Carpentaria Quizzes

Carpentaria Quiz 1

1 Why does Norm hate the location where Angel builds their family home?

Because it's too far from his favorite fishing spot

Because he hates the bug-filled swamp

It's on top of a serpent spirit's nest

Because it's next to Stan Bruiser's house
2 How did Mayor Bruiser get his wealth?

By selling Desperance to southern politicians

By keeping a herd of goats

Through early investing in mining

By setting a high ransom for Will's capture
3 What is Norm's overall view of his children for most of the novel?

That they are the unfortunate victims of white racism

That they are intelligent but have fallen from grace

That they are stupid and disappointing failures

That they are intelligent and filled with potential
4 Why does Angel Day leave the Phantom house?

She starts a romance with Stan Bruiser

She decides to go out to sea

She wants to leave Desperance to live in a big city

She goes to live with Mozzie Fishman
5 Who is the Phantoms' seventh and final child?

Girlie

Will

Janice

Kevin
6 What was Kevin's reputation as a young boy?

Handsome

Stupid

Smart

Cocky
7 Why does Will light the garbage dump on fire?

To stop the fighting and protect his mother

To attract the attention of his love interest Hope

As an act of rebellion against the city of Desperance

To destroy the Gurfurrit mining operation
8 Why does Kevin decide to work at the mine?

Because he doesn't know what to do with himself after finishing school

Because his father Norm Phantom tells him to

Because he wants to make enough money to leave Desperance

Because he wants to spy on the mining operations
9 Why does Norm disown Will?

Because Will goes to live with Hope on the Eastside

Because Will takes a job at the Gurfurrit mine

Because Will starts a fire at the garbage dump

Because Will kills Elias Smith
10 How does the author describe the mining company's relationship with Desperance?

The mine owns the town

The mine respects townspeoples' decisions

The mine leaves Desperance because the town lacks infrastructure

The mine pays for social services in Desperance
11 What are Mozzie's views of reconciliation with white people?

Mozzie believes that reconciliation is the only way to establish peace

Mozzie believes that reconciliation works on the federal level but not on the local level

Mozzie believes that reconciliation and resistance can go hand in hand

Mozzie is opposed to reconciliation and promotes outright resistance
12 What does Angel do to the statue of the Virgin Mary?

She returns it to the council office in Desperance

She repaints it into an Aboriginal Mary that resembles her

She gifts it to Mozzie Fishman's convoy

She sells it on the black market
13 Why is Angel excited to find a large mantelpiece clock at the dump?

Because she believes her kids will finally get to school on time

Because telling time will be useful for her new job

Because Norm Phantom always wanted a clock in their home

Because Mozzie Fishman wants a clock for the Law Ceremony
14 What does Angel say that starts the fight at the dump?

That the others are trespassing and don't belong on this land

That she is sick and tired of Norm Phantom abandoning her family

That she is opposed to the new laws imposed by the government of Desperance

That she hates all members of Joseph Midnight's family
15 How does the novel most frequently describe Angel Day?

As a lover

As a queen

As a witch

As a pawn
16 What it the main goal of Mozzie Fishman's convoy?

To destroy the Gurfurrit mine

To petition the government for Aboriginal rights

To perform and preserve the spiritual Law Ceremony

To take revenge against Joseph Midnight
17 Why do politicians come to take pictures of Angel Day's house?

Because they want to promote Angel's sale of her house

Because they see her as an example of "criminal attitudes"

Because they want to destroy the Westside encampment

Because they see her as an example of "blackfella advancement"
18 What causes all the clocks to stop in Desperance?

Mozzie destroys the town's ability to tell time

Storm Leda

Elias Smith's ship blocks the sun

Storm Bruno
19 What do the residents of Desperance believe about Elias Smith at first?

That he's stupid

That he works for the mining company

That he is their savior

That he is an evil man
20 Why does Elias Smith's arrival to Desperance make white residents so emotional?

Elias inspires them to reconnect with the sea

It makes them reconsider their relationship with Black residents

It reminds them of their colonial origin story

Elias reminds them of their own storm survival stories
21 What alerts residents of Desperance to Elias's arrival?

Mayor Bruiser calls a meeting

Nicoli Finn rings the bell

Constable Truthful arrests Elias

Norm Phantom blows his foghorn
22 Name two events during which someone repeatedly rings the Desperance town bell

Norm Phantom's disappearance and Will's sabotage of the mine

Elias Smith's arrival and Gordie's death

Mozzie's destruction of the mine and Truthful's suicide

Elias Smith's arrival and Norm Phantom's disappearance
23 Why does Truthful commit suicide?

He is heartbroken by the suicide of his three young prisoners and tormented by visions

He believes that Mayor Bruiser will arrest and jail him for his crimes

He is afraid that Joseph Midnight will take revenge on him

He is afraid that Mozzie Fishman will take revenge on him
24 Why do Truthful and Mayor Bruiser arrest three young boys?

Because they believe the boys have information about Will's whereabouts

Because the boys are responsible for selling drugs in town

They are searching for someone to arrest for Gordie's death

Because the boys helped to burn the mine down
25 Why does Joseph Midnight send Hope and Bala away?

Because he knows a huge storm will destroy Desperance

Because the police are bothering Hope

Because he doesn't want Will to put them in danger

Because he doesn't want them to join Mozzie's convoy

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