The Embassy of Cambodia
What genre is The Embassy of Cambodia?
Fiction
Keisha Blake and Leah Hanwell
What genre is Fences: A Brexit Diary?
Non-fiction
What was Zadie Smith's major?
English Literature
What type of figure of speech does this quote represent? "Whereas the girl in the paper was not allowed to leave her employers’ premises, not ever—she was a prisoner."
Metaphor
Who is from Ivory Coast and works as a nanny for the Derawal family in London?
Fatou
How old was Keisha and Leah in the beginning of the story?
4 years old
What major theme does this quote represent? "...cannot deny the casual racism that seems to have been unleashed alongside it, both by the campaign and by the vote itself."
Discrimination
Where is Zadie Smith from?
Willesden, London, United Kingdom
What type of figure of speech does this quote represent? "Many of the private houses have high walls, quite as high as the Embassy of Cambodia’s—but they are not embassies."
Simile
How many children do Mr. and Mrs. Derawal have?
3
Permission to Enter is told from what point of view?
Third person
What major theme does this quote represent? "The painful truth is that fences are being raised everywhere in London."
Isolation
Where did Zadie Smith attend college?
University of Cambridge
What type of figurative language does this quote represent? "It is only a four- or five-bedroom
North London suburban villa, built at some point in the thirties, surrounded by a red brick wall, about eight feet high."
Imagery
What major theme does this quote represent? "...Biggest bomb in the world, made by the USA, of course. They killed five million people in one second."
Genocide
Who ends up switching their name to Natalie?
Keisha
What is the name of the local primary school?
Ofsted
How many children(s) does Zadie Smith have?
2
What type of figurative language does this quote represent? "...as they sat in the
Tunisian café eating two large fingers of dough stuffed with cream and custard and topped with a strip of chocolate icing."
Hyperbole
Who said this direct quote? "Don’t give the Devil your anger, it is his food."
Andrew
What major theme does this quote represent? "Together they ran, jumped, danced, sang, bathed, colored-in, rode bikes, pushed a Valentine under Nathan Bogle’s door, read magazines, shared chips, sneaked a cigarette, read Cheryl’s diary..."
Friendship
Where does the old neighborhood take place in the beginning of the story?
Northwest London
What year was Zadie Smith born?
1975
What type of figurative language does this quote represent? "Pock, smash. Pock, smash."
Onomatopoeia