Looking for Alibrandi Quizzes

Looking for Alibrandi Quiz 1

1 Where does Looking for Albrandi take place?
Sydney, Australia

Brisbane, Australia

Adelaide, Australia

Ingham, Australia
2 When does Looking for Alibrandi take place?
1980s

2010

1990s

early 2000s
3 What is the name of Josie's school?
St. Martha's

St. Mary's

St. Josephine's

St. Agnes's
4 Which of the following is NOT a novel written by Melina Marchetta?
On the Jellicoe Road

Leaving Paradise

Saving Francesca

Finnikin of the Rock
5 At what age did Melina Marchetta drop out of school?
15

16

18

17
6 Which of the following is NOT job Melina Marchetta has had?
a law office

a travel agency

the Commonwealth Bank of Australia

St. Mary's Cathedral College
7 Who catches Josie reading a magazine at school?
her religion teacher

her english teacher

Sister Louise

her math teacher
8 Which of the following is NOT a word that describes Josie?
intelligent

easygoing

free-spirited

passionate
9 Where does Josie live with her mother?
Wollongong

Redfern

Darling Harbor

Glebe
10 Josie uses a simile to compare days when she, her mother, and her grandmother are together to...
heaven

World War III

a dream

purgatory
11 Which of the following is NOT a reason why Josie feels disadvantaged at school?
she went to a different primary school from the other girls

she doesn't relate to her Anglo-Saxon classmates

she's a scholarship student

her single mother has a bad reputation at the religious school
12 Who has been the biggest judge of Josie and her mother?
School officials

Australians

Italian mothers

Father Gregory
13 The following quote is an example of which literary element? “It’s an embarrassing contradiction when your mother gets pregnant out of wedlock because her Catholic upbringing prohibits contraception."
Conflict

Paradox

Hyperbole

Irony
14 The following quote BEST demonstrates which theme from the novel? “It makes me feel I will never be part of their society and I hate that because I’m just as smart as they are.”
Self-Identity

Pressure

Feeling Like an Outsider

Cultural Differences and Racism
15 What is the name of Josie's English neighbor?
Joseph

John

Will

Gary
16 Which of the following is NOT a word Josie uses to describe her mother?
slender

manageable

pretty

olive
17 The following quote demonstrates every literary element EXCEPT: “The telephone company would go broke if it weren’t for the Italians.”
Hyperbole

Metaphor

Comedic Tone

Community Theme
18 What is one thing Christina claims but isn't true?
that she wishes she could have had more kids

that she doesn't care about what Nonna Katia says

that she doesn't regret having Josie

that she doesn't miss Josie's father
19 Who is Josie's closest friend?
Sera

John

Lee

Anna
20 What does Josie compare her friends' social standing at St. Martha's to?
heaven

purgatory

church

hell
21 The following quote demonstrates each literary element EXCEPT: “As usual she was there in Technicolor, sitting on top of the world. No matter how much I hate Poison Ivy, I want to belong to her world.”
self discovery theme

Feeling like an outsider theme

parallelism

irony
22 Which of the following is NOT a reason why Josie and her grandmother argue?
Nonna Katia began to lambast the youth of today

Nonna Katia began to criticize Christina

Josie tells her that she hates visiting her house

Josie began to defend her mother
23 Which of the following is NOT a word that describes Michael Andretti?
weakling

brawny

tall

good-looking
24 What word does Josie hate?
Respect

Rules

Tradition

Responsibility
25 Why does Josie like John Barton?
because he has an affluent background

because he's a brilliant debater

because he's honest and real

because he's good-looking

Expectations vs reality are different in most people's lives. This is true for the protagonist in every part of her life: from boys, to school, to friends, to family.

Asked by Wang L #1338159

Answered by Aslan on 3/3/2024 6:05 PM