Furlong's Past (Ch 1/2)
What is Furlong's job?
Coal/fuel merchant
Which daughter gets scared of the "big, fat Santa" and cries?
Loretta
Who is Furlong's wife, who has "shiny black hair and slate eyes."?
Eileen
"the streets seemed to change and come alive." What technique gives human traits to non-human things?
Personification
Define: conscience
An inner feeling or "voice" that acts as a guide.
What was the single word on Furlong's birth certificate where his father's name should be?
Unknown
What is the town's tradition on the first Sunday of December?
Watching the Christmas lights get turned on.
Who is the Protestant widow who took in Furlong's mother and "took him under her wing."?
Mrs. Wilson
The "black range – hot! hot! –" Which punctuation to show a sudden, sharp memory?
Dashes
Define: lorry
British or Irish term for a truck.
What was the reason Furlong was "jeered" at school and had his coat "covered in spit."
He was illegitimate
What was the title of the "old book with a hard, red cover" Mrs Wilson gave Furlong for Christmas?
A Christmas Carol.
Which animal is seen "gathering in black batches" at the start of Chapter 4, creating an ominous mood?
"shining floor" and "long, blue jugs". Which technique of appeals to the senses?
Sensory imagery
A small shrine, often built into a niche or alcove, usually depicting a religious figure.
What is the name of the major employer, where Eileen used to work, that "had closed their doors."?
Graves & Co.
Furlong's memory of which repetitive summer job makes him feel his life is an endless, mechanical cycle?
Working at the mushroom factory.
The "December of crows" at the start of Chapter 4 is an example which language device?
Foreshadowing
The "fog... hovering in long sheets and patches" that Furlong gets lost in is a metaphor for what?
His moral confusion (or uncertainty)
Define: consecration
The part of the Catholic Mass where the bread and wine are blessed.
Furlong's "Protestant habits" of rising early and not drinking are an example of which technique, where an author shows a character's traits?
Indirect characterisation
Furlong's internal question, "What was it all for? The work and the constant worry," shows he is experiencing what type of crisis?
Existential crisis
What is the name of the "powerful-looking" religious order that runs the convent and laundry.?
The Good Sheppard nuns
The story is told from which perspective, where we only know what Furlong thinks and feels?
third-person limited
Define: institutional power
The power and influence held by large organisations (like the Church, government, or corporations) to control individuals and society.