Past the Shallows 10 Quotes

Question 1

Past the Shallows
(First/Man)

Answer 1

“First day of school holidays. First day he must man the boat alone while the men go down. Old enough now, he must take his place.”

Question 2

Past the Shallows
(Dad/Yelling/Miles)

Answer 2

“Then they heard Dad yelling from inside. Yelling at them, at everyone. Yelling at no one. And Miles could hear the words. They came through the brown walls, through the air, and cracked open the night: “I never wanted you””

Question 3

Past the Shallows
(Joe/Miles/Leaving/Dark/Light)

Answer 3

“Joe said he was leaving. Miles sat still. He looked down at the water. It was one solid dark mass, impossible to see past the surface now that the light had gone.”

In relation to memory

Question 4

Past the Shallows
(Joe/Shells)

Answer 4

“Joe filled the hole. He patted it solid and marked the spot with shells they had collected along the way. Old shells, white and ancient. Shells that had been at cloudy forever. It was time to go.”

Question 5

Past the Shallows
(Dark/Nothing)

Answer 5

‘’And Miles knew exactly how dark it was that night, the sky blacked out by cloud so thick that nothing came through- no stars or moon or anything.’’

Question 6

Past the Shallows
(Cormorant/Survived)

Answer 6

“He thought that the cormorant was sick. That maybe it couldn’t find the others. And he didn’t know how they made it, how they survived. Flying over all that ocean, flying and flying in the wind and in the rain. Diving into the cold water. They wash up on the surf sometimes. The lost ones.”

Question 7

Past the Shallows
(Tooth/Leaving)

Answer 7

“And he cupped it in his palm—the white pointer’s tooth. “It’s his,” he said, and his face went pale. “His.” He let the tooth go. He stared down at Harry. “She was leaving, because of him. Because of you.””

Question 8

Past the Shallows
(Siblings/Fight)

Answer 8

“It had made it this far, battling its siblings, killing and feeding off them. Waiting. It would have been born strong, ready to hunt, ready to fight.”

Question 9

Past the Shallows
(Teach/Water/Trust)

Answer 9

“There were things that no one could teach you - things about the water. You just knew them, or you didn’t, and no one could tell you how to read it. How to feel it. Miles knew the water. He could feel it. And he knew not to trust it.”

Question 10

Past the Shallows
(Light/Leaving/Stuck)

Answer 10

“The light was going. Soon it would be too late. Joe was leaving. Leaving. And Joe had yelled at him before, said that Miles was going to get stuck. Stuck working for Dad, stuck being responsible for Harry, stuck being responsible for everything.”