Beyond the Bright Sea Quiz

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Osh tells Crow that the most important things to learn are the letters and numbers and then how to fish and farm. What does he mean by, "The rest is salt and pepper"(30)? (from Prologue - Chapter 8)

Every other bit of knowledge is like adding seasoning to food, nice to have but not necessary.

Crow has learned what she can, but more of a formal education is too expensive.

Anything else Crow learns will get sprinkled on over time by the people who come to visit the island.

The basics are easy to come by, but everything else is difficult to learn.

Consider Crow's clothes. What does the phrase "shook the stiff out of it" (96) mean? (from Chapter 9 - 16)

Crow's clothing needs shaking to be softer because it is stiff from the salty seawater.

Crow is smoothing out her laundry from having starched and dried it in the sun.

The sea breezes shake the laundry dry and make it nice and soft.

Crow's shirt is brand new and has not been broken in yet.

Why does Crow keep a coffee tin full of some of the treasure? (from Chapters 26 - 33)

She wants to keep some small pieces for herself to remember her mother.

She sets it up as a decoy for any robbers.

She wants to give some to Mrs. Pelham because she was so kind to Jason.

She is afraid Osh will make her give it all away.

Why did Crow's parents bury the treasure in the baby's grave in the cemetery? (from Chapters 26 - 33)

They wanted it far from their cottage where someone would surely come looking.

They needed to put something in the ground to make the baby's grave look real.

They knew it would be safe because no one would enter the place where lepers were buried.

They did not want to be tempted to dig it up and spend it.

How does the bell system used on the dock function to tell time based on the author's description (156)? (from Chapters 17 - 25)

You must check the board on the dock which contains a time/bell legend.

It works based on the position of the sun in relationship to the large dock clock.

The dockmaster just keeps adding bell rings throughout the day.

The bell rings once for every 30 minutes of time counting forward from noon.