The Fledgling - Chester Thompson - Chapter 18

"The house was never lived in again and was demolished within a few years" is an example of

• simile

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

• flashback

Auntie packed for a month after

• the boy borrowed a dinghy from John the Cook.

• T. A. Thompson enrolled the boy in school.

• she got Mr. Ben to help take their "things" to the dock.

• she got a telegram from the boy's father.

Why were the boy's books never "shipped later"?

• Termites ate them within a year.

• The boy was limited to a small box of books.

• The house was never lived in again.

• The boy opted to visit Annabel instead.

The boy visited Annabel Lee

• so the preacher could rail against idolatry and fornication.

• so he could visit Sandy Cay.

• one Sunday on Man-O-War Cay.

• one Saturday to commemorate Uncle's death.

Choose all the reasons why the boy visited Annabel Lee.

• To meet her parents and have a family dinner.

• To say goodbye to Annabel before he left for Nassau.

• To have an excuse to visit Sandy Cay and think about his ancestors.

• To say goodbye to his island home.

Who said: "Time is like pulling on a rope; it is pulled from the future, held briefly in your hands and then coiled into the past"?

• John Thompson Jr.

• Auntie

• Uncle

• Captain Hutchins Malone

The name of the mailboat that served Hope Town at the time was the

• M.V.. Edith

• M. V. Priscilla

• Tinplate

• Black Boat

The "mahogany birds" were actually

• dark brown wooden birds

• mosquitoes

• cockroaches

• barnacles

"You can watch the mahogany birds later" is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• flashback

The mood of chapter 18 can best be described as

• melancholy

• nostalgic

• irate

• surprised