NLMG
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Brooklyn
Mixed Bag (poetry)
Mixed Bag (poetry)
100

What are the three main settings for the book?

Hailsham, the cottages and Norfolk (will also accept donor recovery centers) 

100

What is Gar's full name (christian/surname) 

Gareth O'Donnell

100

Where is Eilis from originally?

Enniscorthy, Wexford

100

Who was Plath married to?

Ted Hughes 

100

This poem deals with the choices we make in life 

The Road not Taken

200

When the novel opens, how long has Kathy been a carer?

Almost twelve years

200

What is Gar's nickname for his father?

Screwballs 

200

Director of the film 

John Crowley 

200

This poems uses the prodigal son within its narrative

The Prodigal 

200

This poem uses an allusion from a Shakeserean play 

Out! - Out!

300

Why does Ruth expel Kathy from the secret guard?

Kathy finds out that Ruth doesn’t know how to play chess

300

Name two of Gar's friends 

Ned, Tome, Joe 

300

“I now see that giddiness is the eighth deadly sin. A giddy girl is every bit as evil as a slothful man, and the noise she makes is a lot worse.”

Mrs Keogh 

300

Up, black, striped and demasked like the chasuble 

What is a 'chasuble'? 

Outter most garment worn by a priest 

300

This poem uses an allusion from Greek mythology 

The Underground 

400

 What does Miss Emily call the county of Norfolk?

A “lost corner” of England

400

What d’ya mean—‘Don’t ask me’? I am asking you. He should come out or he should not—which is it?

Lizzy

400

Brooklyn is one of 5 boroughs of NYC, what are the other 4?

Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens and the Bronxs. 

400

Work out this anagram to reveal a Boland poem: Lucho mortified 

Child of Our Time 

400

Work out this angram to work out a Boland poem: housesit tyroid 

Outside History  

500

What do Kathy and Tommy find a replacement for in Norfolk? 

Kathy's lost tape

500

Kate knows this is not enough and tells Gar to lie to her father ‘you have xx a week and xxxx in the bank and your father is about to retire’.

20 pounds and 5000 pounds 

500

'That's the thing, Mrs Kehoe. You'd never know, because they'd never say it to your face.”

Shelia 

500

Name the poem: Bobette Halifax hoverer 

Arrival of the Bee Box

500

Name the poem: Alison flitting 

Filling Station 

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