Characters
"He twined around Nim's feet in a prickly hug" (6).
Which character is this sentence referencing?
Fred the iguana
Why is Jack leaving Nim alone on the island for 3 days?
Jack is a scientist and is going to study Plankton in the ocean.
thump
onomatopoeia
What happened to Nim's mom?
While doing a science experiment in a blue whale's stomach, the Troppo Tourists came by and scared the whale. The whale panicked and never came back up again.
Who is the author of Nim's Island?
Wendy Orr
What is the name of the cruise ship?
What color is the Troppo Tourist cruise ship?
Pink and Purple
"I feel like a queen bee, lazing while you buzz" (44).
simile
How do Nim and Alex Rover begin a relationship?
Alex Rover emails Nim's father Jack Russo about his article to find out information about building a coconut raft. Nim responds while Jack is away.
"The creek was shallow and warm, but they flopped in" (51).
Define shallow.
water is not deep
Describe Selkie's character.
mother-like, protective
How do Nim and Jack talk to each other after the storm?
Galileo, a frigate bird, delivers messages back and forth.
"I'd rather meet a cyclone at sea" (16).
alliteration
Why does Nim think Alex Rover is a man even after she told her that her name was Alexandra?
Nim lives on an island with only Jack. Therefore, she doesn't know the difference between male and female names.
At one point Nim believes Alex Rover had been to her island. Why?
Alex Rover made up an island for one of her stories and sent Nim a drawing of it. It looked exactly like Nim's island.
Nim is brave, adventurous, and responsible. What is another character trait of Nim? Explain.
Caring - takes care of her animal friends
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While climbing Fire Mountain, Nim and Fred are suddenly forced to run away from the erupting volcano. Once she's safe, what does Nim realize?
She has a serious cut on her knee
"Her stomach somersaulted" (45).
personification
Why doesn't Nim receive a call from Jack on the satellite phone on the 2nd night he's away?
There was a big storm and the satellite dish was destroyed.
List 3 places on Nim's Island.
Sealion Point, Keyhole Cove, Hissing Stones, Emergency Cave, Fire Mountain, Shell Beach, Hut, Turtle Beach
In an email to Nim, Alex Rover says, "...one reporter even made up my name, and called me Alexander!!" (28).
What is Alex Rover talking about?
Alex Rover is "Alexandra" Rover. The world thinks she is a man (Alexander) because she never leaves her apartment.
Even though Jack has figured out how to fix his ship, why is Jack unable to return to Nim for a few more days?
Jack has to wait because sharks are surrounding his boat
"Fred was a streak of gray..." (53).
metaphor
List two ways Nim disguises the island from the Troppo Tourists.
1. spreads seaweed around the island so that Fred and his friends will come and make the island look like bumpy gray rocks.
2. sends Selkie and the sealions to surround the boat
3. places a dead, rotting shark by the Hissing Stones and it ends up exploding
"Long, long ago, the top of Fire Mountain had been a round green peak. Then one rumbling earthshaking day, it had poured out its heart of boiling, rolling, melting lava, and the round green peak had been blown away. Now the top of the mountain was a sharp gray point, with a great smoky crater yawning below" (51).
Here, the author is developing which story element?
setting