Literary Analysis Quiz Running Dream 1-5

Look at the front cover of this book. If you saw it in a bookstore would you be drawn to it?

• Definately, Yes!

• Yes, look interesting

• Kinda, not really

• No.

Describe the setting of chapter one.

• On a modern bus on the way home from school. All the chilren are happy.

• In a hospital with a mom and a doctor, after Jessica had part of her leg romoved. The mom and child are shocked and sad but the doctor is happy.

• At the laundry mat, where someone shrank ther socks and the other clothes were tore apart.

• At a doctor's office where the doctor had great news. But, it wasn't the news they wanted.

What is the main character’s name?

• Jessica

• Will

• Mother

• Father

Find the example of hyperbole on page 4.

(a figure of speech you use when you want to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point)

• tears run down my face

• my eyes flood with tears

• the amount of gauze is described as a "mountain"

• like a big ugly zipper

Judge whether Dr. Well’s cheerful attitude is appropriate.

• Dr. Wells is maddeningly cheerful. "Too Cheerful"

• Not too cheerful

• Could be happier

Find the example of onomatopoeia on page 5.

(a way that writers create sound in their work using words that sound like the noise they make.)

• whooshes

• smiles

• coos

• soothe

Describe how the author uses figurative language in chapter two to evoke the mood of grief and to enhance the universal theme of loss.

• The quesion. And now?

• The quick sentences and shortness of the chapter.

• The contrast between the sweet smell of grass, aired out my soul and being stuck in bed.

• The descriptions of the beautiful day.

What point of view is this story written in? Explain why this point of view is important to the story.

• Second person point of view. You as the reader gets to be a part of the story.

• The reader is able to understand the internal conflict through first person.

  
  

• Third person, the reading is able to understand every persons thoughts and actions.

Describe how the author reveals the character of Vanessa Steele.

• Vanessa comes to visit.

• Vanessa is in a race that Jessica is dreaming about.

• Vaness is a sister and calls Jessica.

• Vanessa is Jessica's best friend.

Describe the simile used on page 12, 1st paragraph. Why do authors use similes?

Nurses come in and out.

Conversations happen around me.

Whispers, like a heavy fog, hang on in my mind.