Tone
The narrator’s attitude toward the women on the beach is best characterized as?
ambivalence
The imagery of the river primarily functions as:
Symbolize danger and unpredictability
In line 51, the word “feinted” most closely means?
dodged
The phrase “perfected the art of causing riverside panic” suggests that Bruce and Loonie:
Treat chaos as a form of entertainment
Which line best marks a shift in the narrator’s tone from excitement to guilt?
Line 61
The description of the river being both “cold” and “safe” primarily serves to:
Introduce a contrast that foreshadows misjudgment
In lines 40 – 43, “I felt myself ... the water.” is an example of what literary device?
parenthetical interruption
Lines 40-43 (“I felt myself rise…my shirt off”) contributes to the development of the narrator as someone who:
overestimates his own heroism
The final statement that Bruce feels “sympathy and contempt all at once” suggests that he:
experiences unresolved internal conflict
The image of the sandals floating upstream represents:
The woman’s independence
“One November afternoon... drowning right beneath them” what is the effect of no commas/ breaking up the sentence
to create a sense of urgency and momentum
The line “she made tanty noises like a toddler” (line 55-56) best characterizes the woman as reacting with:
Indignation and chagrin