WorksheetsFinal Chapters 36-59 Whoa!
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
Chapter 36: What do the letters RSU stand for?
Rainbow Soiree Unit
Rescue Support Unit
Repair and Salvage Unit
Repair and Support Unit
Chapter 37: What similie describes a POW's bones jangling?
Like change in your mind
Like doritos in a pocket
Like balloons on a powerline
Like coins in a bag
Chapter 37: Where is Bernard sent to?
Calcutta
Liverpool
Brighton
Spain
Chapter 38: What does the NCO look like?
Pulpous and blood-vessel blue.
Varnishsed and blood-vessel red.
Sticky and rust colored brown.
Empty and full of hope.
Chapter 38: What is the corpse as stiff as?
An ironing board
a slab of marble
a crumbling cookie
weeks old bread
Chapter 39: What alliterative phrase describes what only British troops could do?
Keep those padlocks under patrol.
Keep those coolies under control.
Keep those wiggles under water.
Keep those chappies under chaperone.
Chapter 39: What similie describes Peirpoint's arms?
As flexible as wet spaghetti.
As strong as an ape's.
As hairy as an ape's.
As long as an ape's.
Chapter 39: What does Bernard think the British Empire represents?
Power
Decency
Wealth
Cinderella
Chapter 40: What does Bernard dislike about India?
Heat and mosquitoes.
Curry and red dots.
Accents and odors.
Elephants and cows.
Chapter 40: What did a priest lose?
His entire congregation.
His entire wealth.
His entire church.
His entire sandwich.
Chapter 41: Which similile describes how the 'coolie' backs away?
like a slippery serpent.
like a cringing dog.
like a beastly bug.
like a zealous Zemo.
Chapter 41: Which similie describes how the 'coolie' is less than a man to Bernard?
cowering like a girl
cowering like a flower.
cowering like Ultron
cowering like a clown.
Chapter 42: What is the name of the Flight Lieutenant? How is his skin described?
Sun. Rashed and pink as bully beef.
Moon. Dark and rich like mahogany.
Moon. Rashed and pink as bully beef.
Steve Rogers. Like that but better.
Chapter 42: What was Bernard's punishment for losing his rifle?
A proper flogging.
A serious misunderstanding.
Court martial
martial arts.
Chapter 43: Which similie describes Queenie's lack of passion for Bernard?
Like a wet noodle.
Like a limp rag.
Like a stiff umbrella.
Like a turtle's shell.
Chapter 43: What is Bernard's father given by a young girl?
A white feather.
A leather feather.
A leather feather for the weather.
A leather feather for whichever weather.
Chapter 44: How are vultures described?
Crooked.
Like scrawny hunch-backed hags.
Like creepy flat-backed bags.
Like haughty round-backed sags.
Chapter 45: What does transportation look like compared to the Wellington bomber?
Enormous and life changing.
Pathetic and petite.
Tiny as puny puns.
Puny as tin toys.
Chapter 45: Where does Bernard sleep on the boat? What simile describes the ulcer's presence?
In the vestibule. Like a trembling pulse.
In a life boat. Like a galloping pulse.
In a life boat. Like a running puss filled pulse.
On a bed. Like a galloping pulse.
Chapter 46: How does Queenie react to seeing Bernard?
She's elated.
She's surprised.
She's appalled.
She's repulsed.
Chapter 46: How does Bernard feel seeing Maxi's son?
Like a thief.
Like a perv.
Like a boss.
Like a saint.
Chapter 46: What does Queenie think Bernard was doing in Brighton?
Getting wasted.
Living it up.
Having a holiday.
Scaffolding.
Chapter 47: How does Queenie describe a potential kiss from Bernard?
Like a dog's wet nose.
Like a rusty fence.
Like a cat's claw.
Like a chicken's beak.
Chapter 47: What does Queenie feel in Bernard's presence?
Bothered.
Smothered.
Adored.
Flowered.
Chapter 48: Bernard has a dream about a pilot, who flew a Zero, coming to the house and Queenie letting him in. Why is this signficant?
He imagines she has invited a better pilot than he into the house.
He imagines he will need to wrestle the enemy from his house.
He imagines he and Queenie wil now need to battle the enemy from within their home.
He imagines she has invited someone he regards as the enemy into his house.
Chapter 49: What does Gilbert have to explain to Kenneth about tax?
That is sucks.
That everyone pays it.
