1. True or False

2. 1. George and Lydia Hadley's Happylife Home does everything for them including, cooking, bathing the children, cleaning the house, and rocking them to sleep at night.
TRUE

3. 2. After almost being attacked by lions, George and Lydia decide to lock the nursery for a few days.
TRUE

4. 3. George and Lydia call in a psychiatrist to look at the nursery because they want their children to be taken away.
FALSE

5. 4. George and Lydia decide to let their children go into the nursery one more time before they go on a family vacation to Iowa.
TRUE

6. 5. George and Lydia are eaten by the lions in the nursery at the end of the story.
TRUE

7. 6. At the end of the story, George and Lydia realize that the screams coming from the nursery were really their own.
TRUE

8. 7. At the beginning of the story, why is Lydia so concerned about the children?
Give two answers.
They are there all the time playing
They are breaking the nursery
They are obsessed with Africa
They are rude to their parents
A and C

9. 8. What noises are George and Lydia concerned about coming from the nursery?
Lion roars
Screams
Vultures cackling
Children laughing B

10. D 9. Why does George think the nursery is “out of order”?
It constantly shows reruns of “Friends”
The screen is depicting an electronic fuzz
It is completely silent
It is not changing from Africa D

11. 10. How do the children react after their dad, George, threw the switch and “killed the nursery”? Choose two.
Hysterical fits of sobbing and anger
Quiet calm. “Very well, father.”
They hid in their rooms
They plot their parents deaths even more.
A and D

12. 11. What two items belonging to the parents are found in the nursery?

13. 12. Who said the following quote. "Maybe I don't have enough to do
12. Who said the following quote? "Maybe I don't have enough to do. Maybe I have time to think too much. Why don't we shut the whole house off for a few days and take a vacation?"

14. 13. Who said the following quote
13. Who said the following quote? "We've given the children everything they ever wanted. Is this our reward—secrecy, disobedience?"

15. 14. After George threatens to shut off the house, who says the following quote? "That sounds dreadful! Would I have to tie my own shoes instead of letting the shoe tier do it? And brush my own teeth and comb my hair and give myself a bath?"

16. The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words is:
Assonance
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration A

17. Using descriptions to engage the five senses of the reader is:
A. Personification B. Imagery C. Metaphor D. Simile B

18. Giving human traits to non-living things is:
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Pun C

19. Using contrasting words next to each other for effect is:
Juxtaposition
Contrast
Oxymoron
Antithesis C

24. “I had to wait in line forever for lunch!”
Juxtaposition
Contrast
Oxymoron
Hyperbole D

25. “We need to weed the leafy garden”
Simile
Personification
Assonance
Onomatopoeia C

26. Crocodiles’ teeth are sharp daggers, so be careful
Simile
Personification
Assonance
Metaphor D

27. The wilted flowers begged for water
Simile
Personification
Imagery
Metaphor B

28. “I tasted the sour on my tongue and felt it in the back of my mouth
“I tasted the sour on my tongue and felt it in the back of my mouth. I coughed, retched and fumbled for the door, staggering as my legs felt leaden and the acrid taste was now burning.” C
Simile
Personification
Imagery
Metaphor

29. I turned my head as there was a sudden “Crack” and “Kerplunk” – and the boy had fallen in the water…
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Hyperbole
Assonance A

30. Guess the word!

31. Don’t think it’s only the heart that
b-b-b-breaks

32. It promises light like the ____________ undressing of love
careful
What’s the technique?
Simile

33. With _________ of _________ set out in ordered rows
suffering
spools
With _________ of _________ set out in ordered rows
graves, headstones
What could be the “ordered rows”?
What does it mean?
Creating order out of chaos

34. I miss most, even now, his _______
hands
What poem is this from?
Mrs Midas

35. What colour are Havisham’s eyes?
green
What form is “Anne Hathaway” written in?
sonnet

36. a beautiful lemon mistake
What is the “beautiful mistake” made when Mr Midas catches a hare?
a beautiful lemon mistake

37. A verb dancing in the centre of a noun
Give an example/reference from “Anne Hathaway” to describe their lovemaking
A verb dancing in the centre of a noun
Fell to earth as kisses
Romance and drama played by touch, by scent, by taste.

38. What are the “big boys” doing in the poem ‘Originally’?
Eating worms
Shouting words you don’t understand

39. Give an example of metaphor from “Valentine”

40. Give an example of assonance from “Originally”

41. Give an example of personification from “Mrs Midas”

42. Give an example of word choice from “War Photographer”