Historical Context and Conflict in Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Part 1

Question 1

Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.And that was when Turner suddenly knew that he was late for dinner, that Reverend Buckminster would be figuring that he'd fallen into some rocky chasm or drowned in the sea, or worse yet, that he'd come up with some other way to embarrass the new minister. And he figured that when he showed up alive after all, his father would stand on the porch and look at him in a way that said Turner would never be the kind of son he had hoped for—it

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t: the reverend is always critical of him.

Question 2

Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.[Mr. Stonecrop] draped his arm around Turner's shoulders and drew him in, into his strength and power and presence. Turner felt as if he were moving in close to a mountain. But when he looked up into Mr. Stonecrop's face, he shuddered. Mr. Stonecrop was laughing, and his mouth was pulled into a grin, but his eyes were as dead as marbles, almost as if there were nothing behind them. He was like someone out of a ghost story, and Turner tried to draw away.

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B: Mr. Stonecrop, like a mountain, is intimidating and strongly holds his position against the people of Malaga Island.

Question 3

At which point does the author develop the conflict between the people of Phippsburg and those of Malaga Island in Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy?

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a: after Turner travels to the island

Question 4

Which is an example of external conflict in Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy?

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T: Turner does not like how his father treats him.

Question 5

At the end of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, why does Reverend Buckminster side with the Phippsburg townspeople against the people of Malaga Island?

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T: The reverend learns that Turner went to the island with Lizzie Griffin, an African American girl.

Question 6

most

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t: the island’s closeness to the mainland

Question 7

Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy."Gentlemen," said Reverend Buckminster slowly, "there clearly are real dangers I had not anticipated." He looked at Turner, and Turner saw in his eyes—distrust. "Perhaps the Lord is leading you in your efforts. And if so, then what else could the minister of First Congregational say but that he is with you in this?""That, Reverend, is what we came to ask," said Mr. Stonecrop. "And it will not be long before Phippsburg is free from this sordidness, and we can start to rebuild ourselves. Someday soon, the settlement on Malaga Island will be no more.

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B: The townspeople of Phippsburg are going to remove the people from Malaga Island.

Question 8

Read the excerpts from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.Excerpt 1:Turner shifted the pail of clams to his other hand, and they followed the curve of the beach past the schoolhouse—the trimmest building on the island—past more shingled one-room homes . . .Excerpt 2:"We tried educating them. We built a school and hired a teacher, all at the town's expense. But that didn't do a single bit of good. . . . There will be those in town who insist that we should keep the school up, that we should spend even more money than we have from the town treasury on other schemes well-intentioned but foolish.”

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D: the only one for all the island’s students.

Question 9

best

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T: Turner likes Malaga Island but cannot defend it because the townspeople do not want him associating with African Americans.

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