That it's found under your pillow.
That it costs more than living.
Chapter 49: What word repeats in Hortense's dialogue, when she expresses her opinion of Kenneth?
Uncouth.
Savage.
Coolie.
Coloured.
Chapter 50: When Hortense visits the 'school' what is the receptionists stale smile compared to?
An elephant.
A candy cane.
A gargoyle's.
A summer day.
Chapter 50: When leaving, where does Hortense find herself?
On a sidewalk, crying.
In a closet/cupboard.
In the hallway sobbing.
In the doorway.
Chapter 51: According to Gilbert, one thaw is not a what?
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Summer.
Chapter 51: What is Gilbert's hopeless dream?
He will study 'the law'.
He will study 'the mail'.
He will study 'the war'.
He will study 'the design'.
Chapter 52: How does Bernard feel going into Gilbert's room?
Like a spy.
Like a traitor.
Like a thief.
Like a maid.
Chapter 52: What does Bernard think of colonial types?
Dirty.
Cunning.
Shrewd.
Cheap.
Chapter 52: How do Queenie and Hortense stagger out of the room?
Like giggling schoolgirls.
Like soldiers at war.
Like drunken sailors.
Like battle casualties.
Chapter 53: Queenie is undoing her bandage, what does Hortense think is underneath it?
A long and deep scratch from cutting her own nails.
An oozing gash or pus-y indents of a vicious bite.
A surprise she does not want to see.
Right?
Chapter 53: Which film is alluded to as Queenie prepares to give birth?
Gone with the wind.
The wizard of Oz.
The Avengers.
Batman vs. Superman.
Chapter 53: A tricolon describes the room as what?
Empty, damp and hot.
Yes, no, of course.
Airy, light, and welcoming.
Maladrous, stale and airless.
Chapter 53: What religious simile is used to describe Queenie?
Serene as a Madonna.
Serene as Cher.
Serene as Mary.
Serene as Beyonce.
Chapter 54: Which oxymoron effectively illustrates confusion?
Hungry starved.
Noisy quiet.
Flexibly tight.
Open close.
Chapter 54: How is Bernard's anger conveyed in Biblical terms after he sees Queenie's baby?
Wrath of Rohan.
Wrath of God.
...and I am Iron Man.
Wrath of Samson.
Chapter 54: Why did Hortense leave the house after the baby was born?
She was tired of being used.
She believed Gilbert was the father.
She needed to get the blood of the delivery off of her.
Just a quick little jog to loosen the legs.
Chapter 55: According to Queenie, what can some words do once spoken?
Break your heart.
Split the world in two.
Start a song.
Be heard.
Chapter 55: What alliterative simile does Queenie use to describe Michael?
Cool as a cucumber.
Cocky as a rooster.
Casual as a cowboy.
Yip.
Chapter 55: Does Bernard look at Queenie when she explains what has happened?
a little.
sometimes.
no.
yip.
Chapter 56: Winston comes to see Gilbert. To prove it's him and not his twin Kenneth what does he show him on the back of his hand?
Two freckles.
Two scars.
Two wrinkles.
Two tattoos.
Chapter 56: How does Gilbert show his romantic side?
He dances.
He opens doors.
He tells jokes.
He buys flowers.
Chapter 57: What does the baby do to Bernards finger?
he tries to bite it off.
he sucks on it like it's nectar.
he gags on it and spits it out.
he throws up on it and cries.
Chapter 58: What did all the fighting men want?
A new start.
A new wife.
A new home.
A new car.
Chapter 58: How does Bernard want to explain baby Michael to the neighbors?
That it's Queenies.
He was adopted.
That it's his from the war.
He was a gift.
Chapter 58: What does Hortense say happened to her brother Michael? Is it true?
That he was killed in the war. No, he is her cousin and he survived.
That he lives in Jamaica with her mother. Yes, she just spoke to him.
That he was a hero in the war. Yes, that's why he moved to Canada.
Um.. who is Michael again?
Chapter 59: What does Bernard say after Gilbert's impressive speech?
What was that, Savage?!
Who you talkin' to foo?
I just can't understand.
Come again?
Chapter 58, 59: What does Queenie ask Gilbert and Hortense to do? Do they accept?
To adopt Michael as their own. They do.
To beat the snot out of Bernade. They do.
To take her with them so she can raise Michael. They do.
To do the hokey pokey and then turn themselves about. They do not.
