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Mary Le Duc O'Neill's 1961 "Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Color" is a beautiful collection of poetry that helps children learn how color can represent feelings. Can you tell which color is in the poem?

A multiple-choice quiz by BarbaraMcI. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
BarbaraMcI

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
369,897

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
10 / 10

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551

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Question 1 of 10

1. This color is seen "just before night, when most people turn on the light." For a better hint, you can think of the color of a bruise that "next day will tell where you landed where you fell" and of "a violet opening in the spring." What is this royal color? Hint

Orange

Purple

Red

Brown

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Question 2 of 10

2. This color "is the sunshine" and many other things, like a ring, money, and a "flickering fish that lives its life in a crystal dish." What is this rich color? Hint

Silver

Blue

Orange

Gold

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Question 3 of 10

3. This darkest color is the color of "the night when there isn't a star." It also can be the color of licorice and shiny new patent leather shoes. What is this dark color? Hint

Black

Purple

Brown

Gray

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Question 4 of 10

4. This color may seem common and dull, but there are many good things that come in it, like cinnamon toast and chocolate and gingerbread. What is this comfortable color?
Hint

Red

Orange

Gold

Brown

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Question 5 of 10

5. This is the color of the sky and sea, but also can be used as a synonym for unhappiness. What is this color?
Hint

Purple

Green

Blue

White

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Question 6 of 10

6. This soft color is "the color of an elephant and a mouse," and of "the bubbling of oatmeal mush." Some of the things described are lovely, like pussywillows, but some are not, like "the sad look of a slum." What is this easy, hushed color? Hint

Brown

Gray

White

Yellow

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Question 7 of 10

7. Some people say this is not a color at all, but we can see it all around us, and the author used lines from this poem for the title of her book "Hailstones and Halibut Bones." Some of the other examples she uses are a wedding veil, a dove, a puddle of milk, marshmallow, and vanilla ice cream. This should be very easy. What is this lightest of all colors? Hint

Yellow

Pink

White

Green

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Question 8 of 10

8. This is a very bright color that the poet calls "The wildest color you can name." It is "the brightest crayon in the box," and there is a fruit with the same name. It also is the color of a carrot. What is this bold color? Hint

Orange

Yellow

Red

Gold

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Question 9 of 10

9. This is another bright color that is seen in roses, fire engines, and Valentine hearts. The poet says that this color is "a signal that says "Watch out!" What is this brave color?
Hint

Blue

Red

Green

Purple

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Question 10 of 10

10. This color is seen out of doors, because it is the color of grass and trees. Some other things that are this color are jade and ivy, and it is used for the feeling of jealousy. What is this spring color?
Hint

Green

Yellow

Blue

Gold

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Purple

"Purple's more popular than you think . . . It's sort of a great-grandmother to pink."

2. This color "is the sunshine" and many other things, like a ring, money, and a "flickering fish that lives its life in a crystal dish." What is this rich color?

Answer: Gold

Gold can be both a metal and a color. "Yellow's mother's name is gold."

3. This darkest color is the color of "the night when there isn't a star." It also can be the color of licorice and shiny new patent leather shoes. What is this dark color?

Answer: Black

The poet knows that black can seem to be an unhappy color, but also that many beautiful things are black, and asks the reader to remember that starlight and lamplight would be much less beautiful without black.

4. This color may seem common and dull, but there are many good things that come in it, like cinnamon toast and chocolate and gingerbread. What is this comfortable color?

Answer: Brown

"Brown is the color of a country road; back of a turtle, back of a toad."

5. This is the color of the sky and sea, but also can be used as a synonym for unhappiness. What is this color?

Answer: Blue

The poet combines the real ("Blue is a heron; a sapphire ring) with things in her imagination ("Blue is the scarf spring wears on her shoulder") to help children learn how to stretch their own imaginations.

Answer: Gray

Again the author mixes the real and imaginary to express how color can make us feel. "Content is gray and sleepiness, too. They wear gray suede gloves when they're touching you." Doesn't that sound just like falling into a nice, sound sleep?

Answer: White

Just as in other poems, there are imaginary things as well as the real things: White is "The part you can't remember in a dream."

Answer: Orange

Orange is seen in sunsets and fire. You just can't overlook orange!

9. This is another bright color that is seen in roses, fire engines, and Valentine hearts. The poet says that this color is "a signal that says "Watch out!" What is this brave color?

Answer: Red

The poem says that "Red is a showoff" and "The giant-est color of all." When red appears on a country's flag, it often represents courage.

Answer: Green

The whole world can seem green after a spring rain, "bathed and beautiful again."

Source: Author BarbaraMcI

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