Skin
Where is the protagonist's precious tattoo?
On his back
What is the monster's special ability?
It is a beautiful singer.
What animal does the protagonist kill?
A cat (his sister's)
What does the protagonist discover at the end of the story?
A dead body.
How many children did Billings have?
Three
Who wrote 'Skin'?
Roald Dahl
What happens to the monster in the end?
It dies from a "stupid, useless germ [in its blood]"
What is the 'big machine' that swallows his parents?
The family car
What colour is the flower growing through the noose?
Blue
What are the only two words the Boogeyman says?
"So nice"
The story is set in Winter. What writing technique is this?
Pathetic fallacy
Name the technique:
"the villagers did drink in the monster's music"
Metaphor
Name the technique: "The ground it sucked up the water like thirsty lips."
Simile
What is the twelve letter name, starting with 's', for a farmer living on a small section of a richer farmer's land, the way that many former slaves (and Alice Walker's parents) did in post slavery-America?
Sharecropper
What is (according to Mr. Buckley) the theme of the story?
Toxic masculinity
What is the protagonist's profession?
Tattoo artist
This whole story is an allegory (a surface story that tells another, hidden story) for what public health crisis that peaked in the 1980s?
The A.I.D.S. epidemic
What does the protagonist call (the children he doesn't realise are actually) his siblings?
Little mothers and little fathers
What is the symbolism of the protagonist's name?
It comes from 'myopia', meaning 'short-sightedness'; Myop can not see what is coming
What mispronounced word did Shirl say repeatedly on the night she died?
"craws"/"crawset"
Fill in the blank from the last paragraph of the story:
"There is no _______ in Cannes called Bristol"
"hotel"
The first time this story was ever read aloud in public was at what serious event?
The funeral of the author's friend
Name the technique: "I hissed but it jumped on me."
Onomatopoeia
Two-part question: What animal is used to hint at the dangers waiting in adulthood? And what thirteen-letter technique (starting with 'f') is this?
Snake/foreshadowing
What animal does Billings metaphorically call his wife, to show how weak and 'soft' she feels he is?
A jellyfish