Harbor Me Quiz 13-26

“In the fall, my skin started fading back to a lighter brown, blue veins showing on the inside of my arms.  But in the summer, it darkened so much that strangers asked, What are you? A question I hated.”- Haley, p.53, chapter 17

What do you think the author's purpose was for sharing this passage?

• To show how Haley is a typical teenager.

• To show how uncomfortable Hayley feels when people point out her "differences".

• To show us how she looked a lot like her mom.

• To show Hayley's confidence.

In chapter 20, Ashton revealed that he didn't want to be recorded. Why did he feel this way?

• He was still upset that Amari was mad at him.

• He was embarassed because he had to move from Connecticut.

• He didn't want to be remembered for saying the wrong thing.

• He was self-conscious about his accent.

In chapter 19 Haley shares the story of when she fell on the playground and had to go to the hospital. What important detail do we learn during a conversation there with her uncle?

• Haley’s real name is Berry, short for Beryl.

• Haley is not afraid of anything.

• Haley’s uncle is scared.

• Haley’s mom died in a car accident when Haley was three.                    

One afternoon when Holly and Haley are driving home from school with Kira, the girls notice a group of 8^th graders “necking” Ashton and laughing about it before he runs away from them. The author’s purpose for sharing this observation is most likely to:

• foreshadow Ashton’s conflicts

• illustrate how cruel middle schoolers can be

• illustrate how Ashton defends himself

• illustrate Ashton’s other group of friends outside the A.R.T.T. room          

 “For some reason when you said that, I missed everything we left in Connecticut a little bit less, you know – our house, our street, my grandma, my school, my friends, all of it.  It didn’t feel so hard right then, just because you’d said, ‘It’s all good. I’m Amari.’” What does this passage show you about the boys' friendship?

I never even thought about my color till that day.  Before I even met you, Amari, it felt like everybody was staring at me. (Ashton)

                  Lucky you, Holly said.

                  How’s that lucky?

                  Because every single body in this room except you had to think about themselves that way already.  Like, way before now. The way you felt like you were on the outside of everything? Like you weren’t a part of it? Well, that’s the way a whole lot of people feel every day.” What do you think the author's purpose was for sharing this conversation?

Why did the contents of the letter from Esteban's father make Esteban so happy?

• It meant they would soon be renuited.

• It revealed a poem and he could tell that his father was safe and healthy.

• His father revealed that he would be coming home soon.

• All of these

When they came for me, I lifted my hands to them, let them wrap the cuffs around my wrists. I did not fight, I did not yell.

When they pressed me into the van, there were others who spoke our language—

A language of sun and ocean and beauty, a language of birds and merengue. We leaned across the van toward each other and knew the same people back home.

Always remember, when you are with your people you are home.

What do you think Esteban's father meant by the underlined sentence above?

A theme in this story is being a "harbor" for others. Which of these options is an example of this theme in the novel?

• Kira's mom doing Hayley's hair every Friday since she was little

• Amari pulling his chair over to Esteban when he saw Esteban was not joining the group.

• The kids from the ARTT room make a "wall" around Ashton when leaving the building the day he tells them about the bullies.

• All of these

Why did Ashton's family move to Brooklyn from Connecticut?

• They moved because his dad got promoted.

• They moved because his dad lost his job and a friend helped him get a new one at a Key Food in Brooklyn.

• His family preferred city life to the country.

• All of these