Rise of the Jumbies Chap. 34-51 Review

1. What allowed Corinne to breathe underwater? 

• Putting the opal in her mouth

• Putting her mom’s necklace in her mouth

• The mermaids

• A scuba mask

What did Corinne find in the underwater chamber? 

• Severine and the missing children

• Pieces of her papa’s boat

• Ellie, the lost mermaid

• The opal for Mama D’leau

What did Miss Evelyn think Corinne was trying to do to Laurent? 

• 1. She thought Corinne was trying to save Laurent. 

• 1. She thought Corinne was trying to drown Laurent. 

• 1. She thought Corinne was trying to turn Laurent into a jumbie. 

• 1. She thought Corinne was trying to bring Laurent to Severine.

 After Corinne becomes a mermaid, what does Sisi offer to do?

• 1. Sisi offers to be Corinne’s best friend.

• 1. Sisi offers to convince Mama D’Leau to turn Corinne back into a girl.

• Sisi offers to stay with Pierre and be his daughter.

• 1. Sisi offers to sing a song so Corinne will come home on her own. 

 “The water is dangerous,” Pierre said.

”It’s (the water) like a monster waiting to open its maw and swallow you whole.”

What type of figurative language is underlined in the quote above?

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

 Why did Marlene give Pierre a bottle of plums and her bracelet? 

• 1. Marlene thought they would comfort Pierre. 

• 1. Marlene thought the gifts would cheer him up. 

• 1. Marlene thought Pierre would like the gifts. 

• 1. Marlene thought if Pierre put them in the ocean that Corinne might come back. 

 What were Dru and her parents doing when Bouki, Malik, and Marlene saw them?

• 3. They were looking for Corinne. 

• 1. They were planting seeds. 

• 1. They were swimming in the ocean. 

• 1. They were with Allan, the douen.

Which gift made Mama D’Leau come out of the water?

• 1. A fish hook from Pierre

• 2. The plums from Marlene 

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• 1. The opal from Papa Bois

• 1. The bracelet from Mrs. Rootsingh

Why did Papa Bois tell Mama D’Leau that he wants Corinne to return to the island?

• 1. Corinne’s papa asked Papa Bois for a favor. 

• 2. Corinne owes him a debt to regrow the forest. 

• 1. He said everyone misses Corinne. 

• 1. Corinne owes a debt to the mermaids. 

Why does Pierre leave with Mama D’Leau? 

• 1. Severine had put a spell on Pierre and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. 

• 1. Pierre is hoping that Corinne will remember him and want to come home. 

• Pierre wanted to see what the bottom of the ocean looked like.  

• Mama D’Leau had put a spell on Pierre and he doesn’t know what he’s doing.