Vocabulary
Which vocabulary word means: a sound that consists of quick, small rubbing sounds?
Coil Rustle
Flock Bahamian
What is... rustle?
Explain the meaning of the following example of figurative language:
"...he points out the patterns he sees in the sky, the tracks made of white sand."
What is... stars/ constellations?
How does Morning Girl get her name?
What is... she always wakes before everyone else? She prefers the mornings.
How does Star Boy get his name?
What is... he prefers the night? He enjoys looking at the stars.
Who was haunting the family's hut in Ch. 1?
What is... Morning Girl and Star Boy with their arguing?
What vocabulary word means: a ring formed by twisting or winding?
Juts Gnarled
Flock Coil
What is... coil?
Explain the meaning of the following example of figurative language:
"I made myself look like a rock and didn't move."
What is... he curled in on himself and held very still?
What does Morning Girl make her parents at the end of Ch. 1?
What is... flower necklaces?
What was Star Boys name before he became Star Boy?
What is... Hungry?
What is Star Boy referring to when he says, "Grains of white sand, it looks like, and sometimes one drops so fast you can hardly follow it before its lost."
What is... a shooting star?
Flock Twine
Rustle Delicate
What is... flock?
Explain the meaning of the following example of figurative language:
"Then I was being pushed, shoved, a giant fist at my back and beneath my knees, and all I could hear was the wail of a hill noise, the whipping leaves."
What is... Star Boy is being pushed around by the winds? He is caught in the middle of a storm and is being tossed around by the wind.
Why does Morning Girl want to know what she looks like in Ch. 5?
*Hint: Why doesn't she know what she looks like already?
What is... because they do not have mirrors and she is unable to see her reflection in the water? They do not have an easy way to see their appearance.
What animal does Star Boys dad compare him to in Ch. 2?
What is... a bat?
What vocabulary word means: fine, as in structure, design, or shape?
Delicate Wail
Coil Rustle
What is... delicate?
What vocabulary word means: a large leaf of leaflike part, as of a palm tree or fern?
Manioc Delicate
Twine Fronds
What is... fronds?
In chapter 5, Morning Girl looks into her father's eyes and sees, "Suddenly I saw two tiny girls looking back. Their faces were clear, their brows straight as canoes, and their chins as narrow and clean as lemons." What is Morning Girl seeing in her father's eyes?
What is... her reflection?
What event in Ch. 3 brings Morning Girl and Star Boy closer?
*hint it involves their mother
What is... mother loses the baby sibling?
In Ch. 6 Star Boy is caught in a storm. What object keeps him safe during the storm and who visits him?
What is... he is saved by an old tree with deep roots? His deceased grandfather visits him.
What kind of weather situation hits the island in Ch. 6.
What is... a hurricane?
What vocabulary word means: to extend outward; project?
Wail Juts
Twine Fronds
What is... juts?
Explain the meaning of the following example of figurative language:
"His eyes were the color of a night sky when it's raining."
What is... his eyes were dark and sad? He was upset that there was not a new sibling.
How does Morning Girl's mother try and help Morning Girl 'see' her face in Ch.5?
What is... by using touch to compare their faces.
What was Star Boy's special way of being alone, and why was Star Boy hiding from his family in Ch. 4?
What is... he pretends he is a rock? He was hiding because he believed he had lost his father's canoe and thought everyone would be angry with him.
Explain how Morning Girl and Star Boys relationship has changed throughout the story so far.
Answers may vary.