Quiz Corrections

1. Quiz Corrections September 24th, 2013

2. 5. “I stood waiting just long enough for my other young self to come join me.” • Correct answer: Symbolism • Doug’s younger self coming to “join” him and them leaving town symbolizes his readiness to move on from his past and leave everything behind.

3. 6. “Six shots…But I didn’t use the pistol. I only whispered the sound of the shots.” • Correct Answer: Symbolism • The fake “six shots” symbolize Doug releasing his revenge on Ralph, Doug gets rid of all his anger towards Ralph by fake shooting him.

4. 7. “And I recalled one spring when I came to school.” • Correct answer: Flashback • This is a flashback because Doug is REMEMBERING a moment from the past. We get insight into why he is on his way to kill Ralph.

5. 8. “Why you’re madder than Ahab” • Correct Answer: Allusion • This is allusion because the characters in the text are referring to something outside of the text that is well known. Captain Ahab is a popular character from the well known book Moby Dick.

6. 9. “He was slowly falling forward, as if in a dream.” • Correct answer: Simile • This is a simile because it is comparing two things: a man falling forward to a dream.

7. 10. “All this, perceived, was like the storm of the night before, gather all its lightnings. • Correct Answer: Simile • This is a simile because it is comparing two things: the things perceived to the storm of the night before.

8. 11. “his bullets would never pierce the steel that covered the grey monster” • Correct Answer: Metaphor • This is a metaphor because it is comparing two things: a tank to a grey monster. The author is saying that the tank is so big and strong that no bullets will ever get through it.

9. 12. “the Sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face” • Correct answer: Situational Irony • This is situational irony because we are expecting the Sniper to turn over the body of a stranger, but instead he finds out he has killed his brother!

10. 13. Why did the sniper let his rifle and hat fall to the street? • Correct Answer: He wanted the enemy to think he was dead. • The sniper wants to trick the other gunman into thinking he has died because he wants to make an escape before morning comes.

11. 14. What can you infer about many of the people fighting against each other in the war? • Correct answer: They had recently been in the same army. • You can infer that the men had recently been in the same army because at the beginning of the story the author tells the reader that the men were fighting in a CIVIL war. This means it is a war between men of the same country.

12. 16. By the end of “O What is that Sound,” it seems that the soldiers have come for: • Correct answer: one or both of the speakers • We know the soldiers have come for one or both of the speakers because the soldiers pass every other house and person on the street and finally break down the door of the speakers’ house.