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Symbolism
Imagery
Figurative Language
Tone
Theme
100
What does Finny's assumption that Gene doesn't have to study symbolize?
Phineas' single-mindedness.
100
"That stopped my tears. I brought my hands down and watched the red brick exterior, a cheerful building, coming closer." Find the imagery in this passage.
"Red brick exterior, a cheerful building..."
100
"The ocean looked dead..." what kind of figurative language is this?
Personification
100
What a tone of the first half of page 53?
Angry, bleak, misery, other answers are acceptable.
100
Is "all friendships must come to an end" a theme of chapters 4 and 5? Answer with true or false.
True
200
Phineas wants himself and Gene to do a jump at the same time, standing next to one another. What does this say about Phineas' idea of their friendship?
Finny thinks they are equal.
200
"It began not as the gorgeous fanfare over the ocean I had expected, but as a strange gray thing, like sunshine through burlap." Is this imagery? Answer with true or false.
True
200
Find the example(s) of figurative language in this paragraph: "I believed him. The joking manner was a screen; I believed him. In front of my eyes the trigonometry textbook blurred into a jumble. I couldn't see. My brain exploded. He minded, despised the possibility that I might be the head of the school."
"My brain exploded." and/or "I couldn't see."
200
What a tone of the second half of page 53?
Upset with himself and Finny, devious, other answers are acceptable.
200
Which of the following is a a theme from chapters 4 and 5? A) Guilt B) Friendships can be hard to maintain. C) Trees are cool.
B
300
What does Phineas catching Gene and Gene letting Phineas go symbolize?
The change in their friendship during the summer.
300
Find an example of imagery on page 56.
"Early in the month we had a two days of light, steady rain which aroused a final fullness everywhere. The branches of the old trees, which been familiar to me either half-denuded or completely gaunt during the winter terms at Devon, now seemed about to break from their storms of leaves. Little disregarded patches of ground revealed that they had been gardens all along, and nondescript underbrush around the gymnasium and the river broke into color. There was a latent freshness in the air, as though spring were returning in the middle of the summer. Other answers are acceptable.
300
"Summer lazed on." Why is this figurative language?
Summer is not alive, so it cannot be lazy, making this personification.
300
What is the general tone of page 63?
The tone is very anxious because Gene doesn't know how Finny has been doing and is just now learning that he may never be able to play sports again.
300
What's a theme of chapter 4?
Everyone can excels at something, even if they have to work hard at it.
400
"I flinched violently away from him. 'To drag me down too!'" How does this symbolize Finny's influence on Gene's grades?
It symbolizes Gene's worry that Phineas is trying to undermine his efforts to be head of the class.
400
Turn to page 69 and find an example of imagery.
Here in the small window panes shone from much polishing and the walls were hung with miniatures and old family portraits. The chairs were either heavily upholstered and too comfortable to stay awake in or Early American and never used. There were several square, solid tables covered with family pictures and random books and magazines, and also three small, elegant tables not used for anything. Other answers are also acceptable.
400
"Leper Lepellier would go down paralyzed with panic on any sinking troopship before making such a jump." What kind of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
400
What tone occurs the most in chapter 5? Choose the best answer. A) Angst B) Sorrow C) Guilt D) Rebellion
C
400
What is a theme of chapter 5?
Guilt can ruin friendships.
500
When Phineas and Gene arrive at the ocean, they both enjoy it, but while Phineas is enthralled with the water for the duration of their visit, Gene starts to see flaws in it, saying it's "It began not as... I had expected". What does this symbolize?
It symbolizes Finny's devotion to Gene and their friendship while Gene tries to pick it apart.
500
Which is only imagery? Pick the best answer. 1) "The house itself was high, white, and oddly proper to be the home of Phineas." 2) "Bright high lights shone on the tips of waves, and beneath its gray surface I could see lurking a deep midnight green."
2
500
"...as pure as the shores of Eden." What kind of figurative language is this and what does it mean?
It is a simile and it means that the beach is extremely pure, considering Eden is an idea of purity.
500
What is the difference in tone when Gene is with Phineas before the accident than when they are together after the accident?
When Gene is with Phineas before the accident, the tone is much happier and lighter than when they were together after the accident. This is because after the accident Gene doesn't know whether or not Phineas is angry with him.
500
What's a theme from chapters 4 and 5?
If one person in a friendship isn't committed, the friendship will never last.