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This character is a dynamic character in the story.

1. Who are the two main characters in Powder?

"Powder" by Tobias Wolff

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1. Who are the two main characters in Powder?
Austin Powers and The Monk
Thelonious Monk and Austin Healey
The father and his son
The mother and the father
2
This character is a dynamic character in the story.
The father
Austin Healey
Thelonious Monk
The Son
3
Who is the protagonist?
The son
The father
Thelonious Monk
Austin Healey
4
"Snow whirled around us in bitter, blinding squalls, hissing like sand, and still we skied."
Wolf is using alliteration here.
Wolf is using irony here.
Wolf is using synechdoche here.
Wolf is using hyperbole here.
5
The use of this is an example of allusion:
Austin-Healey
The Son
Thelonious Monk
The father
6
"I heard the slap of the chains...the purr of the engine. It really did purr".
Here, Wolf uses personification and onomatopoeia.
Here, Wolf uses allusion and onomatopoeia.
Here, Wolf uses simile and onomatopoeia.
Here, Wolf uses onomatopoeia.
7
Which character is a round character?
Austin Healey
Thelonious Monk
The Son
The Father
8
What is the setting for the story?
Mother's house on Christmas Eve
NYC on Christmas Eve
Mount Baker on Christmas Eve
A nightclub on Christmas Eve
9
The main conflict of he protagonist is that
he hasn't truly enjoyed life because he's so young.
he too spontaneous and irresponsible.
he hasn't enjoyed family-life because of his free-spirit.
he is too rigid in his thinking; unable to be spontaneous.
10
The story is told from the
first person point of view.
second person omniscient point of view.
third person semi-omniscient point of view.
third person omniscient point of view.