"Shaving"

The story is set in which season

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

Barry is on his way home from

• School

• A soccer tournament

• Coffee with his friends

• A rugby game

Barry tells Sue that

• He has seen her around

• She is as golden as a daffodil

• Jackie swallowed a pin when he was little

• He is tired from his game

When Jackie compares Barry to Mount Everest, Norris is using which technique

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Allegory

Barry's home has changed because

• Barry has grown much taller and stronger

• Mrs. Stanford is a tempest of energy

• The dining room has become Mr. Stanford's bedroom

• The house has the smell of death

The smell of the shaving soap reminds Barry of

• Watching his dad shave when Barry was a little boy

• The approaching death of his father

• The dying flowers in the house

• Missing time with his friends

The cup Barry's uses for the shaving cream has

• a broken handle on its right side

• a picture of King George VI

• a picture of the flag and of Elizabeth II

• dried soap from his father's former use of the cup

One example of reversal in the story is when

• Barry yells at his mother to calm down

• Barry's father gives Barry the money for the mortgage

• Barry cradles his father's head in his arms

• The sun sets at the start of the story

The story is an allegory because

• Barry is now the man of the house

• The story is about both shaving and a rite of passage

• The symbols are throroughly described

• There are references to the coronation of Elizabeth II

Norris uses a play on the words

• shaving/razor

• cup/coronation

• mountain/climbing

• son/sun