The Rabbits Quizzes

The Rabbits Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Rabbits?
Shaun Marsden

John Tan

John Marsden

Shaun Tan
2 Where is The Rabbits set?
Australia

An unnamed country based on Canada

United States

An unnamed country based on Australia
3 Who illustrated The Rabbits?
John Marsden

John Marsden's son

John Tan

Shaun Tan
4 What genre is The Rabbits?
Historical nonfiction

Picture book

Biography

Short fiction
5 In what media is The Rabbits illustrated?
Gauche

Oil paint

Colored pencil

All of these
6 Who narrates The Rabbits?
John Marsden

An unnamed collective marsupial narrator

An unnamed Australian narrator

An unnamed rabbit narrator
7 What color are the marsupials?
Blue

White

Black

Reddish brown
8 What physical accessory helps personify the rabbits?
Monocles

Hats

Jackets

All of these
9 What do the curly white figures set against black voids at the beginning and end of the book depict?
Rabbit skeleton

Sea shells

Stars

Marsupial skeletons
10 Where do the marsupials live?
On shorelines

In castles

In houses

In trees
11 What protrudes from the rabbits' heads?
Antennae

Ears

Radio transmitters

Crystals
12 How do the marsupials initially react to the rabbits arriving in their country?
With curiosity

With hatred

With disgust

With violence
13 What do the elder marsupials warn?
The rabbits are dumb

The rabbits will put everyone to work in mines

The rabbits won't understand the right ways

The rabbits are violent monsters
14 Which answer is not one of the technologies the rabbits are shown using?
Combustion engines

Telescopes

Compasses

Cell phones
15 What does one of the rabbits lower into a scientific beaker of liquid?
A feather

A marsupial

A lizard

A finger
16 What color do the rabbits' eyes glow?
Blue

Red

Green

Yellow
17 How do the rabbits arrive in the country?
By bridge

By sailboat

By car

By spaceship
18 What color is the rabbits' flag?
Red

Green

Blue

Yellow
19 What design is on the rabbits' flag?
Arrows pointing in all directions

A large dot

A crucifix

A maple leaf
20 How do the rabbits construct their homes?
Out of concrete

Out of jigsaw-shaped pieces

They steal them from the marsupials

Out of lumber
21 Which is not a type of animal the rabbits bring to the country?
Sheep

Dog

Giraffe

Cow
22 The "food" that makes the marsupials sick is a metaphor for what?
Opium

Alcohol

Tobacco

Cannabis
23 What does Tan illustrate to indicate that the rabbits are working even at nighttime?
Lanterns

A sky full of stars

A clock showing the time

All of these
24 The Rabbits is an allegory for what historical event(s)?
British colonization of Australia

British colonization of Canada

Indigenous invasion of Britain

Rabbits displacing marsupials from New Zealand
25 What weapons do the marsupials use against the rabbits?
Spears

Cannons

Bombs

Pistols

on the page where it is brown, and the rabbits are fighting what does the brown represent.

On page 8, the colour scheme is a dirtier brown, not the natural brown from the beginning. Like feral rabbits that bread uncontrollably.

Asked by jin-hua c #1326855

Answered by Aslan on 11/9/2023 2:17 PM

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How do the composers present a first nations perspective on a historical event? PLEASE ANSWER

The most prominent theme in The Rabbits is colonial invasion. Collectively narrated from the perspective of numbat-like marsupials whose country is invaded by rabbits, the story tracks how the rabbits use advanced technologies and greater...

Asked by kian h #1189961

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/10/2021 1:01 PM

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How does the rabbits explore individual and shared experiences?

Check out the themes section below:

https://www.gradesaver.com/the-rabbits/study-guide/themes

Asked by haydof r #1172150

Answered by Aslan on 9/7/2021 8:44 PM

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