West Indies, USA- Stewart Brown

The poet of West Indies, USA is:

• Mervyn Morris

• Elma Mitchell

• Stewart Brown

• Lorna Goodison

The poem mainly highlights:

• the beauty of the West Indies

• the poverty embedded in the West Indies

• the dominance of USA

• the clash between West Indian and USA cultures is dangerous

What does the line "Cruising at thirty thousand feet above the endless green"imply?

• the speaker is on a cruise ship and is surrounded by beautiful green trees

• the speaker travelling in an airplane that is above a country with rich vegetation

• the persona is reading a book about a beautiful country

• the persona is hinting that the country lacks development

Identify the simile in the following line: "the islands seem like dice tossed on a casino’s baize,"-

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

ALL of the following are suggested by the following lines EXCEPT"the islands seem like dice tossed on a casino’s baize, some come up lucky, others not. Puerto Rico takes the pot," :

• small and insignificant size of the island from the airplane

• the island of Puerto Rico has won in prosperity

• casino gambling is popular in Puerto Rico

• prosperity of the Caribbean Islands is left up to chance

"The Dallas of the West Indies, silver linings on the clouds" speaks to All of the following EXCEPT:

• an allusion that compares Puerto Rico to Dallas in Texas, USA, which is rich in oil

• a cliche that points to Puerto Rico's wealth

• prosperity of both Dallas and Puerto

• Dallas is a wealthy island in the West Indies

What does the simile in line"San Juan glitters like a maverick’s gold ring." imply?

• San Juan contains lots of gold

• San Jan differs from the other West Indian islands because it is owned by the USA.

• San Juan contains many rebels and non-conformists

• San Juan is beautiful

"All across the Caribbean we’d collected terminals – airports are like calling cards," shows that-

• the state of the airport of each country revealed the socioeconomic status of the country

• each country had different calling cards

• the persona loved travelling to West Indian countries

• the persona took photographs of all airports in the West Indies

Why does the poet call the airports 'cultural fingermarks,' ?

• Fingermarks are artistically intertwined into each country's culture

• All the airports uniquely reveal the cultures of the wider societies

• There are fingermarks on each airport

• Of all the airports, only San Juan had a culturally rich airport

Choose the one that does NOT match:

• Port-au-Prince- Haiti

• Piarco- Trinidad

• Vere Bird- Antigua

• St. Johns-San Juan