Moon of the Crusted Snow
The Best We Could Do
Literary Devices
Lord of the Flies
Kim's Convenience
100

This character is the novel’s main protagonist and a young father who works for the community (first and last name).

Evan Whitesky

100

This person is the narrator of the graphic memoir.

Thi Bui

100

This device is a comparison using “like” or “as.”

Simile

100

This object symbolizes law, order, and democratic power on the island.

The Conch

100

This character is the stubborn and humorous owner of the convenience store.

Appa (Mr. Kim)

200

The outsider ___________, arrives in the community and disrupts the fragile balance of power and trust.

Justin Scott

200

The memoir focuses on this major historical event, which forced the author’s family to flee Vietnam.

the Vietnam War

200

"The wind whispered through the trees." This is an example of what literary device?

Personification

200

This is the location where Jack's tribe gathers.

Castle Rock

200

This is Janet's career and passion.

Photographer/ Photography

300

When the power goes out and communication is lost, the community leaders decide to institute ___________  and ___________ rationing, in order to survive.

food and electricity 

300

This literary device is used throughout the memoir to move between the past and present.

Flashback

300

This is when an object, character, or color is used to represent a deeper meaning or idea.

Symbolism

300

The “beast” the boys fear most symbolizes this deeper theme in the novel.

The darkness or savagery within humans

300

This is the place where Umma and Jung spend time together.

Korean Church

400

To the horror of the community leaders, Justin Scott is discovered to be a ________ .

Cannibal

400

This is the name of the main character's mother.

Hắng

400

When the audience knows something that the characters do not, this is called what?

Dramatic Irony

400

This disturbing event marks the group’s complete descent into savagery.

The murder of Simon

400
After spotting an illegally parked Japanese car, Appa insists on this action.

Calling the police 

500

This is the name of the indigenous group that the main character is apart of.

Anishinaabe

500

A key theme of the memoir is this—how trauma and hardship affect multiple generations in a family and create problems.

Intergenerational trauma/ conflict

500

In literature, this device involves a reference to a well-known person, event, place, or work of art, often from history, mythology, or the Bible, used to deepen meaning.

Allusion

500

_________ is the first character to die in the novel. He dies from _________ . 

The boy with the mulberry-coloured birth mark, a fire started by the boys. 

500

In the play's final scene, Appa says Jung should ______ if his son Sonam does not make the NHL.

Still be proud of him

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