcial is growing smaller, younger?
The furniture grows larger
The repeated emphasis on clocks and time
The repeated emphasis that Marcial doesn't feel well
In Carpentier's "Journey to the Seed," the story experiments with the boundaries of time and death; these are some characteristics of what genre that Carpentier is associated with?
magical realism
TRUE OR FALSE: In Marquez's "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship," when the narrator describes the ship as "obedient" and "fearsome," he is personifying it.
true
TRUE OR FALSE: Personification is an upsetting of reader expectation.
false
TRUE OR FALSE: VS Naipaul's "The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book," begins with the first night watchman getting fired for drinking on the job.
false
TRUE OR FALSE: In VS Naipaul's "The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book," the second night watchman, who becomes the story's main character, initially signs the watchman's book with his full name, but as the story progresses, he uses his initials: C.E.H.
true
TRUE OR FALSE: In VS Naipaul's"The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book,"the night watchman, Charles Hillyard, and the hotel's manager, W.A.G. Inskip, seem to be equals.
False
TRUE OR FALSE: Astrid Roemer's story "The Inheritance of my Father: A Story for Listening," begins by being set in Suriname.
false
TRUE OR FALSE: In Roemer's "The Inheritance of my Father: A Story for Listening," the father of the girl is black and her mother is white.
true
FILL IN THE BLANK: In the opening of Marquez’s “The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship”, the narrator says, “Now they’re going to see ___”
who I am
In Marquez's "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship," how old is the narrator when he first sees the ghost ship?
hes an adolescent boy
In Marquez's "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship," what month is it each time the ghost ship appears for the narrator?
march
In Marquez's "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship," what bad fortune follows the narrator's second sighting of the ghost ship?
his mother dies
In Marquez's "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship," the narrator compares the ghost ship to what?
a white whale
At the end of Marquez's "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship," the narrator refers to the ship as "Halalcsillag"; what does this translate to?
death star
Marquez's "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship" is all one sentence, told in what kind of writing style?
stream of consciousness
VS Naipaul's "The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book" is told through a series of entries into a log, like diary entries. What is the term for this style of writing?
epistolary
In VS Naipaul's "The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book," what are indications that the main character Charles Hillyard is uneducated?
He frequently misspells words
His writing isn't grammatically correct
He fails to punctuate correctly
Ironically, at the end of VS Naipaul's"The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book," how does the new, acting manager of the hotel want Hillyard to write in his occurrence book?
to be as “brief as possible”
In Roemer's "The Inheritance of my Father: A Story for Listening," the grandmother refers to the girl as "Bonkoro"; what does "Bonkoro" mean?
a black person whose skin is light
In Roemer's "The Inheritance of my Father: A Story for Listening," the girl learns at the end of the story that her father was excluded from inheriting his family's land for what reason?
because he married a person of another race
In Roemer's "The Inheritance of my Father: A Story for Listening," the story is told in both 1st person and 3rd person; who is presumed to be the woman "who will be forty tomorrow" in the 3rd person narrated sections?
the adult “Bonkoro”
TRUE OR FALSE: In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, Senor Pico is rushing home to see his newborn son and kills a person with his motorcycle.
false
TRUE OR FALSE: In Danticat'sThe Farming of Bones, Senora Valencia laments that her husband killing someone on the day her son is born is "bad luck."
false
TRUE OR FALSE: In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, the reader learns that Amabelle's parents drowned, crossing the Dajabon River, when she was a child.
true
The Parsley Massacre occurred in the Dominican Republic in October 1937.
true
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, the main character's name is Amabelle Desir; what is the English meaning of the name "Amabelle"?
lovable, beautiful
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, the novel begins with an epigraph from the Bible; what does this epigraph establish?
the origin of the term “shibboleth”
What is a "shibboleth"?
A word/term that provides a method for distinguishing between people, like a password
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, drawn from history, what was the "shibboleth" used in the 1937 Massacre?
“Perejil” - the spanish word for “Parsley”
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, Amabelle is a housemaid for a wealthy family; her love interest, Sebastien, has what other common job in the valley?
sugarcane harvester
In the beginning of Danticat's The Farming of Bones, Senora Valencia gives birth to twins; what ominous part of the birth is a piece of foreshadowing?
that the baby girl, Rosalinda, is born with a caul over her face
In Danticat'sThe Farming of Bones, what does Senor Pico do with the tea set that Valencia uses to serve Kongo?
smashes it, one by one
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, who says, "In sugar land, a shack's for sleeping, not for living. Living is only work"?
Kongo
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, what does the title of the novel refer to?
the harvesting of sugarcane
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, Senor Pico names his son after whom?
Rafael Trujillo
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, how does Joel die?
he’s struck by Senor Pico’s car
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, the book alternates between the present and Amabelle's dreams, nightmares, and memories. How does the typeface indicate dreams, nightmares, and memories?
it’s in bold
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, who is Kongo?
Joel’s father
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, which twin is born first?
the boy, Rafael
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, which character says, "My poor love, what if she's mistaken for one of your people?"
Senora Valencia
In Danticat's The Farming of Bones, in an interior monologue, which character says, "My parents had no coffins"?
