1st Death In Nova Scotia

Question 1

Coldness of death

Answer 1

“In the cold, cold parlor”
“cold and caressable”
“little frosted cake”
“white, frozen lake”
“the roads deep in snow”

Question 2

death

Answer 2

“my mother laid out Arthur”
“shot and stuffed by Uncle Arthur”
“Uncle Arthur fired a bullet into him”
“Arthur’s coffin”
“Jack Frost had dropped the brush and left him white, forever”

Question 3

Repetition

Answer 3

“a stuffed loon shot and stuffed by Uncle Arthur”
“like a doll that hadn’t been painted yet. Jack Frost had started to paint him the way he always painted the Maple Leaf”

Question 4

Child’s perspective

Answer 4

“Since Uncle Arthur fired a bullet into him, he hadn’t said a word”
“Arthur’s coffin was a little frosted cake and the red-eyed loon eyed it”
“He was all white, like a doll”

Question 5

Imagery

Answer 5

“His breast was deep and white, cold and caressable; his eyes were red glass, much to be desired.”
“He was all white, like a doll that hadn’t been painted yet”
“But how could Arthur go, clutching his tiny lily”

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

“cold and caressable”
“their feet were well wrapped up”

Question 7

Gone too soon

Answer 7

“Come and say good-bye to your little cousin Arthur”
“Arthur was very small”
“They invited Arthur to be the smallest page at court”

Question 8

Contrast

Answer 8

“In the cold, cold parlor”
“The gracious royal couples were warm in red and ermine”