Amabelle
TRUE OR FALSE: In the podcast Scattered, Chris Garcia tells the listener that his father, Andres, often talked about the labor camp and was open about his experience there.
false
In the podcast Scattered, Chris Garcia explores what life would have been like for his father in the labor camp by interviewing both an historian and a man who had survived the camps.
true
TRUE OR FALSE: In the podcast Scattered, Garcia tells the listener that after his parents were able to access visas and leave Cuba, they immigrated to directly to the United States.
false
TRUE OR FALSE: In the podcast Scattered, Garcia describes for the listener that the time his parents and sister spent in Spain was "the happiest time of their lives."
true
TRUE OR FALSE: In a sensitive episode of the podcast Scattered, Garcia describes his father's attempt to take his own life.
true
TRUE OR FALSE: In episode 4 of the podcast Scattered, Garcia discusses his father's religious awakening and Chris' birth; when he was born, his mother recounts Andres' desire to give him the middle name "Angel"; she remembers her joke: "Christian Angel Garcia? Why don’t we just name him Mr. Bible-Jesus?”
true
TRUE OR FALSE: In the podcast Scattered, Garcia is waiting for his sister, Laura, to agree to take his father's ashes to Cuba so that they can fulfill his father's last wish.
false
TRUE OR FALSE: In the podcast Scattered, Chris Garcia's mother, Ana, never agrees to return to Cuba to scatter Andres' ashes.
false
In the last episode of the podcast Scattered, Garcia tells the listener that they were never able to fulfill his father's wish and were unable to scatter his ashes off the coast of Cuba.
false
In the film, In the Time of the Butterflies, Minerva's first encounter with a fellow Dominican who has suffered and experienced loss under Trujillo's regime is with her friend at boarding school, Sinita.
True
TRUE OR FALSE: The film, In the Time of the Butterflies, depicts a dramatization of the real life Mirabal sisters, who were jailed and murdered for the political activism during Trujillo's regime.
true
The podcast Scattered is written and hosted by what comedian?
Chris Garcia
In episode 1 of the podcast Scattered, Garcia describes his father by telling the listener that his father introduced himself by saying "Soy Andrés, a tus pies"; what does this mean?
“Im Andres, I serve at your feet”
In episode 1 of the podcast Scattered, Chris Garcia tells the listener that his father, Andres, died from what disease?
Alzheimer’s
In episode 1 of the podcast Scattered, Chris Garcia tells the listener that he wants to fulfill his father's dying wish; what is this wish?
That his ashes be scattered off the coast of Cuba
In the podcast Scattered, Chris Garcia describes that his parents immigrated to the United States, but first they immigrate elsewhere. Where do they go first?
Spain
In the podcast Scattered, Chris Garcia learns more about his father's time in a Cuban labor camp. Why did his father serve time in this camp?
It was one way of earning a visa to leave Cuba; he was labeled a “traitor”
In the podcast Scattered, Garcia describes that his father, Andres, stayed in a Cuban psychiatric hospital after he was released from the Cuban labor camp. What is the name of the Cuban psychiatric hospital?
Mazorra Psychiatric Hospital
In the podcast Scattered, Garcia tells the listener that eventually his family settled near what American city, where he was born?
Los Angeles
In episode 5 of the podcast Scattered, Garcia forces himself to come to terms with the ashes. Where have the ashes been kept?
In a box in Chris’ closet
In episode 5 of the podcast Scattered, Garcia describes his father's illness and eventual death. What role at his father's funeral does Chris describe that he "bombed"?
Eulogy
In the last episode of the podcast Scattered, Garcia describes his family's quest to scatter his father's ashes. What is one thing that is hard to get ahold of to help them scatter the ashes?
a boat
In the film, In the Time of the Butterflies, Trujillo is often referred to by what nickname?
Jefe
In the film, In the Time of the Butterflies, who is Manolo Tavares?
Minerva’s husband
In the film, In the Time of the Butterflies, which character says, "Justice? Here? There is no justice."
Lio Morales
TRUE OR FALSE: In Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow Casiopea has a shard of Hun-Kame's tooth lodged in her right leg and this binds her to him.
false
TRUE OR FALSE: In Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow, Veracruz is the first city where Casiopea and Hun-Kame travel.
false
TRUE OR FALSE: In Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow, Vucub-Kame sends owls as his messengers between the Underworld of Xiblaba and the Middleworld.
true
TRUE OR FALSE: In Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow, every time Hun-Kame uses his magic, he sucks away some of Casiopea's vitality.
true
TRUE OR FALSE: In Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow, Xtabay is the ghost of Casiopea's dead father.
false
TRUE OR FALSE: In Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow, while in Mexico City, Casiopea has her hair styled into the fashion of the era, a "bob."
true
Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow is set in what era?
1920s Mexico, during the Jazz Age
Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow uses what culture's mythology as the basis for its narrative?
Mayan
Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow is a quest narrative that involves tests and temptations that enable the main character to develop; what is the term for this narrative?
Hero’s Journey
Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow features common themes of a The Hero's Journey; what themes does this include?
Hospitality, Test and Challenges, Magic/Supernatural
In the beginning of Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow, what does Casiopea do to release Hun-Kame from his prison?
Opens a forbidden chest in her grandfather's bedroom
Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow is set during the Jazz Age; what characterizes this cultural time period?
Flourishing Black music
Progressive fashion, especially for women
Progressive ideals and values
In Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow, who is Casiopea's cousin?
Martin Leyva
In Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow, what is the name of the fictional town where Casiopea lives with her mother in her grandfather's house?
Uukumil
In Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow, the Mam returns what piece of Hun-Kame?
His ear
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